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John Maloney is seen flying the Planes of Fame Air
Museum’s P-47G Thunderbolt. The rare Thunderbolt is painted in 56th
Fighter Group ace Bud Mahurin’s colors as 42-8487 “Spirit of Atlantic
City, N.J”. |
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2011-2012 US Aerobatic Champion Rob Holland flying his
MX inverted while Mustang pilots Mark Murphy, in P-51D “NEVER Miss”, and
Bill Shepard, in P-51C “Tuskegee Airmen”, hold a tight formation at the
2012 Geneseo Airshow. |
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Jason Somes is seen flying the Commemorative Air Force –
Southern California Wing’s Mitsubishi A6M3 “Zero” enroute from Falcon
Field, AZ back to its home base in Camarillo, CA. |
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Keith Skilling (in the rear cockpit) is seen here flying
Doug Brooker’s (in the front) Supermarine Spitfire Tr.9 near Ardmore, in
Auckland. The aircraft had just competed flight testing following
importation into New Zealand by Doug. An accomplished aerobatic pilot,
Doug flew a display at Ardmore in December 2010 that left the crowd
speechless. |
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Chris Fahey in the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 Fagot leads
Steve Hinton flying the North American F-86F Sabre. Both aircraft are
owned by the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, CA and can be seen
every year at their annual airshow performing a fast paced display. This
year’s show will be held May 4th and 5th. |
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McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C (BuNo. 163733) with Strike
Fighter Squadron VFA-122 "Flying Eagles" based at NAS Lemoore recovering
after a local sortie at a nearby range while on Det at Naval Air
Facility El Centro. The Hornet is painted in a tri-color blue/blue/white
World War II scheme commemorating the 100th Anniversary/Centennial of
Naval Aviation finished as a Grumman F6F Hellcat of VF-17 - Carrier Air
Group 17(CVG-17) on the USS Hornet CV-12 1944/45. |
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Keith McMann in North American Harvard MK. IV Race 64
“Red Knight” leads Vic McMann in North American AT-6A Race 66
“Gunslinger” at the 2012 Reno National Championship Air Races. |
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A 1958 DeHavilland DH82A Thruxton Jackaroo (C-FPHZ
Serial # 6924) is seen at the “Tiger Boys” Fly-In on September 19, 2009
at Guelph Air Park in Guelph, Ontario. |
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Built under license by Moraine Saulnier in France, this
Fieseler Storch Fi-156C was owned by Steve Ericson when photographed at
the Minter Field air show in California. NX41FS had its original
eight-cylinder inverted-V Argus engine replaced with a six-cylinder
horizontally opposed engine.
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