That's a wonderful capture.
Great pilots and video, amazing.
fourg1b2006 wrote:
That's a wonderful capture.
It sure is. I could watch it over and over just to listen to those engines. I just wish it was my work that captured all that. Glad You liked it.
tcthome and Old Timer; really glad You enjoyed the video. Old Timer, you are pretty close to Ypsilanti, Michigan where the Thunder Over Michigan Airshow is every year. Have You ever made it up there to see it? It is really worth it if You like airshows. A lot of photographers there every year.
DaveMM
Loc: Port Elizabeth, South Africa
I was able to get to Duxford for the 2018 Battle of Britain Air Show, which was amazing. On the Saturday they had 18 Spitfires in formation (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwxInatB8RY) although on the Sunday when I was there they only flew 13 due to crosswinds. However, there was much less cloud so, on the whole, I had the better day.
One great flyby was the 'Gibson formation' consisting of a Lancaster, Tornado and F35, each of which was operated in turn by the RAFs 617 Dambusters squadron.
Duxford is one of my favourite airfields/museums, surpassed only by Shuttleworth although even there it is a toss-up.
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Great I enjoyed it. Thanks
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Greatly appreciate you sharing the link.
Plieku69
Loc: The Gopher State, south end
Impressively awesome.
Love this
As with other posters I also have fond memories of those great round engine sounds. (Kinda wish the music was toned down some.) I grew up in between a couple airfields during the '40s (born in the '30s) where the planes were repaired and sent back to battle in the European and Asian theaters. I'd be playing with my toy soldiers in the sandbox and an aircraft would fly over so low on their runway approach that I could see their damage and sometimes even the pilots.
We would occasionally find oil splotches in our yard from leaking engines too.
Never wanted to fly one of those rattletraps with one of the propellers sometimes not turning though.
Remember seeing a door hanging off the side of a large aircraft and wondering if anyone had fallen out.
Being part of this phase in our history did instill in me the the desire to help out whenever I could. Really admired those pilots - had a female cousin that ferried aircraft to various bases around the world. She was a hero in our family but certainly didn't take any honor in our hearts away from those family members who never returned.
Rich2236
Loc: E. Hampstead, New Hampshire
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All I can say is: WOW!!!!! What a staggering display of WWI and WWII warbirds. Sorry about your friend, but he did leave quite a legacy for future generations to watch! thank you.
Rich...
I used to work for a company (now part of Alcoa) that supplied parts to Pratt & Whitney and all other free world aircraft engine makers. Can really appreciate these engines and those of today
Thanks for posting
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My word!!! Very Impressive
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