Dave Homewood wrote:
You chaps mention surprise that Mustang "Sierra Sue" flew in the display whilst also being in the competition, but the Mosquito KA114 also flew in the display, and has also been judged as part of the competition, so the Mustang is not unique.
Fingers crossed for the Mosquito in the competition!
I think what those posters are alluding to is that those who are seriously contending for the significant awards at OSH spend several days leading up to the judging going over their airplanes with a fine tooth comb once they get on the ramp at OSH. Touching up paint, cleaning, polishing, applying decals, markings etc. That is why we generally don't see them fly. Most of the time they fly one time for photos towards the end of the week. So I agree this is unique.
I also want to comment on the post in the thread about politics. I was a judge for thirteen years over a decade ago. Unless things have radically changed, politics plays absolutely no bearing on who wins in the Warbird area. The judges are about as far removed from any politics in the organization as you can imagine.
It will be interesting to see how this plays out this year as you have some significant aircraft on the ramp, My money is on the Olympia Corsair for Post-War Grand Champion (it is in a post war scheme) and Sierrra Sue for WWII Grand Champ but it could also tip to Berlin Express...both are fantastic efforts. Or I could be completely wrong on both accounts...I am not a judge so haven't judged them...just an opinion based on casual observation of the work...
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