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A rare formation of five Grumman F8F Bearcats being
flown by Steve Hinton, Kevin Eldridge, John Hinton, John Maloney and
Stew Dawson overhead Lake Mathews south of Chino, CA during the 2009
Planes of Fame Airshow. This years Planes of Fame Airshow will be held
on May 15-16 in Chino, CA. |
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Keith Skilling is seen in the skies over Ohakea Air Base
in New Zealand flying Brendon Deere's Mk IX Spitfire. It is painted in
the color scheme of legendary fighter pilot Al Deere, Brendon's uncle.
The aircraft is based at Ohakea and has been very active since its first
flight in March 2009. |
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The Freidkin Family's rare Grumman F3F-2, being flown by
Robbie Patterson, during the 2009 Planes of Fame Airshow. |
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Mark Foster flying The Planes of Fame Air Museum's
Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless at the 2006 Planes of Fame Airshow in Chino, CA. |
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The Vintage Aviator Limited's Fokker Dr.1 Triplane,
based in Masterton, being flown by Stuart Tantrum, near Omaka just
before Classic Fighters 2007. Painted in original Jasta 11 colors, it is
powered by a Warner Scarab and is one of seven airworthy Dr.1s operated
by TVAL. |
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Ed Lindsay flying his N.A. P-51D Mustang (44-13257) at
the 2008 Indianapolis Airshow. This aircraft was acquired by the
National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA) from the USAAF in
December 1944 and given the ID "NACA 108". During the Mustang's service
with NACA it received the "tall tail" modification as part of a project
by North American to increase stability. In 1959 it was purchased by
David Lindsay as part of his Trans-Florida Aviation/Cavalier Aircraft
Corporation venture and was constructed as the prototype "Cavalier
Mustang II", with a stronger wing, increased weapons carriage, tip
tanks, and modern avionics, designed as a low cost counterinsurgency
attack aircraft. |
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Jason Somes flying the CAF Southern California Wing's
Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat "Minsi III" over the Pacific Ocean near
Watsonville, CA during the annual Memorial Weekend Fly-In and Airshow. |
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Andy Dobson and Don Schofield flying the Canadian
Warplane Heritage Museum's Avro Lancaster Mk. X (C-GVRA) over Southern
Ontario. |
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Powered by a flat Lycoming O-320, Jerry Anderson flies
his 1931 Kadiak Speedster over Woodland, CA. Although it looks a bit
different now than when it was first built, this biplane was entered in
the 1932 National Air Races in Cleveland as race number 123 with a
radial engine. |
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Bryan Stanton flying his Stinson 108-3 (C-FITV) over
Orillia, Ontario, as seen from David Gullacher's Stinson 108-3. |
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An Indian Air Force (IAF) Su-30 Flanker taken during Red
Flag 04 at Nellis AFB in August of 2008. This was the first time that
the IAF Su-30's had participated in Red Flag. They were from Pune -
Lohegaon AFS in South Western India. During the interaction with the
USAF F-22's, the Su-30's were deemed to be a worthy adversary but were
not flown to there maximum by the IAF pilots. They were joined by 2
IL-76 tankers which flew daily in support of the aerial refuelling
required by the Flankers. |
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Al Beverstein flying his beautiful Bell 47D-1
helicopter, with Hydro One's Chief Pilot John Bosomworth in the right
seat, in formation with HydroOne's AS350 B2 AStar during a Vertical
Magazine photo shoot along the hydro line just North of Simcoe Regional
Airport, East of Barrie, Ontario at the 60th Anniversary of HydroOne's
Helicopter Operation.
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