Wings Over Houston Airshow
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Wings Over Houston Airshow
I thought folks might enjoy some shots from the Wings Over Houston Airshow that I took Saturday.
First up is a partial of the flight line. You can see a F4U Corsair, a B-25 Mitchell, a couple of P-51D Mustangs, a P-40 Warhawk, and an honest-to-god, for-real M6A2 Zero.
I only found out the Zero was real later, so didn't get a good shot. It flew a demo, but I bungled the photo of that, unfortunately.
First up is a partial of the flight line. You can see a F4U Corsair, a B-25 Mitchell, a couple of P-51D Mustangs, a P-40 Warhawk, and an honest-to-god, for-real M6A2 Zero.
I only found out the Zero was real later, so didn't get a good shot. It flew a demo, but I bungled the photo of that, unfortunately.
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RE: Wings Over Houston Airshow
Here's a B-17 that flew later.
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RE: Wings Over Houston Airshow
Here's a B-24 that was supposed to fly, but developed flap trouble and had to cancel.
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RE: Wings Over Houston Airshow
Here's the only flyable B-29 in the world.
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RE: Wings Over Houston Airshow
Here's a P-40 Warhawk.
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RE: Wings Over Houston Airshow
Here's a P-47 Thunderbolt.
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RE: Wings Over Houston Airshow
Here's a P-51B Mustang.
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RE: Wings Over Houston Airshow
Here's an SB2C Helldiver.
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RE: Wings Over Houston Airshow
Here's a B-52.
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RE: Wings Over Houston Airshow
Here's an F8F Bearcat flying with an F-18 Hornet.
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RE: Wings Over Houston Airshow
Here's a shot of one of the Heavy Metal Jet Team's formations. The swept-wing plane is a Mig-17. The others are L-39s.
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RE: Wings Over Houston Airshow
Here's a shot of the "Tora! Tora! Tora!" recreation. Note that the "Zeros" are phoneys. Their only legitimacy is that they were used in the movie.
That's why I didn't tumble to the real Zero's identity till it was too late - this show has lots of phoney Zero's lying about.
That's why I didn't tumble to the real Zero's identity till it was too late - this show has lots of phoney Zero's lying about.
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RE: Wings Over Houston Airshow
Here's the B-17's photo pass.
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RE: Wings Over Houston Airshow
A photo pass by the B-25.
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RE: Wings Over Houston Airshow
And here's a photo pass by the B-29.
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RE: Wings Over Houston Airshow
Here's a formation you won't see every day: P-47, P-51, F-4, and F-16 together.
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RE: Wings Over Houston Airshow
The Canadian Snowbirds were the main attraction. Here's one of their formations.
They fly the CT-114 Tutor.
They fly the CT-114 Tutor.
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RE: Wings Over Houston Airshow
Here's a four-plane pass by the Snowbirds.
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RE: Wings Over Houston Airshow
Snowbird Diamond formation. Note the tail shadows on the wings.
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