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irrelevant 12-01-2009 07:53 PM

happy thoughts...
 
in light of numerous other threads, i thought i'd share these to spread some happy thoughts on the forum. all of these were taken this summer by yours truly. enjoy!

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g8...st_m/Petie.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g8.../B17Engine.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g8...B17NoseArt.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g8...B25NoseArt.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g8.../F4Wildcat.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g8...m/SpitTaxi.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g8..._m/Cockpit.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g8...ist_m/Spit.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g8...m/Heritage.jpg

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Spitfire23 12-01-2009 08:14 PM

Wow they're really nice! Rather enjoyed those

phlux 12-01-2009 08:18 PM

Beautiful stuff :)

xX-SiLeNcE-Xx 12-01-2009 10:34 PM

Very nice. I used to go to airshows when I was a kid and not give a damn about the ww2 fighters. I'd be like "When are the jets coming!" or "Wow, these are boring."

After this game, I have a whole new outlook on these beauties. :)

Sandylowlead 12-01-2009 11:00 PM

Did you take them at the EAA Air Adventure?

InfiniteStates 12-01-2009 11:02 PM

Wow - those are some nice shots. Did you take them, or were they bought? And whatever that is in the video looks like its really struggling to get off the ground. Must have been impressive to see whole flights of them in the war... As long as they were friendly.

My dad used to drag me to airshows all the time, and I wasn't that interested in the planes at that age, but I did really like low flyovers by jets that rattle your chest so you can't breathe... sweet. He let me sit in the cockpit of his Vulcan one time too. He didn't find my desire to flick all the switches that funny though lol.

irrelevant 12-02-2009 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Sandylowlead (Post 124483)
Did you take them at the EAA Air Adventure?

nope, the first photoa of petie the 2nd and the b-17 prop were taken in waukesha, wi at a little airshow (so was the video at the end). the rest of the photos were taken at thunder over michigan (just outside of detroit) this past summer. ;)

irrelevant 12-02-2009 12:47 AM

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Originally Posted by InfiniteStates (Post 124485)
Wow - those are some nice shots. Did you take them, or were they bought? And whatever that is in the video looks like its really struggling to get off the ground. Must have been impressive to see whole flights of them in the war... As long as they were friendly.

My dad used to drag me to airshows all the time, and I wasn't that interested in the planes at that age, but I did really like low flyovers by jets that rattle your chest so you can't breathe... sweet. He let me sit in the cockpit of his Vulcan one time too. He didn't find my desire to flick all the switches that funny though lol.

thanks! i took them with my little nikon s600 point and shoot camera. that video at the end is a B-17 taking off, my friend. ;)

i agree with you guys about the airshows. as a kid, i always loved watching the jets (still do). since i've gotten older, i've developed a fond appreciation of ww2 history and the planes that flew during the war. every year, i go to airshow at the lakefront of chicago to watch the action.

But i've also started traveling to catch warbirds at airshows. i traveled to the airshow in michigan for the sole purpose of being able to see a Bf-109 in person, but it was sadly out of commission and couldn't make an appearance. nevertheless, i managed to still see a lot of great planes at that show (spits, a hurricane, a corsair, a hellcat, an avro lancaster, etc). well worth the travels, in my opinion. :)

Irishmandkg 12-02-2009 01:29 AM

sweet pics! Makes me want to go to an air show.

trk29 12-02-2009 02:58 AM

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Originally Posted by irrelevant (Post 124506)
i agree with you guys about the airshows. as a kid, i always loved watching the jets (still do). since i've gotten older, i've developed a fond appreciation of ww2 history and the planes that flew during the war. every year, i go to airshow at the lakefront of chicago to watch the action.

This is me in a nutshell, I love to see the jets but I love to see the older planes now more.

phlux 12-02-2009 12:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by irrelevant (Post 124506)
as a kid, i always loved watching the jets (still do). since i've gotten older, i've developed a fond appreciation of ww2 history and the planes that flew during the war.

Put me in this club as well, exactly the way it happened for me too.

I've got some pretty good pics from the Warriors and Warbirds airshow that happened down here in NC over the veterans day weekend. I'll try to get some up pretty soon. I vote "happy thoughts..." become the official airshow pictures thread :)

Sandylowlead 12-02-2009 02:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by irrelevant (Post 124503)
nope, the first photoa of petie the 2nd and the b-17 prop were taken in waukesha, wi at a little airshow (so was the video at the end).

:OOOO the aviation museum i work at got three hangers from waukesha WI

irrelevant 12-02-2009 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Sandylowlead (Post 124648)
:OOOO the aviation museum i work at got three hangers from waukesha WI

small world! LOL i grew up in waukesha, but moved to chicago 5 years ago.

miatar 12-02-2009 10:36 PM

thanks irrelevant for posting some good stuff on this forum

irrelevant 12-03-2009 12:41 AM

more! :cool:

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g8...st_m/Hurri.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g8...ist_m/Crow.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g8..._m/Corsair.jpg

ontheborderland 12-03-2009 02:43 AM

Damn that Hurri's beautiful.

InfiniteStates 12-03-2009 10:06 AM

I love these arty type shots... Awesome camera work man :) WP

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g8.../B17Engine.jpg
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g8.../F4Wildcat.jpg
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g8..._m/Corsair.jpg

Sandylowlead 12-03-2009 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by irrelevant (Post 124744)
small world! LOL i grew up in waukesha, but moved to chicago 5 years ago.

lol srsly I'm 45mins from Chicago and ummmm Barnaby's pizza my favorite part of Chicago. If you grew up in waukesha you might know the hangers my work has we didn't get them to 01' i believe. Heres a link http://www.thevintagemuseum.com/


BTW...
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...46211701-1.jpgSO MANY AWESOME PICTURES!!1!

olife 12-03-2009 03:08 PM

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very nice pics irrelevant

olife 12-03-2009 03:13 PM

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