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Rex Barber Sr. - bridges he flew under

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Posted by goldhammer on Wednesday, July 13, 2016 2:17 PM

Don't know what varient he flew in that, but ran across (at HL) the Revell 1/32  "B" kit with the Berlin Express decals with the locomotive.  Shows OD uppers and silver (NMF?) undersides.

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Posted by BlackSheepTwoOneFour on Friday, July 8, 2016 4:19 PM

Gamera

 

 
BlackSheepTwoOneFour

 

 
Gamera

Wow, maybe it's the angle but they don't seem that high... Indifferent

One of our local boys had a story about how he chased a Bf-109 under the Effel Tower with his P-51... 

 

 

 

 

That would be Bill Overstreet who chased the Bf-109 under the Eiffel Tower. The P-51 is "The Berlin Express".

 

 

 

Yeap, that's him - thanks!!!!! 

I have a decal sheet for his P-51 but couldn't think of his name off the top of my head...Dunce 

 

 

Did you know he flew 2 different Berlin Express P-51s? His first one did not have the locomotive design on it yet, he did have a horse on the opposite side though. 

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Posted by goldhammer on Friday, July 8, 2016 2:07 PM

Next time over there (probably end of next month at the airshow) will go out on the old highway bridge and take a shot of the other one.  I really don't like heights that much so didn't hang out on these to get better angles.  Eillel Tower makes ths one seem like wide open spaces.

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Posted by Gamera on Friday, July 8, 2016 11:29 AM

BlackSheepTwoOneFour

 

 
Gamera

Wow, maybe it's the angle but they don't seem that high... Indifferent

One of our local boys had a story about how he chased a Bf-109 under the Effel Tower with his P-51... 

 

 

 

 

That would be Bill Overstreet who chased the Bf-109 under the Eiffel Tower. The P-51 is "The Berlin Express".

 

Yeap, that's him - thanks!!!!! 

I have a decal sheet for his P-51 but couldn't think of his name off the top of my head...Dunce 

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

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Posted by BlackSheepTwoOneFour on Friday, July 8, 2016 11:19 AM

Gamera

Wow, maybe it's the angle but they don't seem that high... Indifferent

One of our local boys had a story about how he chased a Bf-109 under the Effel Tower with his P-51... 

 

 

That would be Bill Overstreet who chased the Bf-109 under the Eiffel Tower. The P-51 is "The Berlin Express".

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    November 2009
  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Friday, July 8, 2016 11:12 AM

Phil_H

In 1943, a Lancaster was flown under the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Clearance between the bridge deck and the water is 49m (161ft).

This still stands as the largest aircraft flown under the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

 

WOW Indifferent

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

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Posted by Phil_H on Friday, July 8, 2016 8:02 AM

In 1943, a Lancaster was flown under the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Clearance between the bridge deck and the water is 49m (161ft).

This still stands as the largest aircraft flown under the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

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Posted by Gamera on Friday, July 8, 2016 7:40 AM

Wow, maybe it's the angle but they don't seem that high... Indifferent

One of our local boys had a story about how he chased a Bf-109 under the Effel Tower with his P-51... 

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

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    January 2009
  • From: hamburg michigan
Posted by fermis on Friday, July 8, 2016 6:39 AM

Neat!

You'd get your keister in a sling, these days, for pulling a stunt like that!

My Dad flew a Huey through the St. Louis arch, back in the late 70's...Zip it!...allegidly!

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Rex Barber Sr. - bridges he flew under
Posted by goldhammer on Thursday, July 7, 2016 12:29 PM

Mention was made in another thread of him flying an P-80 under the Crooked River bridges.  These are 300 feet up from the river and in a canyon about 400 feet wide.  The bridges are about a 1/4 mile apart at the most.  Here are a couple of pics of the bridges and in the background of the green one (built in the early 1920's) you can see the new one built around 2000 to replace it.  The black one is the rail bridge built in 1911 and still in use. Pics taken from same spot, just looking in opposite directions.  The one in the background is named the Rex Barber Veterans Memorial Bridge. Didn't want to hijack the other members build thread.

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