skymstr02 wrote:
Its a nice airplane, but its not a warbird, nor a warbug.
Not all Navions are L-17's, not all Cessna 172's are T-41's, not all Ercoupe's are YO-55's, not all Beech Baron's are T-42's, not all Beech 18's are SNB's or C-45's, not all Cessna Skymasters are O-2's, and I can go on all night long. You can go to most any airshow and see the posers on display. I even saw a 1975 pressurized Skymaster with a clam shell door painted like an O-2A on display at a large week long airshow held in late July between Milwaukee and Green Bay.
There were many aircraft built that were adapted for use by the Government, but that doesn't make their brothers warbirds.
But the fact remains is that its not a warbird by definition.
Well, you get an A+ for being able to define what a warbird is, but you get a C- for your on-line people skills....
I suppose since I'm building up my SNJ-5 from parts, it's not a real warbird either..... but that's OK.... I went for an aerobatic flight in a Harvard IV 15+ years ago and decided I needed to get me one of these T-6 things based upon how much fun it was to fly, not based upon it's (perceived) pedigree.... When I get it flying, I promise I won't wear a flight suit that has more patches on it than a retired base commander, I won't wear the latest military helmet and I won't strut around wearing all that stuff on a 100+ degree day on an airshow ramp...
I'll also endeavor to be the same/decent guy whether I'm talking to an L-2 driver, a P-51 driver or a C-172 driver who happens to like warbirds....
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. In fact there was three that were attacked, So Spanner I'd say you have pretty good pedigree and I'll call it a warbird, so what 