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08-05-2012, 02:50 PM
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Some pics from Saturday at ToM...
Met up with a couple of my fellow BlitzPigs at the annual Thunder Over Michigan air show on Saturday and thought I'd share some of the pics with you guys.
This year's show was pretty light on planes though, but what was there was still very cool and well worth it... OK, first star of the show...  The CAF B-29, "FIFI". Amazing to see her in flight and on the ground. We had an interesting discussion with the pilot as well. BTW, if you were wondering about operating costs... Total per hour for everything, fuel/oil/crew/maintenance etc... about $6800 per hour. Now to the the plane that was at once the most interesting, and most disappointing aircraft at the show...   The A-36. Fresh off winning the first prize at Oshkosh for best restoration, it was an amazingly beautiful aircraft. Just perfect in every detail. However, she did not fly. Seems it was sidelined by a problem that plagued the A-36 when they were in service. The dive brakes were lifting out on their own in flight, so the owner put safety first and grounded the aircraft. A pity, but really the wise choice. There was also a lot of these...  One of these...  And these guys...  Who seemed worried about these guys...   And to top it all off a demo by the only Sea Harrier in private hands...  
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08-05-2012, 04:44 PM
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nice shots, thx for posting them
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08-05-2012, 05:44 PM
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Dont worry, you will be seeing allot more sea harriers in private hands now. Seeing as the Royal Navy scrapped them.
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08-05-2012, 05:58 PM
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Gorgeous pics El.
I'd so like to see that B-29 in the air. Thx for posting. 
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08-06-2012, 10:03 AM
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Some times I hate you blokes living some where they have air shows like this. The only WW2 AC I have ever seen up close was a Beechcraft transport. I can only play COD an imagine what it must be like. The noise and smell on top of the scenery must be heaven on earth.
Great picks. The German tank crew looking up cracked me up. 
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08-06-2012, 02:05 PM
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Its a living museum where the aircraft are airworthy and flown on a regular schedule. You also get to go up close and actually touch them in the flesh and speak with the pilots. They do regular flying shows with the below aircraft and often have visiting aircraft during a Showcase. I've been once and thoroughly enjoyed it! Im trying to get to the Sept 1 show which has a RAAF theme. If I cant get to that one Ill definitely be going to Dec 1 show which is a Pearl Harbour theme. Get yourself along.... there's nothing like it in this country and there's only a small handful of museums globally that fly their aircraft and an even smaller number with WWII aircraft! The Spitfires have one of highest logged flying hours for WWII aircraft in the world. They have a pretty heavy workload so one has its engine off for rebuild at the moment.List of flying aircraft on rotating showcase: Ryan STM S2 DH-82A Tiger Moth CA-16 Wirraway Supermarine Spitfire Mk VIII (unfortunately engine in US for rebuild) Supermarine Spitfire Mk XVI CA-13 Boomerang Lockheed Hudson DH-115 Vampire T35 Gloster Meteor F.8 English Electric Canberra RAAF CA-27 Sabre Cessna A-37B Dragonfly Cessna O-2A Cessna O-1G Birddog T-28D Trojan Aug 18th, 2012 Aircraft Showcase - Vietnam, Long Tan A-37B, Birddog, Cessna O-2A, T-28 Trojan, RANHF Huey Sep 1st, 2012 Aircraft Showcase - RAAF Fighters Spitfire, Meteor, Boomerang, P-40 Kittyhawk Sep 15th, 2012 Aircraft Showcase - Fighters Spitfire, Meteor, Boomerang, A-37B Oct 6th, 2012 Aircraft Showcase - Trainers to Fighters Spitfire, Wirraway, Birddog, J-3 Cub, Harvard Oct 20th, 2012 Aircraft Showcase - North American Aviation Sabre, Harvard, T-28 Trojan Nov 3rd, 2012 Aircraft Showcase Spitfire, Tiger Moth, Hudson, A-37B Nov 17, 2012 Aircraft Showcase - Korea Sabre, Meteor, Harvard Dec 1st, 2012 Aircraft Showcase - Pearl Harbor Spitfire, Ryan, Tiger Moth, P-40 Kittyhawk Dec 15th, 2012 No Aircraft Showcase Jan 5th, 2013 No Aircraft Showcase Jan 19th, 2013 Aircraft Showcase - CAC Australian Made Sabre, Boomerang, Wirraway, Winjeel, Ceres Feb 2nd, 2013 Aircraft Showcase - WWII to Korea Spitfire, Hudson, Harvard, Meteor http://www.aviationmuseum.com.au/ http://maps.google.com.au/maps?clien...d=0CKMBEPwSMAA PS nice pics thanks for sharing!
Last edited by FS~Phat; 08-06-2012 at 02:20 PM.
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08-06-2012, 03:08 PM
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Nice stuff! Would really love to see FiFi someday! The A-36 airbrake issue is quite weird though, if memory serves in many cases they actually wired them shut cos they weren't used operationally and caused issues, so I wonder why they bother having them still serviceable.
That Harrier is mint, I bet the running costs are not too different from the B-29 though!
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08-06-2012, 03:40 PM
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Thanks for the share.
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08-06-2012, 03:41 PM
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08-06-2012, 04:27 PM
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You know, what really surprises me is that a lot of these aircraft restoration folks normally don't have historians as part of the teams, which can often give them a better insight also on operational routines like that. If memory serves the actuators are mechanic, so I suppose that the accidental opening is just part of a design flaw, one thing is for sure though, you don't want them to open when landing or taking off, nor opening asymmetrically, that would be a party pooper..
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