Warbird Information Exchange

I have problem with that "ugly" term. I think the tow bar looks great. A roll back to the 70's!!!

That's the thing about art. It's always susceptible to interpretation.

I still wish Brad or I had found some pink or fluorescent orange in your hangar. That's what that tow bar really needs.

It sure has been handy over the years though. I bet no one will ever steal it either.



I've got some great video from Fri. night. The only problem is I was holding the camera at 90* angle. It works great for photos but not for video. I always forget that. Especially after I've had a few. I'll get you copies when I can find a program to rotate it back.

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Curtis Block

I've seen too many airplanes destroyed by the term "Static Restoration."

Lovely pics !

Thanks for sharing them.

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Michel C
Thousands of a/c pics at Passion-Aviation

Your photos are terrrific!! Just out of curiosity, what make and model of camera do you have??

Me?

Mine were taken with a old Sony Cyber-shot. Just a really basic point and shoot digital. I got it before I moved out to Micronesia for a while because I didn't want to be lugging around my N-70 all the time.

Dang thing is built like a tank. I've abused the heck out of it, it fits in my pocket, and it still takes a decent photo.

There is however an annoying spot that keeps showing up . I might have to look into that.


The fact of the matter is, it's not necessarily what you have but how you use it.

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Curtis Block

I've seen too many airplanes destroyed by the term "Static Restoration."

Exactly. Mine were shot with a Canon PowerShot A620. I've probably shot over 20,000 pics on it over the past few years and it's still going strong.

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-Al Sauer
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spookythecat

Heck, for years I had some expensive film cameras but my best shots came from a cheap Nikon "point and click." Folks would laugh when I whipped it out then would eat their words when my photos came back from developing!

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Life member, 91st BG Memorial Association
Owner, 1944 Willys MB #366014
Former REMF (US Army, O3)

Some pictures and video from the show....

TBM action
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_4vrbDDLIE

Huskie. I have never ridden in a helicopter that shakes quite as bad as this one!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV2YZxYjkUM

I didn't take too many pictures this year and I'm not really sure why. Here are a few to peruse...

Brian shutting down the Huskie



It just looks like somethings wrong.


Kinda looks like the rotor is bent.


The Museum's new T-6


T-6 from the front.


Bud Granley in the Yak 55


Curt Block, Bud Granley, Renny Price, various and assorted ladies all piled in Curt's bus. I would have been there too but I had to make a beer run and ended up ground looping the bicycle!

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Brad

Wow, that's an awesome video from inside the TBM Brad! Some questions for you:

1) What kind of camera did you use for that video? Was it a still digital camera or a camcorder?

2) It looked like you guys were doing some type of wingover maneuvers. Is the TBM fully aerobatic? I know you could roll one pretty easily, but is it capable of doing loops, immelmans, etc?

3) How in the world did you get those shots that look like they were taken from outside the cockpit? Did you stick your hand, holding the camera, outside the canopy? Wasn't it extremely windy and hard to do?

4) I love the video of the landing gear on touchdown. Again, it looks like your hand was outside the aircraft? How did you take that?

5) It sounds extremely noisey in that thing. Is it as loud as it seems? Is it possible to have a conversation with another passenger without an intercom?

Thanks!

1. I used a Canon Digital Elph SD600. It's a little bitty thing that I bought primarily because I can stash it in a flight suit pocket quickly. It takes really nice still pics and does reasonable on video clips. It's been abused pretty badly and had a rough life but it's been great so far!



2. Aerobatics are prohibited in the TBM. All we were doing was wingovers and they weren't as steep as it looks in the video. I know somebody that did some mild aerobatics in a TBM many years ago and swore they wouldn't do it again. It does nothing in a hurry.

3. In some of the pictures I had the camera stuck out the side window. There are air deflectors on the back windows so that makes it a little easier. I have nearly lost the camera before though.

4. Once again I've got my hand hanging outside of the plane. I've got a last resort belt under my parachute and I hook myself to the floor so I don't fall out. There is a window that opens up and that's what I'm looking through.

5. It's pretty loud but it doesn't matter because I'm deaf anyhow! The B-25 is much worse. You can conversate without interphone if you yell enough. I wear earplugs most of the time now, but in the past I never did.

This makes 23yrs that I've been riding in TBMs. I hope I can continue doing it for many more years.

1985




2008

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Brad

what a ham!