Steve,
Thanks for the compliment. New Zealand had a surprisingly large
collection of high quality old warbirds, but there's something pretty
special about seeing 2 Flying Fortress or 2 B1 bombers flying in tandem, and
that's a sight you're only likely to see in the States. Unfortunately,
there's not a lot of foreign stuff flying around, which is why I've been
interested for some time in attending one of the English air shows.
You should consider yourself very fortunate to have seen the B24,
they're very rare - the only people I know flying one in the States is the
Commemorative Air Force (was the Confederate Air Force):
http://www.cafb29b24.org/
As you can see, they also have another extremely rare bird, a B29
Superfortress. I haven't seen either of these guys flying, but I'm
contemplating going up to Green Bay, Wisconsin and/or down to Peoria,
Illinois to see them, because they really are pretty special. Surprisingly
they seem to be flying at three airshows in Wisconsin this year, I thought
they'd spread themselves out more, but perhaps they want to keep their
mileage as low as possible, and keep their costs down.
You're lucky to be living in California, it's one of the hotbeds in the
American airshow world, along with Texas and Florida. Just East of you in
Chino you can see other rarities, like the P38 and authentic Japanese Zero,
which are based there.
Richard.
home phone: (1)(847) 733 7313
home page: www.richard-seaman.com
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Richard,
Damn nice shot of the B17 Flying Fortress (all are)! I saw two WWII
bombers flying over last Friday, but didn`t know what they were, so
I called a couple of airports in the area, and the guy said one was
a B-17, and the other a B-24. It was a marvelous sight to behold,
and quite a nice roar of the engines. Wish I had time to photograph
them, but I was in traffic and had only a 50mm on the Spottie.
Steve Larson
Redondo Beach, California
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From: "Richard Seaman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 6:14 PM
Subject: Re: Old Aircraft Photography
>Cotty,
>
> Dave Mann can't be allowed to have all the fun, so perhaps this
>flightless kiwi will also jump the pond to dear old Mother England and
>indulge his airshow lust at the same time.
>
> I was sorry to see that the Duxford airshow site doesn't seem to have
>even a tentative list of what aircraft will be flying - what are they
>thinking?
>
> The Royal International Air Tattoo the weekend after Duxford seems to
>have a good selection flying, including spitfire, lancaster, hurricane,
>tornado, jaguar and nimrod:
>
>http://www.airtattoo.com/airtattoo_2002/participation/aircraftframe.html
>
> Do any of you guys go to that show?
>
> Oh, and if people are interested in Me109s, check out this guy flying
>down in lil' ol' New Zealand:
>
>
http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/AirShows/WanakaWarbirds/Bf109/index.h
tml
>
> There's also plenty of airshow wallpaper to keep people happy,
including
>P51s and B17s, all photographed with Pentax gear, naturally:
>
>http://www.richard-seaman.com/Wallpaper/Aircraft/index.html
>
>Richard.
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