Re: [OM] Warbird Fly In!

[Chris Barker]

Sounds like fun Rich!  We have a set of Yaks at my local airfield.  It belongs to a chap called Mark Jefferies who is a bit of an aerobatic champion in the UK (not sure about internationally).  The airfield belongs to him and his family and, although he seems to be a wealthy farmer, I believe that the made some of his money by buying and selling Yaks in this country (he had to fly them back from the FSU).

Your experience at Boeing Field will probably not be echoed at the Flying Legends show at Duxford in July.  I am not sure how many veterans remain in the UK, and how many might make it to the show (Gary Edwards will be across for that).  We can live in hope though.

Chris

On Sunday, Apr 27, 2003, at 10:56 Europe/London, Doggre@xxxxxxx wrote:

> Mike, I saw several older vets walking around, looking, reminiscing, hugging.  One walked up to me as I was taking a close up of the radial in a T-6 (T-6-looking - I don't know my airplanes) trainer, and said he was a Navy pilot and trained in them in Pensacola in the 1950's.   I get goosebumps around those older vets.  The stories, the HISTORY they carry around with them!
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> One plane came in from Orcas Is.  A Yak 52?  Russian-built, piloted by Jack Coe.  You may have seen it flying around the San Juans.  Looks rather like a slimmed-down T-6:
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> http://yakpilots.org/jack_coe.jpg
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> Out of all the photographers there, I saw two tripods.  I used the Bogen monopod.
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> The Grumman Avenger was displayed with wings folded back.  The hydraulic lines, everything, all looked as though the plane had just rolled off the assembly line.  Torpedo bay doors were open.  I never realized how BIG these aircraft were!  Landing one on a WWII vintage carrier must have been quite a feat!  Big cahones on those young men.
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> Rich
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