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                        I Went to An Airshow Today and All I Got Was...

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                        GAF
                        • Member since
                          June 2012
                        • From: Anniston, AL
                        I Went to An Airshow Today and All I Got Was...
                        Posted by GAF on Saturday, March 19, 2016 8:57 PM

                        ...pictures of aircraft antenna.  Really, I need to back up and see the whole picture!  Wink

                         

                         

                         

                        I thought the images of the insulators and connectors for the B-17 antenna were interesting.

                        The Collings Foundation "Wings of Freedom" tour was in Tyler, Texas today and I drove over to visit the B-17, B-24, B-25 and P-51C, in addition to the HAM Museum which has some very interesting and unique aircraft.  How many FJ-4s are still around after all?

                        I also met some very interesting and nice people, including this gentleman, Bill Halbert

                        http://www.kltv.com/story/21967887/freedom-fighters

                        He flew with the 443rd Squadron in B-26s during WWII, then switched over to fighter ops in Korea and Vietnam, flying F-86s and F-100s.  I had the honor of shaking his hand.

                        Gary

                        PS> I'll see about uploading some of the 160 pictures I took in a few days to Photobucket so anyone interested can gander at them.

                         

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                        Tanker - Builder
                        • Member since
                          June 2014
                        • From: New Braunfels , Texas
                        Posted by Tanker - Builder on Monday, March 28, 2016 8:46 AM

                        Hi GAF;

                             Hey , question . Who or what is the Collings Foundation " Wings of Freedom " Never heard of them .Used to be a member of the Confederate Air Force myself .No I won't go politically correct on the name .That's what it was called when I belonged !  T.B.

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                        GAF
                        • Member since
                          June 2012
                        • From: Anniston, AL
                        Posted by GAF on Monday, March 28, 2016 9:25 AM

                        TB,

                        The Collings Foundation is headquartered in Stow, MA.  They're a transportation oriented organization, and put on other events besides air shows.  But the aircraft are what people are most familar with.  Their website is here:

                        http://www.collingsfoundation.org/

                        They've been touring Texas for the past couple of months.

                        Oh, and Confederate Air Force is fine by me!  "Confederate" is a perfectly good word which simply means "allied".

                        Gary

                        PS> Oh, and I'm uploading the photos from the Tyler, Texas event here (in case you didn't see it).  I haven't gotten the Collings Foundation aircraft images loaded yet:

                        http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/tools_techniques_and_reference_materials/f/28/p/170409/1884425.aspx#1884425

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                        Tanker - Builder
                        • Member since
                          June 2014
                        • From: New Braunfels , Texas
                        Posted by Tanker - Builder on Thursday, March 31, 2016 7:49 AM

                        Yeah ;

                         I really do wanna see them " Tings wit wings ".

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