Thanks for the tip on the Lone Star Flight Museum binky.

I have been going to Chino monthly for the past year and I still am finding new things when I am there.


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Some more pics from Planes of Fame Air Museum.

They recently got the tail put back on their B-17 Picadilly Lilly.

Before:


After:



Some pics of their WW1 DR.1 and Sopwith Pup replica aircraft.






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I have had the exact opposite experience.

I haven't seen Glacier Girl fly either.


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A couple videos I took of the WW1 replica aircraft at Planes of Fame on May 07th, 2011.

Sopwith Pup replica walk around at PoF

http://youtu.be/8DY2xRQ7u9s

Fokker DR.1 walk around at Planes of Fame

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRsUzGRw5y0


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Decided to add my Planes of Fame 2011 pictures in Arthonon's thread to my thread too.
Originally here: http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/3298322/Re_Planes_of_Fame_2011.html#Post3298322

Here are some of my shots from Saturday May 14, 2011.

#01 - A flight line pic showing 3 Bearcats, an F4U Corsair, the J2F Duck, and the F3F.


#02 - P-63 Kingcobra Pretty Polly


#03 - P-63 Kingcobra Pretty Polly


#04 - P-51 Buzzin Cuzzin


#05- P-51 Lady Alice


#06 - PB4Y2 patrol bomber converted to a fire bomber*

*Thanks to Pooch and Arthonon for the info on this plane.
Pooch: http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/3301282/Re_Planes_of_Fame_2011.html#Post3301282
Arthonon: http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/3301296/Re_Planes_of_Fame_2011.html#Post3301296

#07 - B-17 Fuddy Duddy


#08 - B-17 Fuddy Duddy


#09 - C-47 D-Day Doll



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Originally here:
http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/3298322/Re_Planes_of_Fame_2011.html#Post3298322

More from Saturday May 14, 2011.

#10 - PV-2 Harpoon


#11 - PBJ-1J Pacific Princess (Designation for a B-25 in Naval or Marine Corps service)


#12 - PV-2 Harpoon noseart


#13 - TA-4 Skyhawk


#14 - Something a little different. Mini planes made out of 30 gallon drums.


#15 - P-26 Peashooter


#16 - Flyby of a Corsair, SBD, and Avenger.


#17 - Another flightline picture.


#18 - Taking a picture of the FM-2 Wildcat and the Silver Wings Wingwalking team accidently flew into frame.



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Originally here: http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/3301109/Re_Planes_of_Fame_2011.html#Post3301109

Some pictures I took on Sunday May 15th. I think they show the rain we were dealing with that morning pretty well. It cleared up after I left.

#19 - P-38J 23 Skidoo


#20 - P-38L Honey Bunny


#21 - P-38L Honey Bunny Noseart


#22 - P-38L Honey Bunny Noseart


#23 -


#24 -


#25 -


#26 - Yak 3 in Normandie Niemen colors of Marcel O. Albert, Fw-190 "New build", Fairey Firefly.



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Excellent thread Wheels and some really interesting shots.
I will admit the Harpoon is a new one on me,going to google it now.

*Edit* Ah,I see it is a Ventura variant,that one I know.

We really need to get a few of those P-38s to a local owner who has hangarage at Duxford.

There is one in Austria now. Maybe it will stop by Duxford this year for Flying Legends?
http://p38assn.org/white-light.htm


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Very nice pics & videos

Thanks Wheels

Cheers

Nice, I'm going to have to get stateside at least once and visit these collections. Is that a Firefly next to the FW190?

Yes it is a Firefly. I'll add it to the picture description.


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I missed the B-25 that flew over my house about 20 minutes before these two P-51's flew over my house on the way back to Chino airport.






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A couple of pics from inside the B-17 "Picadilly Lilly II" at Planes of Fame.

Looking out the plexiglass behind and below the top gunners plexiglass bubble. It wasn't the camera, the plexiglass is that dirty.


Looking towards the back of the plane from the radio room. The radio operator's desk is behind me and to the right. (The desk is not in the picture. )



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Very nice :L You can't imagine standing in there under fire. Damn brave kids.

Probably the 1000th time you have been asked this....what camera is it?

Actually you are the first.
It is a fairly inexpensive Nikon COOLPIX L22.
It's not very good for aerial shots or long distance shots but for up close and personal I think it does fairly well.
The videos of the WW1 replica aircraft walk arounds I posted were taken with it too.


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Edit:
I am going to have to get out the manual because the brochure mentions a zoom feature that may improve my long range shots. I've had the camera for 8 months and I didn't know about it until I read the brocuhure.

Ah thanks.

Watch the zoom as it may only be a digital zoom not optical so the results won't be that good. (edit: looks like it is optical zoom)

I agree for close up shots it is good. Very clear and bright.

I have just got an Olympus SZ-30MR and waiting to give it a try out. It can be fully auto or with lots of manual over-rides. 24x optical zoom.

I found out how to adjust the zoom so I am going to play around with it and see how well it works. The zoom feature even works with the video. The last camera I had the zoom did not work with the video feature.

There is a mini airshow on the 11th at Hemet-Ryan airfield that I was going to pass on but I think I am going to use it to test out the camera now. I like A-10's so that is another reason to go to the show.


Schedule

• 08:00 Gates Open for General Public
• 09:30 Opening Ceremony
• 09:50 T-34 Formation Flight
• 10:10 L-39 Flyby
• 10:30 Tim Decker and Melissa Aerobatics Preview
• 10:50 Remote Control Airplane Club
• 11:20 Doug Jardine Aerobatic Performance
• 11:35 L-29 Flybys
• 11:50 C-17 Flyby
• 12:00 Golden Stars Skydiving
• 12:15 Tim Decker Aerobatics
• 12:30 T-34 Formation Flight with Dragon Flight
• 1:00 Melissa Aerobatics
• 1:20 Doug Jardine
• 1:35 United States Air Force A-10 Demo and Heritage Flight

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