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Captain Eddie Kurdziel is seen in his magnificent award
winning Fairey Firefly AS Mk.6 over the Las Vegas, NV desert. Painted to
represent WB377, it is currently one of only two flyable Fireflies in
the world. |
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Tom Camp in the Planes of Fame Air Museum’s Yakovlev
Yak-3 with John Hinton flying the N.A. P-51A Mustang at the 2010 Planes
of Fame Airshow in Chino, CA. |
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Steve Hinton flying Rod Lewis’ combat veteran
Supermarine Spitfire Mk. Vb BL628 “Marion” near French Valley Airport,
California. “Marion” wears the YO-D markings of No. 401 RCAF Squadron
that it originally wore in 1942. |
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Frank Kimmel flying the Fighters & Legends’ Chance
Vought F4U-5N Corsair at AirVenture 2008 in Oshkosh, WI. |
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Returning from the 2011 Indianapolis Airshow, Duane
Carroll is seen turning base-to-final at Indianapolis Metro airport in a
North American P-51D Mustang. The Mustang was owned for over 40 years by
well-known warbird owner/pilot Tom Wood, and his legacy lives on with
the Wood’s estate keeping the airplane in the air. |
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The Warrior Flight Team’s flypast in an Aero Vodochody
L-39C and N.A. P-51D Mustang “Glamorous Gal” during the 2011 Geneseo
Airshow. |
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Les Marshall, with his son in the front seat, flies his
pride and joy Ryan PT-22 over the Hauraki Gulf near Auckland, NZ.The
Ryan was restored several years ago and has seen its fair share of
display flying and is currently based at Ardmore, NZ. |
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Scott Germain rounding pylon 8 at the 2010 Reno National
Championship Air Races in Tom McNerney's Lancair Super 360 "Unleashed".
2010 saw "Unleashed" post its highest race speed ever at 263.909 mph in
Sunday’s Silver Sport Class race where it placed 6th. |
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Tyler Orsow flying Chuck Kimes’ Stinson 108 on straight
floats over Clear Lake during the annual Seaplane Splash-In staged out
of Lakeport, CA. Unfortunately, both Tyler and Chuck were tragically
lost together in an aviation accident earlier this year. |
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USAF Thunderbird's F-16 "Falcons" mirror flypast at the
2008 National Championship Air Races held at Stead Field in Reno, NV. |
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Addison Pemberton taking off in his rare and beautifully
restored 1928 Boeing 40C1 at the 2010 Reno National Championship Air
Races held at Stead Field in Reno, NV. The Boeing 40C1 won the 2010
National Aviation Hall of Fame People’s Choice award. |
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A Lufthansa Airbus A380 is seen on approach to San
Francisco International Airport in May of this year, after arriving from
Frankfurt, Germany. Lufthansa operate the A380 into SFO daily while Air
France also flies an A380 into SFO, every other day.
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