smitty44 Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 Time for some airshows and air races! Reno next weekend and the California Capital Airshow and the USAF Thunderbirds the next! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitty44 Posted September 9, 2018 Author Share Posted September 9, 2018 I think I will root for Full Noise for my Russian aircraft loving friend Martin. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 My bucket list is Reno for some racing and then Oshkosh followed by visit to Seattle.........I reckon instead of Martin’s pick are there any 51’s or Sea Fury’s..... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitty44 Posted September 9, 2018 Author Share Posted September 9, 2018 Just now, Bomber_County said: My bucket list is Reno for some racing and then Oshkosh followed by visit to Seattle.........I reckon instead of Martin’s pick are there any 51’s or Sea Fury’s..... Yes! I think Miss America and Dreadnought are the favorites right now. Actually the field is all P-51's and Sea Fury's except for the Yak 3 and one P-63 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 A KingCobra..........wow ..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitty44 Posted September 9, 2018 Author Share Posted September 9, 2018 Number Aircraft Name N-Number Aircraft Type Aircraft Color Primary Pilot 2 Goldfinger N551MB F-51D Mustang Polished/Gold Brown, Mike 3 Eagle's Wings N63SF TMK 20 Sea Fury Bare Aluminum Sanders, Dennis 8 Dreadnought N20SF TMK 20 Sea Fury Silver/Red Trim Swager, Joel 11 Miss America N991R P-51D Mustang Red/White/Blue Hisey, Brent 21 Crusader N51JT P-51D Mustang Silver/Yellow Thibodeau, JP 31 Speedball Alice N64824 P-51D Mustang Green/Gray Vance, Dan 35 Full Noise ZK VVS Yakovlev 3M Gray Camo/Red Frew, Graeme 41 Lady B N151FT P-51D Mustang Gray/Blue Pfleger, Michael 44 Blondie N151D P-51D Mustang Silver/Red Seghetti, Brant 62 Bunny N151BP P-51D Mustang Polished/Red Nightingale, Tom 63 Pretty Polly N163BP P-63C Kingcobra Green/Gray/Red Dale, Jim "JD" 71 Sawbones N71GB FB 11 Sea Fury Dark Gray/Gray Brown, Curt 81 Lady Jo N327DB P-51D Mustang Silver/Blue Gordon, Rob 114 Argonaut N19SF MK 11 Sea Fury Dark Gray Smoot, Sherman 924 924G N924G TMK 20 Sea Fury Dark Gray/Yellow Watt, Mark 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 hmmm 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 4 hours ago, smitty44 said: I think I will root for Full Noise for my Russian aircraft loving friend Martin. I would rather see the original C-11 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted September 9, 2018 Administrators Share Posted September 9, 2018 Whatever happened to Dago Red? Always so very close..... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jeff Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Stupid question time...... again.... is Miss America the 'same' Miss America P 51 as the one that Howie Keefe flew, way back in the day?? or is it a newer one, I haven't seen a pic of that airplane for years.. Jeff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitty44 Posted September 10, 2018 Author Share Posted September 10, 2018 I'm double checking, but I am pretty sure it is the same aircraft. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 bloody gorgeous 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted September 10, 2018 Administrators Share Posted September 10, 2018 Miss America has always been Miss America. A box-stock P-51D except for chopped wings and some engine tweaks. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jeff Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 YUP that's the one I remember at the Abbotsford Air Show, MANY years ago, I'm glad they diudn't cut her up to look like Strega, et-al...... she is one BEAUTIFUL aircraft, I'd LOVE to see her again....... thanks for the pics of her Jeff 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted September 11, 2018 Administrators Share Posted September 11, 2018 14 hours ago, smitty44 said: I've seen her fly many times, just never at Reno. One thing I've loved about her is that she's always been "Miss America". Never changed, or in ant way made different, just kept as the old classic Miss America. The temptation must have been strong for some guys wanting to make her "theirs". 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted September 11, 2018 Administrators Share Posted September 11, 2018 Maybe this year there'll be a big Yak attack. It'd be cool to see some Russian iron be competitive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitty44 Posted September 11, 2018 Author Share Posted September 11, 2018 5 hours ago, Clunkmeister said: Maybe this year there'll be a big Yak attack. It'd be cool to see some Russian iron be competitive. The Yak 3 is all there is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Not much "Russian" on those planes. Many of them were licence build C-11s , and to find original engine is not possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitty44 Posted September 11, 2018 Author Share Posted September 11, 2018 Full Noise is sporting an Allison for Reno. From what I understand they overhauled an original engine for her, but temperatures could not be properly managed in the racing environment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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