Simviation Forum - Planes of Fame-part 3

Oct 2^nd, 2007 at 10:25am

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Holy hangar-rash! A lot of cool planes inside:

An airworthy MiG-15:

And a flyable Vampire, looking great with shark's mouth paint.

I've seen many pics of this gorgeous F-86... here's a bad one. Wink

Omigosh- a flying Zero. This, with many other planes from this collection, was flown in the reent Pearl Harbor movie.

A beautiful Spit... Mk IX, I think.

The insignia on the left hand side of that bird...

A Canada-built Hurri; very nice.

I was thinking of stealing this for you-know-who, but it wouldn't fit in the Champ. Cheesy

Next: part 4

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Reply #1 - Oct 2^nd, 2007 at 10:44am

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beaky wrote on Oct 2^nd, 2007 at 10:25am:

And a flyable Vampire, looking great with shark's mouth paint.

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A beautiful Spit... Mk IX, I think.

You think right. ML417, formerly from TFC at Duxford, now with the Friedkin family at Chino.

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A Canada-built Hurri; very nice.

Very nice it is too - another one that escaped across the atlantic!

Shame it wasn't restored as it was before it ended its first life, as it was a Sea Hurricane until it was damaged during the war...

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Reply #2 - Oct 2^nd, 2007 at 10:58am

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Very nice too. Wink

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And a flyable Vampire, looking great with shark's mouth paint.

Note the upturned Swiss nose. I prefer the original shape.

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Reply #3 - Oct 2^nd, 2007 at 1:10pm