I thought I would start a thread for my pictures. I hope you enjoy them.

I am going to start with Glacier Girl. If you don't know the story about her then this will help you understand why she is so unique.
Glacier Girl - The Lost Squadron (Recovery of a P-38 from beneath a Greenland ice cap: http://p38assn.org/glacier-girl.htm
Glacier Girl @ Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacier_Girl

I got some pictures of Glacier Girl in August when she was at planes of Fame getting some maintenance done.
I lucked out and saw she was there when I was looking at the Planes of Fame website.











I've been to Planes of Fame a few times this year and I am planning on sorting through my pics over the holiday and posting some more.
I've got a few pictures of the 109 they are restoring too.

As I get things sorted I will upload them to this thread.
Hopefully with a description of where and when I took them. **fingers crossed**


Wheels

This thread belongs in the Event Photography forum and not the Screenshot and Video Gallery.


Wheels

Great shots Wheels! One of Kelly's best designs.

Love that plane! Great pics wheels!

Rob

Nice pics wheels, thanks. I believe Glacier Gal is one of the few remaining flyable P-38's in the world. And I remember seeing the TV show on the rescue and subsequent restoration. Quite a few personality clashes IIRC.

I've been lucky enough to see "Glacier Girl" in flight, but never that up-close - thanks Wheels!

Lucky dog. No cockpit shots? Drats!

Thanks guys. I am glad you liked them.
I am sorting through what I have looking for some more pics to post.



It�s been a long time since I saw the recovery of Glacier Girl documentary. What I do remember is them firing one of the cannons at a 55 gallon drum.

There are 7 flyable P-38�s in the world and 6 are kept in the US. I never get it right but one is overseas in �Austria"? The 6 of them that are based in the US were supposed fly together in Sacramento CA on September 11th and 12th at the California Capital Air Show but only 4 made it. That would have been one more than I had ever seen flying in formation anyway. The most I have seen to date is 3 at the 2009 Chino airshow.


If you follow the link in the quote there are some pictures of the planes in flight, all 5 of them on the way to the airshow, and pictures of the planes noseart. 23 skidoo had to land in Freso due to engine trouble.



SHHH, don�t tell anyone but there is a possibility that my handprints are on the plane.


Sorry JAMF I couldn't get any closer than that even though they had someone working on her while I was there. I definitely wanted a few cockpit shots.


Wheels

Nice pics! I saw the Glacier Girl at Reno in September. Sadly, it didn't fly in the races.

A couple of videos of the B-17 Fuddy Duddy leaving after the airshow at Chino in May 2010.
In the foreground is the FW-190 they will be flying for their monthly event in January.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KON0DgJPs98


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTEfvE91vfQ


Wheels

Nice stuff Wheels. The nice weather and being so close to the active runway reminds me of Duxford - you probably get similar amounts of propwash from passing planes as well

Some pictures that I took on the 8th of January of the Flugwerks FW-190 "New Build" that Planes of Fame has at their facility.





The crowd was huge so getting picures of it outside without a crowd around it was impossible.
These were taken after they flew it and landed. Thye are still having engine cooling problems.


Wheels

A video of 23 Skidoo starting her engines and taxiing before the flight demonstration.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hchJMYlXRk8

Some more pictures from Planes of Fame. The star of the day was the P-38.
Here they are towing it to the viewing area right before they did the flight demonstration.










Again the crowd was pretty big. Even bigger than in January it seemed to me. There was also one lucky 14 year old who got to take a ride in the P-38. He won this months raffle of an airplane ride. Normally it is the L-19 Birddog that they give you the ride in after you win the raffle. This month it was winners choice.


Wheels

Very very nice. That is a beaut right there!

Wow. A ride in a P-38. The stuff of dreams. Cool pix, thanks.

Glad you liked them. While I was there I took a few pictures of the B-17 "Swamp Ghost" too. The entire Plane is being stored at Planes of Fame but they only have the fuselage on display.
















Wheels

Some pictures from the Flying History day at Planes of Fame on Saturday March 05, 2011

FM-2 Wildcat.










You can see the chain drive that the crank in the cockpit uses to raise the wheels.


Another picture of the chain drive.





Wheels

Very nice, it must have been great to get an up-close look at an old warbird like that, and without having to fight the crowds. I get the announcements for those events, but it seems that they always happen on some day when I have to do something I can't get out of.

It is cool to get up close to them.
There just happened to be a lull in the crowd while I was taking those photos. There had to be at least 300 people there on Saturday. It's been getting busier every month.

