Thu Oct 04, 2007 7:26 pm
Ok, so they paint their ex-military fighter planes in glossy paint or polished paint schemes, and paint their shiney new corporate jets in drab military schemes.... 
Last edited by CH2Tdriver on Thu Oct 04, 2007 7:44 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Thu Oct 04, 2007 7:26 pm
Hello ww2john- I think the deal with not getting all the airplanes in formation at the same time comes down to the fact that not all the airplanes in attendance were flown by pilots that were formation qualified and certainly may not have practiced together. So safety was the foremost concern.
Dan K- The XP-51. I included it because it has been in a climate controlled hangar and was in perfect working order when parked. Yes the propellor would have been sent out for overhaul, the engine was probably okay but could have been overhauled as were the hydraulic systems. the avionics could have been been bench checked and probably been okay for VFR flight. Remember the EAA has a whole museum full of airplanes they could have swapped instruments out of. SO it would have been easy enough to put the bird back into the air if the EAA would have wanted to have a signicicant presence at this event.
Dan K- The XP-51. I included it because it has been in a climate controlled hangar and was in perfect working order when parked. Yes the propellor would have been sent out for overhaul, the engine was probably okay but could have been overhauled as were the hydraulic systems. the avionics could have been been bench checked and probably been okay for VFR flight. Remember the EAA has a whole museum full of airplanes they could have swapped instruments out of. SO it would have been easy enough to put the bird back into the air if the EAA would have wanted to have a signicicant presence at this event.
Re: Mustangs that were not at GML
Thu Oct 04, 2007 9:07 pm
P51DFltLn wrote:51fixer wrote:We had one there, Princess. <clip> 1 for 3 from our hangar.
Rich
I had the chance to give Jim a ride from the 'hot zone' back down the line towards op... and said it was a good thing he had three - so one could make it. He said he'd thought that three meant he had a better than likely chance of having one broken at any given time. My reply was that three gives him a better-than-likely chance that he will have at least one that is flyable at any given time....
Nice to know you're a "hanger is half-full" kind of person!
That's the kind of attitude I ran into all weekend...get the job done because this is a great, big, fun event!
And it was great working with you and the whole ramp crew!
Blue skies,
Jerry
Thu Oct 04, 2007 9:30 pm
Trey Carroll wrote:The CJ is the ex-Jack Roush CJ, now Jim Hagedorn's...
Its a CJ2 and I think it was used to set up the 51 fly over. Trey I looked for ya and wanted to say hey, next time....
Lynn
Thu Oct 04, 2007 9:32 pm
marine air wrote:Hello ww2john- I think the deal with not getting all the airplanes in formation at the same time comes down to the fact that not all the airplanes in attendance were flown by pilots that were formation qualified and certainly may not have practiced together. So safety was the foremost concern.
Dan K- The XP-51. I included it because it has been in a climate controlled hangar and was in perfect working order when parked. Yes the propellor would have been sent out for overhaul, the engine was probably okay but could have been overhauled as were the hydraulic systems. the avionics could have been been bench checked and probably been okay for VFR flight. Remember the EAA has a whole museum full of airplanes they could have swapped instruments out of. SO it would have been easy enough to put the bird back into the air if the EAA would have wanted to have a signicicant presence at this event.
And a few have a side note from there insurance carrier that says no formation flying as well....
Lynn