Monday at OSH

Mon Jul 23, 2007 7:07 pm

Sorry for the quality...digital point & shoot.

Early AM. No heads.

Bomber row still sleeping.

Someone trying to convince Gerry Beck to build something.

Rubbing elbows with Paul Koskela when Ruff Stuff rolled in.

Getting warmer...

Still no guys in orange vests on motorcycles...

Congratulations all around: Kevin Eldridge and Ron Fagen.

Adoration

Adding some final touches

About 1130 local this thing rolled in.

Gary Austin showing the local ramp rats how they tow B-24's Texas style.

Beer... Now...

Our hero indicating that the CAF now owes the Berlin Airlift guys some C-54 touch-up paint.

National Geographic film crew waiting for the celebrity interview.

Old Crow and Gentleman Jim showed up with 500 pounders.

Can't quite see him, but Taigh Ramey is riding shotgun, William Morgan is driving, with Bill Trombley supplying additional ballast over the rear axle. This jeep isn't gonna' win any races, but it ain't sliding off the road either.

Mon Jul 23, 2007 7:45 pm

Whose P-38 is that?

Mon Jul 23, 2007 7:45 pm

Cool shots! Is that first pic Ron Bucarreli's racing mustang Precious Metal, or the A model painted like it for the Reno movie?

Mon Jul 23, 2007 7:47 pm

Dan, thanks for sharing the photo's. Keep them coming please, (Mustangs :wink:

)

Lynn

Mon Jul 23, 2007 7:50 pm

P-38 belongs to Ron Fagen I believe. 927 and the P-38 look goooooooood!

Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:20 pm

Yup, Ruff Stuff indeed belongs to Mr. Ron Fagen. Painting the nose art on-site was a big hit with the crowd. Mr. Fagen's P-40K arrived Sat. or Sun. and is currently parked next to the Lightning.

Gerry Beck is leaning up against his Allison A model (still in the old movie paint).

The Mustang contingent is still arriving--about 8 or 9 parked when I left. No Rousch B model yet that I could see.

Sorry, I'm not real big on N numbers. Other types present include:

3 Corsairs (-4, -5, F2G))
2 Bearcats (Dieckman and ?)
CAF Helldiver
Spitfire (Greenwood)
P-47 (Butch Schroeder)
Sea Fury (CAF)
F7F (Big Bossman)
J2F (Greenhill)
4 B-25 (Devil Dog, Lady Luck, Panchito, Doolittle Special)
A-26
HU-16
Multiple C-47/DC-3
C-54
And the typical mass of T-28's and T-6/SNJ's

Nothing from LSFM yet.

Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:27 pm

those are great photos, thanks!
B

Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:35 pm

Great pics Dan

...thanks for sharing them! I can definately say that I'm starting to feel the "itch" and probably won't get much done at work over the next couple days until I head down there on Friday.

John

Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:35 pm

You mean that is not Chino's P-38? :shock:

Please tell me more if it's not.

Keep the pictures coming, please. We need more pictures! :shock:

Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:37 pm

Thanks for posting the pics, I was going to go up thursday but I will not make it up there this year. I have a bunch of stuff that has come up that needs to be taken care of.

Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:48 pm

Nathan wrote:You mean that is not Chino's P-38? Please tell me more if it's not.

It's not from Chino.

It was restored in Granite Falls, MN. Ron Fagen pays the bills. Oshkosh is its first display since restoration and paint shop. Try searching the warbird registry for help.

It's somebody else's turn for more photos. I won't be heading back to OSH until Thursday.

Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:52 pm

Nathan wrote:You mean that is not Chino's P-38? Please tell me more if it's not.

Read more about it here...
http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/p ... hp?t=11080

Thanks very much for the shots Dan! I have anxiously been checking in all day hoping for a peek, since I don't leave for KOSH until Wednesday.

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