This is a small show, and while it has some interesting aircraft attending, it kind of lacks a "wow" factor, but I still ended up taking a boatload of photos.

Almost everything flying has to be shot at 400mm to get any detail, which makes things a little more difficult, and the lighting is OK but not great, but it was a fun challenge.

#1 - A B-17 landing while a B-25 waits to take off


#2 - A closer shot of the B-17 landing


#3 - The B-25 flies overhead with the bomb bay doors open


#4 - The B-25 landing


#5 - 2 of the 4 Stearman aircraft taxiing


#6 - The four Stearmans (Stearmen?) testing smoke and waiting to take off


#7 - The four Stearmans in flight

Round 2

#9 - A Fairey Firefly closeup


#10 - A very shiny P-51 Mustang


#11 - An F6F Hellcat flies past


#12 - John Collver in his War Dog SNJ


#13 - An AN-2 flies by


#14 - The Mustang Lady Alice flies by


#15 - An F3F in flight


#16 - Another shot of the F3F in flight

Those photos made ME go, "wow!"

Thanks Pooch!

Round 3

#17 - A Skyraider in flight


#18 - The Skyraider taxiing


#19 - A sailplane in flight - it was towed aloft by a winch at the far end of the runway


#20 - A Corsair in flight


#21 - The Fairey Firefly in flight


#22 - The N-9M taxis out for takeoff


#23 - The N-9M in flight over a hill


#24 - The N-9M approaches doing a fly-by

And the last round (finally!)

#25 - A Mustang passes an AT-6 during a pass


#26 - An AT-6 flying past


#27 - A NA-50 making a low pass


#28 - A Zero making a pass with other aircraft approaching from behind


#29 - A Bearcat flying by


#30 - Another shot of the Zero


#31 - The Mustang Red Dog making a high speed pass


#32 - And a final shot of the Zero.

That wasn't the Planes of Fame Zero but it's still cool. I was at PoF on Saturday and it was still there. The PoF Zero's tail number is 61-120.
Plane's of Fame Zero 61-120

Great shots all around.


Wheels

Ah, good to know Wheels, thanks. They had other Chino planes there, so I just assumed it was their Zero as well. I think they might have even announced that it had the original engine, which I didn't question since some other PoF planes were there (and I didn't have the tail numbers memorized).

Good stuff Arthonon. The N-9M looks like a rare catch amongst all the other "normal" aircraft. The steep hills in the background makes a change from the usual blue (or white in the UK) sky as well.
Quite nice for the Spad crew to load it up with dummy bombs as well - makes a change from clean aircraft.

Great shots Ken, the Skyraider sticks out to me, what a beauty!

The announcer probably did say that it was Chino's Zero. With as many planes as I see of Chino's in your photographs it would be an easy mistake to make.

I just missed catching a picture of the Flying Wing heading home after the show. I heard it coming from the sounds of the engine but I couldn't get outside fast enough with my camera.


Wheels