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Alrighty, I have finally finished processing and posting my pics from Saturdays great show! At the end of the day I had 108 keepers, out of about 1,000 shots taken... so it was a very good day! 
Here is a link to the set:
GA Day, Paine Field, May 16, 2009 - a set on Flickr
Aahh, it's spring time! To celebrate the beginning of the spring flying and airshow season, a local airport had a fun little event that was open to the public. There are now two museums that feature collections of airworthy pieces located on the same field, so they brought out a couple of their birds to show off. Seen in this picture above is a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, also called the Jug, with a North American P-51B Mustang taxiing behind it. The Jug features a massive radial engine that produces 2,500 HP!
A North American P-51D Mustang passes before the crowd low and fast. This beautiful bird has been restored to its original 1945 condition, complete with dull paint and original instruments! It's an absolute beauty!
The P-47 shown here belongs to the same museum as the Mustang before it, as you can tell by its similar dull, uneven finish. During the war, the planes wore flat paint, not the usual high-gloss finish you see most warbirds having.
The two museum pieces fly in tight formation. It was a wonderful sound hearing that Merlin next to the twin Cyclone radial!
This was actually a four-aircraft formation, with the last one slipping out of the frame at the last second. The Mustang at the bottom features invasion stripes and is an earlier P-51B Mustang.
The two Mustangs on the left belong to the other museum, as you can tell by the shiny finishes. They're still beautiful aircraft, but there's just something special about seeing a WWII aircraft is it was back in its time.
This was one of the greatest sounds I've ever heard, three Merlin V-12 engines with one Rolls-Royce Twin cyclone 18cylinder radial in the Jug.
Here is a closer shot of the nose art and kill decals.
This is that other blue Mustang in the formation... this shot and the one before were taken a couple of weeks ago at another airshow in the area. Absolute gorgeous airplane... just look at that finish! The aircraft was flown by a Capt. with the last name of Heller... hence, "Hell-er Bust"
Capt. Heller accumulated an impressive number of kills while in WWII.
That's it for now, I hope you enjoyed this short journey back in time.
Here is a link to the set:
GA Day, Paine Field, May 16, 2009 - a set on Flickr
Aahh, it's spring time! To celebrate the beginning of the spring flying and airshow season, a local airport had a fun little event that was open to the public. There are now two museums that feature collections of airworthy pieces located on the same field, so they brought out a couple of their birds to show off. Seen in this picture above is a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, also called the Jug, with a North American P-51B Mustang taxiing behind it. The Jug features a massive radial engine that produces 2,500 HP!
A North American P-51D Mustang passes before the crowd low and fast. This beautiful bird has been restored to its original 1945 condition, complete with dull paint and original instruments! It's an absolute beauty!
The P-47 shown here belongs to the same museum as the Mustang before it, as you can tell by its similar dull, uneven finish. During the war, the planes wore flat paint, not the usual high-gloss finish you see most warbirds having.
The two museum pieces fly in tight formation. It was a wonderful sound hearing that Merlin next to the twin Cyclone radial!
This was actually a four-aircraft formation, with the last one slipping out of the frame at the last second. The Mustang at the bottom features invasion stripes and is an earlier P-51B Mustang.
The two Mustangs on the left belong to the other museum, as you can tell by the shiny finishes.
They're still beautiful aircraft, but there's just something special about seeing a WWII aircraft is it was back in its time.
This was one of the greatest sounds I've ever heard, three Merlin V-12 engines with one Rolls-Royce Twin cyclone 18cylinder radial in the Jug.
Here is a closer shot of the nose art and kill decals.
This is that other blue Mustang in the formation... this shot and the one before were taken a couple of weeks ago at another airshow in the area. Absolute gorgeous airplane... just look at that finish! The aircraft was flown by a Capt. with the last name of Heller... hence, "Hell-er Bust"
Capt. Heller accumulated an impressive number of kills while in WWII.
That's it for now, I hope you enjoyed this short journey back in time.
