Sun Aug 02, 2009 12:52 am
Hey vlado, im not too sure on it. I know Paul K. was flying it. Hope you enjoy those dvd's and pictures! Thanks for all your help!
Aaron
Aaron
Sun Aug 02, 2009 1:19 am
spookythecat wrote:
Thanks! Do you have a link to that news update?
Al....Check your PMs
Sun Aug 02, 2009 1:31 am
LadyO2Pilot wrote:spookythecat wrote:
Thanks! Do you have a link to that news update?
Al....Check your PMs
Got it. Thanks. A couple corrections though. My dad is from Oshkosh and I live in Seattle now and while I was the brains behind doing this for his retirement I had help in the $$$ department from my mom & sister. I knew it would go over well and it certainly did. I can't wait to find the time to post the pics for all of you.
Sun Aug 02, 2009 1:35 am
I went to my first Warbirds banquet in about 10 years tonight and can tell you this so far.
Grand Champion is Fagen's checkertail P-40.
Taylor won best L-Bird (Congrats!)
Vintage Wings won a few with their P-40, Hurricane and Corsair.
Sorry I don't remember more but my head is soooo tired.
Grand Champion is Fagen's checkertail P-40.
Taylor won best L-Bird (Congrats!)
Vintage Wings won a few with their P-40, Hurricane and Corsair.
Sorry I don't remember more but my head is soooo tired.
Sun Aug 02, 2009 5:22 am
spookythecat wrote:I went to my first Warbirds banquet in about 10 years tonight and can tell you this so far.
Grand Champion is Fagen's checkertail P-40.
Taylor won best L-Bird (Congrats!)
Vintage Wings won a few with their P-40, Hurricane and Corsair.
Sorry I don't remember more but my head is soooo tired.
Awesome! Warhawks Inc. deserved that win. I had a Timeless Voices interview yesterday with Brandon and Justin Deuel, and I can tell you they put heart and soul into that restoration. Well done fellas, well done! Congrats to Taylor as well!
Zack
Sun Aug 02, 2009 7:54 am
In my views, Taylor deserved much better than Best L-Bird... His L-5 should have been Grand Champion post-WWII. certainly the THE finest restoration that could be seen on the warbird grounds.
Sun Aug 02, 2009 8:10 am
happymeal wrote:In my views, Taylor deserved much better than Best L-Bird... His L-5 should have been Grand Champion post-WWII. certainly the THE finest restoration that could be seen on the warbird grounds.
I guess it's ok. We L-bird folks are kind of used to being forgotten... Wish I could've shot that announcer some better stories. There's plenty of good ones!
Ryan
Sun Aug 02, 2009 8:14 am
RyanShort1 wrote:We L-bird folks are kind of used to being forgotten...
Really? I thought an L-4 won Grand Champion Warbird several years back, even when there were a couple newly restored Mustangs there.
Gary
Sun Aug 02, 2009 9:40 am
vlado wrote:Was the T-37 Jim's or Glenn's?
Thx,
VL
It was Jim's, Vlado. Jim and Paul were in it for this shoot.
Sun Aug 02, 2009 12:07 pm
mustanglover wrote:Bear wrote:Well, got back from Oshkosh a bit ago. Here is a little preview of what was already there today, and a huge thanks to Zack for carting my butt around today.
That PT-19 is from our airport. He just performed the first post-restoration flight a couple of weeks ago. 20+ years he has worked on it. VERY VERY well done restoration.
And Herb took home an award!
Best Primary Trainer
NC50480 Fairchild PT-19 "Cornell"
Herb Carper Uvalde, TX
Silver Wrench
Herb Carper Uvalde, TX
Sun Aug 02, 2009 12:32 pm
Some great bragging rights there guys!!!! Hope they are BIG trophies! Hmmmmm, what is the hours of work/once of trophy ratio? I would think it hard to be a judge at an event like this, the caliber of the work is just phenomenal!
Sun Aug 02, 2009 8:01 pm
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Sun Aug 02, 2009 8:18 pm
Tim that's one of the ( if not the finest) finest photos I've ever seen on wix.
EXCELLENT
EXCELLENT
Sun Aug 02, 2009 9:40 pm
I just put together a real long post and then my internet kicked offline.
To sum it up as I need to run out and visit a friend shortly.
My dad's P-51 ride was a roaring success.
My folks surprised the heck out of me by saying I WOULD BE GOING SUNDAY MORNING!
I've got a lot to catch up on before going back to Seattle on Wednesday and then my dad flys out on Thursday and we go to the Abbotsford show Friday through Sunday. I took roughly 4,500 pics during the week and it will take some time to get through them. I will my favorites and you can always see the rest on my flickr page. I'll also do a post/story about the father/son Mustang weekend.
I leave you with this pretty rough picture and a link to a short video clip.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSfILv3qAto
To sum it up as I need to run out and visit a friend shortly.
My dad's P-51 ride was a roaring success.
My folks surprised the heck out of me by saying I WOULD BE GOING SUNDAY MORNING!
I've got a lot to catch up on before going back to Seattle on Wednesday and then my dad flys out on Thursday and we go to the Abbotsford show Friday through Sunday. I took roughly 4,500 pics during the week and it will take some time to get through them. I will my favorites and you can always see the rest on my flickr page. I'll also do a post/story about the father/son Mustang weekend.
I leave you with this pretty rough picture and a link to a short video clip.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSfILv3qAto
Sun Aug 02, 2009 10:28 pm
Awesome al! Which stang did you ride in? And it was good to meet you as with al the wix'ers i met at the meet and eat!