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I saw the Thunderbirds at Grand Forks AFB yesterday. While they couldn't do much of their maneuvers because of cloud cover and it was ridiculously windy, it was stll something to see. The other highlight for me was the F-18 demo and a P-51 flight. They had 2 A-10s, the KC-135s based there, a T-6 Texan, a Japanese Zero, a T-38, and a huey helicopter among other planes showing on the ground.
Jason
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My guess is that the "Zero" was a modified T-6, a la Tora! Tora! Tora!.
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I saw them a couple of times at McGuire AFB.They were always outstanding.The base used to put on a great open house.I got to see Harriers,The Blue Angels,and the Black Knights parachute team.
ajlafleche My guess is that the "Zero" was a modified T-6, a la Tora! Tora! Tora!.
It certainly wasn't the real thing, otherwise it'd be in a museum.
jason18 ajlafleche: My guess is that the "Zero" was a modified T-6, a la Tora! Tora! Tora!. It certainly wasn't the real thing, otherwise it'd be in a museum.
ajlafleche: My guess is that the "Zero" was a modified T-6, a la Tora! Tora! Tora!.
Actually, they're two airworthy Zekes in the US... The CAF SoCal Wing's A6M2 and the Chino Air Museum's A6M5..
Here's my favorite Thunderbird pic..
"Thunderbirds, knock it off, knock it off..."
[quote user="Hans von Hammer"]
So Hans,what happened there ? Do you know the story ?
September 14, 2003: 31-year-old Captain Chris Stricklin, flying Thunderbird 6 (opposing solo), failed to pull out of a dive but safely ejected at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. Stricklin miscalculated the altitude required to complete his opening maneuver, a "Split S", and climbed to an inadequate altitude of 1670 feet above ground level (AGL), instead of 2500 feet, before initiating the pull-down dive of the maneuver. The accident occurred due to the difference in mean sea level (MSL) altitudes between Mountain Home and Nellis AFBs, approximately 1,100 feet. Stricklin ejected just 0.8 seconds before impact. His parachute deployed just above the ground and he sustained only minor injuries from the ejection. There were no injuries to spectators. As a result of the crash, Thunderbird pilots now call out AGL instead of MSL altitudes
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And to add to the above... Here's the video of that incident... First is the crash from the spectator viewpoint, then in-cockpit video..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaWNj-ZkADY
great video,thanks for the link.
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