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Post by Brett on Jul 16, 2012 19:24:30 GMT 12
I see the theme for Classic Fighters 2013 is "The Yanks are coming!"
So............who are the Yanks that are coming, and what aircraft are they bringing with them?
Let the wild speculation begin.
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Jul 16, 2012 19:31:59 GMT 12
Well....whatever the theme, I will be there.
I haven't missed a single Classic Fighters airshow since attending the first one in 2001.
And as an appetiser, there is Wings Over Wairarapa a few weeks before Classic Fighters. Plus, TVAL's Remembrance Airshow a couple of months before that.
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Post by ZacYates on Jul 16, 2012 21:12:05 GMT 12
Spitfire XIV? Nope, not American....the USAAF used Ansons maybe? Yak-3s were a big part of American aviation history.....
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Post by beagle on Jul 16, 2012 21:20:20 GMT 12
B29
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Post by nuuumannn on Jul 16, 2012 22:59:55 GMT 12
Well, they managed to pull off "Viva Italia" without a single Italian aeroplane!
I guess it'll be Mustang, Kittyhawk, Corsair and maybe the odd AT-6...
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Post by JamesStokes on Jul 17, 2012 10:42:31 GMT 12
Would be nice if the Americans sent a Hellcat or two...
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Post by ErrolC on Jul 17, 2012 16:20:02 GMT 12
Would be nice if the Americans sent a Hellcat or two... Aren't there other American types (that we don't have examples of anyway) that we worked with more? I wonder if TVAL have any new builds due in American colors? |
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Jul 17, 2012 17:11:29 GMT 12
Would be nice if the Americans sent a Hellcat or two... Talk nicely to Kermit....doesn't he own an airworthy B17 Fortress? I suppose it would be possible to fly it from Florida to Omaka. Who knows, perhaps he could carry a WWI figher reproduction or two home from TVAL inside the B17. ;D |
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Post by corsairarm on Jul 17, 2012 17:55:22 GMT 12
Perhaps Kermit could bring down a certain ex New Zealand P51 and take back one of the others  or, even better, we could get a Dauntless down here. That would look good with the Avenger. ;D Ahhh dreams are free. Getting warbirds here isn't.  |
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Post by FlyingKiwi on Jul 17, 2012 20:33:53 GMT 12
Would be nice to see an overseas visitor, but I suspect it will be the traditional P-51, P-40, Avenger, DC-3 etc. Not that there's anything wrong with those aircraft of course! I rather doubt we will see a P-38 or P-39, my two American favourites. (along with the Brewster Buffalo which we definitely won't be seeing anytime soon)
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Post by Brett on Jul 17, 2012 21:22:40 GMT 12
The B-29 is a great idea. Seeing Fifi operate off grass will be worth the price of admission. And if Keith Skilling gets to make his signature pass in it...
If Kermit brings anything over I would like to see the Sunderland. Operating that out of Omaka would be a challenge. What with the lack of wheels and everything.
Jerry Yagen is another Yank with some old favourites I wouldn’t mind seeing at Omaka. DH89. DH98. La9. I-16. I-153. P-40.
Paul Allen could bring some interesting planes over. Ki-43. I-16. Or his Fw-190...
But in the real world, something from Old Rhinebeck or Pioneer Flight Museum would be interesting, and relatively cheap to transport.
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Post by NZ5218 on Jul 18, 2012 10:48:19 GMT 12
Hi all I have been lurking around this forum for awhile, take it easy on me but wouldnt it be nice if the US Navy filled up an aircraft carrier with a very nice selection of aircraft. Sailed out here anchoured off Blenhiem, then we would have an airshow to die for. Dont get me wrong but Omaka is great already it would just give another twist to the Amercian Theme :-). I seem to recall that ,that could have happened many years ago when Gorge Gair was in Parliment but I think the golf war interferred with that,as the US Navy said that if the carrier was needed they would push the aircraft over the side ?? Now that would NOT have been funny. Anyway nothing ventured nothing gained I say,after all the US Military relations are warming to us
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Post by nuuumannn on Jul 18, 2012 11:56:33 GMT 12
Well, if WoW can get a Zero here, than what's stopping Omaka's organisers from pulling a rabbit out of a hat (or a B-17 out of America, although I heard when a US outfit took a B-17 to the UK a few years back it nearly ruined them financially)? It's about contacts, I guess. Not what you know, but who you know. TVAL don't run Omaka, so their input will be minimal.
I think Omaka need to think a bit more about how they are going to theme their events, personally.
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Post by ErrolC on Jul 18, 2012 13:24:36 GMT 12
Well, if WoW can get a Zero here, than what's stopping Omaka's organisers from pulling a rabbit out of a hat .... Having to front up with tens (hundreds?) of thousands of dollars, with no guarantee that the show will make money, I imagine. |
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Post by baz62 on Jul 18, 2012 16:31:20 GMT 12
I think Omaka need to think a bit more about how they are going to theme their events, personally. Why? Its worked out fine for them so far. And I'd say they know how to organise an airshow after doing at least 7 of them! |
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