Tony B Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Beautiful sight, bad luck on the P51 but when all said and done 'Any landing you walk away from is a good one'. Metal can be fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted July 15, 2008 Author Share Posted July 15, 2008 Two of the more manoeuvring displays were the pair of Piper L-4 Grasshopper observation/liasion aircraft and the Guinot wing walking team with their five Boeing Stearman Kaydets, complete with hot sexy girls perched on top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Those Rapides bring back memories. At one stage they used to land them on the beach at St Aubin's in Jersey. One was landed there on May 9th 2005. There was also one in the late '60's used to fly flowers and light freight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted July 15, 2008 Author Share Posted July 15, 2008 Moving back to heavy metal is the F6F Hellcat, made at the 'Grumman Ironworks'. This aircraft wears the original colours it had during service in WW2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted July 15, 2008 Author Share Posted July 15, 2008 Going back to Hawker aircraft, we have the Hurricane, both RAF and Royal Navy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Wouldn't it be easier to say what wasn't there? Talk about kids in a toy shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted July 15, 2008 Author Share Posted July 15, 2008 The next aircraft is the Curtis P-36/Hawk 75, in French colours. The French ordered several before the war and I believe some saw combat during the fall of France 1939/40. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted July 15, 2008 Author Share Posted July 15, 2008 Staying with Curtis, we have the P-40 Warhawks, including the early P-40B showing the pre-war US national insignia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted July 15, 2008 Author Share Posted July 15, 2008 Next we have the NA P-51 Mustangs, of which there were five at the show; 'Miss Velma', 'Miss Helen', 'Ferocious Frankie', 'Old Crow', and 'Nooky Booky IV'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted July 15, 2008 Author Share Posted July 15, 2008 The show was opened by the Spitfires, all nine of them. The three high powered Griffon engined aircraft belted up and down the grass runway while the six Merlin powered marks did a tail chase of looping and rolling manoeuvre's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted July 15, 2008 Author Share Posted July 15, 2008 In the transport section there was the Beech UC-43 Staggerwing, an unusual but attractive biplane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted July 15, 2008 Author Share Posted July 15, 2008 Back to the Grumman Cat family is the FM2 Wildcat, the smallest of the cats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted July 15, 2008 Author Share Posted July 15, 2008 Almost the end now. We have the Yak 3, a very fast and agile fighter. This is a 'New Build' aircraft, made recently from the original tooling which was still stored in Russia. Rather than the original Russian engine, it is fitted with an American Allison V12. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted July 15, 2008 Author Share Posted July 15, 2008 The show is closed by the 'Balbo', a mass formation of most of the aircraft that took part in the show. This year there were 26 aircraft which took part. The first picture is many of the fighters on the runway waiting to take off. The next two show the 'Balbo' in the air, and the final picture is of Stephen Grey who owns the Fighter Collection and is the show organiser. Without him, the warbird scene in the UK would be very different. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Was the Yak a russian design,and was it wood construction?thanks for all your pics.cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runflat Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Some great photos there. I take it you use something more sophisticated than a pocket 'point and shoot' camera? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted July 15, 2008 Author Share Posted July 15, 2008 It's a Nikon D50 DSLR with a 70-300mm zoom, and a steady hand! Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runflat Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Thanks. Must remember 'decent camera' for the birthday list... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Was the Yak a russian design,and was it wood construction?thanks for all your pics.cheers. The Yak John, yes Russian,wood yes,Oh ok mate thanks for that:confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alant Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 The Yak is Russian all metal. I helped to put one together a few years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 The Yak is Russian all metal. I helped to put one together a few years ago. :tup:: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Wow what a sight it must have been to see 9 spitfires flying around! Gives you a small idea on how it must have looked in WWII. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 (edited) I have the Yak down as mixed construction, Plywood and Fabric covered. Early Yak 3's had wooden Wing spars, on later Yak 3's this was changed to a light alloy spar. The wing on early Yaks was one piece wooden with twin wooden spars with a plywood skin. The fuselage was of tubular steel construction. The front of the fusalage had removable metal panels , Further back it was plywood covered, but in later Aircraft this was changed to Doped fabric. In Total Russia built 4848 Yak 3's and it ais regarded as the most manouverable fighter of the war ( all combatants) Edited July 17, 2008 by antarmike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted July 17, 2008 Author Share Posted July 17, 2008 ......it is regarded as the most manouverable fighter of the war ( all combatants) It certainly appeared as such the way it was being displayed. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alant Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 New build Yak 3 is a metal wing with a tubular fuselage with alloy panels. I know some original Yaks had a ply and resin wing skin that used to delaminate. At +6G this could ruin your day. For photos try Meier Motors GBr. or http://www.airventure.de/news_jaks_freiburg_1_07.htm. Any questions on L4 Cubs, DH82a Tiger Moths and DHC-1 Chipmunks I should be able to answer without getting a headache. If you check CAA G-INFO for G-AISX thats one of my toys + a GMC 353 +Willys MB. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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