Red Bull P-38

The Red Bull P-38 is still in the United States as of now. Plans were to fly it from Texas to Austria but now those have been put on hold. This picture shows it still in Breckenridge at the end of an evening flight. (Photo by Steve Dickey)

Lockheed 12 Flies Again!

Good news! Lockheed 12, N1108, s/n 1227 has flown out of Santa Paula airport in California to it's new home in Georgia! It will be restored and grace the skies once again! (Photo by Ron Eyanson)

What is THAT?

Here is a great link to test your aircraft recognition skills!

http://rareaircraf1.greyfalcon.us/UNITED%20STATES.htm

Happy Jack

The latest Mustang restoration out of Midwest Aero has been awarded the Grand Champion Warbird at Oshkosh. Congrats to Mike and his crew for another award winner! A photo diary containing a number of warbird pictures from Oshkosh is here.

Meacham Field World War Two

This picture recently came across my desk. Meacham Field in Fort Worth, Texas sure was a busy place during World War Two! Just a few Corsairs, Avengers and Wildcats!

Flying Legends

The Flying Legends show is this weekend and pictures are starting to appear on the forums. Check out some of the early arrivals here. The B-17 Liberty Belle has made the trip from the US. The P-47 project is making good progress... this P-47 was once flown as "Little Demon" in the US.

Visit the PLANE TALK forum for more.

Boeing over Seattle

Great shot from Ryan Pemberton of his Dad flying the Boeing 40 over Seattle!

Spartan 7W News

Spartan s/n 21, NC17633 is winging its way across the pond and will be based in England with its new owner. Hope the crossing goes well and look forward to seeing pictures on the European airshow circuit. 17633 was with Colgate Darden for many years at his base in South Carolina.

Spartan s/n 17, NC17667 has been purchased from the insurance company after its landing accident. The new owner will finance the rebuild and base it in the Northeast. 17667 (formally owned by the Blankenburg's) was an active Spartan and was shown at many shows in California and at Oshkosh.

Where do you park Mars?

From my friend Kelly...

I had a trip up into BC today with the Tailwind. At Tailwind speeds no place is out of the way so I thought I'd fly past Sproat Lake to see if the Mars firebombers were at home. One is evidently in California working and the other was actually out of the water for maintenance. That is some serious beaching gear for that size of a seaplane; remember that is not an amphib.

After reviewing this picture I had several thoughts that go like this:

1. If you paint lines on you pegboard for your hammer, shouldn't you put it there?
2. Maybe this explains why the #3 engine is missing.
3. They even have the extra prop on the wrong side of the airplane!!!
4. You think that is bad; look over by the hangar and you'll see that they have lost everything aft of the Captain and First Officer's command posts. Another poor flight engineer out of a job!

And lastly...
5. If this thing is supposed to be so darn big, explain to me why the fuel drums behind the airplane look so big!!!!

CWHM Photos

The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum pulled all their machines out this past week. Great shots on this forum post.

Forum post here.

Also check out the shots from Eric Dumigan.

There are on his web site - click here.

P38 Flies

The Red Bull P-38 has made it's first flight following a multi-year restoration. Photo by Steve Dickey.