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Neal Nurmi
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I've photographed a lot of air shows over the years, but this remains one of the very best I've ever seen. The lineup included 22 Mustangs, 2 P-38s, 2 Corsairs, a P-63 and two Centaurus Sea Furies. There were 5 days of flying, with flying happening all day. There were photo passes by B-17, B-29 and A-26. Aerobatics by Art Scholl and by Frank Sanders in his lovely Sea Fury, along with startling JU-52 demos each day.

It was all quite something to behold...

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cool photo - looks like 1979 by the large "5" on the RB-51's tail?

Some of the planes in the photo I think I can ID off the top of my head are: yellow nosed P-51 (Lou IV?), RB-51, Crocker's Sumthin Else, Red Baron Team's Flying Undertaker (?), Howie's Miss America, 924, Baby Gorilla, Dan Martin's RRIII, Passion Wagon(?), CWH Corsair.
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Were the two P-38s at the show the same pair that was in the Baa Baa Black Sheep episode? Always wondered which two those were.
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Wow Bob Hoover looks kinda young there. How did he fit his pit crew in the mustang?
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I was kinda young too, 36 and a half years ago...

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SaxMan wrote:
Were the two P-38s at the show the same pair that was in the Baa Baa Black Sheep episode? Always wondered which two those were.

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The airshow was the 1979 Miami Air Races
- P-38's were Lefty Gardner and Gary Levitz
- one of the Corsairs was then from Canadian Warplane Heritage, raced by Dennis Bradley.
- P-63 was the Whittington's "F" model
- Sea Furies were Lloyd Hamilton and Frank Sanders
- Ju-52 was author Martin Caiden


...not being able to get there is still one of my great disappointments. :|

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You should be disappointed -- it was absolutely one of the great events I've ever attended. We stayed in a trailer on site, so it was Mustangs and Racing 24 hours a day for 5 days. Heaven for a young photographer and Warbird fan...

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