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WWII Air Pair: Kittyhawk and Hurricane
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Aug 13, 2022 16:20:51   #
jrvinson45 Loc: Buckeye, AZ
 
I can’t imagine the difficulty of restoring and maintaining one of these beautiful aircraft… a piece of hardware eight decades old that survived a world war; powered by super charged internal combustion engines and still capable of 300 mph. The people that fly them now are every bit the right stuff that made the heroes of yesteryear. My uncle Robert flew Hurricanes with the American Volunteer group in the Battle of Britain. He was ordered home by his draft board only to be sent to Aviation Cadet school at Randolph Field… they sent him to C-47’s in Burma…. Keep on humping guys.
These are my favorite kind of BIF photos. Thanks!

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Aug 13, 2022 22:54:28   #
kpmac Loc: Ragley, La
 
Outstanding.

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Aug 14, 2022 05:02:26   #
Dalek Loc: Detroit, Miami, Goffstown
 
GREAT shots.

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Aug 14, 2022 18:05:36   #
Bubalola Loc: Big Apple, NY
 
kmpankopf wrote:
This year's theme at the Thunder over Michigan show was WWII fighter aircraft, not necessarily American.
To me, one of the best joint performers was a P-40 Kittyhawk and Hawker Hurricane.

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Kittyhawk and Hurricane Level Flight by Kurt Pankopf


Kittyhawk and Hurricane Right Bank
This year's theme at the Thunder over Michigan sho... (show quote)



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Aug 16, 2022 15:06:07   #
topcat Loc: Alameda, CA
 
Nice captures. I can only imagine the time and expense of keeping these great machined airworthy.

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