More of the FM-2 Wildcat.









Here are some pictures of a replica of the Granville Brothers - Gee Bee R-1 Racer that Jimmy Doolittle used to win the Thompson Trophy in 1932.
http://www.flyandrive.com/Story4.htm









The last shot in my prior post reminds me of what I see in IL-2 looking at the plane with the exterior view (F8) when the plane is on the carrier deck and I have the wings folded. http://simhq.com/forum/files/usergals/2011/03/full-13732-7738-fm_2_008.jpg


Wheels

I've been to Chino twice, and still don't feel like I have seen everything. I would loved to have seen it right after WWII, with the fields covered with hundreds of surplus aircraft.

Living in the Houston area, I have also been to the Lone Star Flight Museum down in Galveston. Well worth the time, if you have a chance.

binky9

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.


Wheels

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.






Wheels

I have had the exact opposite experience.

I haven't seen Glacier Girl fly either.


Wheels

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


Wheels

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



Wheels

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.



Wheels

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.



Wheels

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


Wheels

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.


Wheels

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.






Wheels

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. )



Wheels

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.


Wheels

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

Wheels

Nice pix in here wheels!

Yes, nice pics Wheels!

I've thought about going to the Hemet-Ryan air show, but that would be two weekends in a row for me, and I have things to do around the house so I'm not sure I want to make the drive up there. The A-10 is very tempting, though...

Thanks for the compliments Ghost & Arthonon.

Here are a couple of videos I took inside Picadilly Lilly II

Picadilly Lilly II - Ball Turret

http://youtu.be/zledA6pJl80

Picadilly Lilly II - Waist Gunners & Radio Room

http://youtu.be/gf0fWwdw03c


Wheels

Some pictures from the June 04, 2011 Flying History day at Planes of Fame.

B-25 Photo Fanny


Picadilly Lilly II's Radio Room




Grumman F7F Tigercat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_F7F_Tigercat







Wheels

Some pictures from yesterday February 04, 2012 at Planes of Fame.

He-162 Salamander



B-17 Picadilly Lilly 2



Wheels

Been awhile since I posted in this thread.

Some recent happenings at Planes of Fame.

P-59 Flap Test

Standard Definition: http://youtu.be/soHrhuR8FJ4
This is the first test of the P-59 flaps in several years. Unfortunately I was unable to get the entire test since they started it before I knew what was going to happen.

It's a little blurry since I was in a hurry but I was also able to get a picture of the flaps exteneded before I started taking the video.



The Planes of Fame A6M5 was going to be the featured aircraft for the December monthly event. At the moment it is being disassembled for shipment to the Tokorozawa Aviation Museum in Tokyo, Japan. This is a going to be a 5 month temporary stay in Japan before returning to Planes of Fame next year.

Planes of Fame Zero Fighter Walkaround

Standard Definition: http://youtu.be/Mxg-HpfATxI

Planes of Fame Zero Fighter Tailwheel Assembly

Standard Definition: http://youtu.be/lsn0ywF6_E4

Planes of Fame Zero Fighter Tailwheel Assembly-01

Standard Definition: http://youtu.be/UnexG1EGT8w


Here are a couple of videos I took at Planes of Fame of their A6M5 Zero on Wednesday the 24th.

A6M5 Cockpit

Standard Definition: http://youtu.be/evbnr-vN6lA

A6M5 Wing Rivet pattern

Standard Definition: http://youtu.be/WZTF_AahXyA


Find more videos of rare planes being flown and shown at the Planes of Fame YouTube channel.
Planes of Fame's YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/POFmuseum


Wheels

Great stuff Wheels,very interesting.

Yes, very interesting - thanks! I hope to one day see that P-59 fly...

Read this through from page 1 again. Great photos.

Me too.


Wheels

Great thread, wheels!

Thanks piper.


Wheels

Some great pictures here. I got to see Glacier Girl at Aviation Nation in Las Vegas a few years ago.

I haven't updated this thread in quite some time but I got some nice pics of Eddie Andreini's Yak 9U at Planes of Fame last week.









Wheels

I guess a three year hiatus is long enough to wait to bump the thread...



Wheels

Few more from Chino yesterday. (November 10, 2018)


Wheels

Great shots of the P38 and P51, Examples of theaviation design adage "if it looks right; it is right!" along with the Mossie, Spit and Schwalbe to name but three.
Thanks for posting.

Glad you liked them BD.


Wheels

Just beautiful!
Can't wait for the P-51, P-47, and P-38 to be released for the Battle of Stalingrad flight sim series.