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Hi All,
I just got back from the 2003 Dayton Air Show. Totally awesome! I don't know what was most impressive, so I'll just list what I saw today and you can decide... 1. Snowbirds, Blue Angels, and Thunderbirds all 2 hours apart. 2. F-18F, F-15C, AV-8B, S-3 demos 3. B-2, F-117A Flybys 4. F-86, P-51, P-47, F4U, F6F Demos 5. B-17, B-25, P-3 Demos 6. Spirit of St. Louis, Ford Tri-Motor, several DC-3 demos 7. Wright B Flyer, Bleriot demo 8. Many Great Civilian Performances 9. Ground Displays: B-1B, A-10, F-16, F-18, F-14, DC-10, C-17, B-52, Super Guppy, F-117A, Predator, Global Hawk, Luftwaffe Tornado GR1, NASA F-18 (Wing Warping), T-38, AH-1, UH-1, OH-6, C-141, C-130, P38, Connie and more! 10. An indoor pavilion with full scale replicas (many flyable) of all the Wright brother's planes/gliders--even bikes & toys they made! And, last but not least, a Long-EZ with Pulse Detonation Engine!! That's right: a working pulse detonation engine just like the elusive (mythical?) Aurora. It was part of a display by AFRL (Air Force Research Lab). It had the strangest design I have ever seen. This "contraption" was literally hanging off the bottom of the fuselage. It was made up of (no kidding!) a Hirth F30 2-stroke engine, the cylinder head off a GM Quad4 engine, some bicycle chains/sprockets, 4 straight steel exhaust tubes, and ran on Avgas. An engineer there told me that "The exhaust velocity is Mach 5 and Rutan is going to fly the other one just like it out in California soon." As for the technical side of it, I'm an engineer, but this guy was talking way over my head...didn't seem like he got out the lab much! BTW, NASA also had a fuel cell plane there, but I'm not sure if it had flown yet. All in all, it was the best air show I've ever seen--and I've been to a lot all over the world. This was the best depiction I've ever seen of just how far we've come in 100 years. Today was a good day! |
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![]() Mike Dennis wrote in message ... Hi All, I just got back from the 2003 Dayton Air Show. Totally awesome! I don't know what was most impressive, so I'll just list what I saw today and you can decide... 1. Snowbirds, Blue Angels, and Thunderbirds all 2 hours apart. 2. F-18F, F-15C, AV-8B, S-3 demos Not seen a S-3 in a LONG time, and never a flight demo. 3. B-2, F-117A Flybys 4. F-86, P-51, P-47, F4U, F6F Demos Same goes for the F6F. 5. B-17, B-25, P-3 Demos Or P-3. Seems to be a trend shaping up here. 6. Spirit of St. Louis, Ford Tri-Motor, several DC-3 demos 7. Wright B Flyer, Bleriot demo How far does the Wright B Flyer fly? Hmm, was that the model sold to the Signal Corp, not the "we flew first" plane? 8. Many Great Civilian Performances 9. Ground Displays: B-1B, A-10, F-16, F-18, F-14, DC-10, C-17, B-52, Super Guppy, F-117A, Predator, Global Hawk, Luftwaffe Tornado GR1, NASA F-18 (Wing Warping), T-38, AH-1, UH-1, OH-6, C-141, C-130, P38, Connie and more! Is the P-38 Glacier Girl? I've never seen any of the Guppies. 10. An indoor pavilion with full scale replicas (many flyable) of all the Wright brother's planes/gliders--even bikes & toys they made! And, last but not least, a Long-EZ with Pulse Detonation Engine!! That's right: a working pulse detonation engine just like the elusive (mythical?) Aurora. It was part of a display by AFRL (Air Force Research Lab). It had the strangest design I have ever seen. This "contraption" was literally hanging off the bottom of the fuselage. It was made up of (no kidding!) a Hirth F30 2-stroke engine, the cylinder head off a GM Quad4 engine, some bicycle chains/sprockets, 4 straight steel exhaust tubes, and ran on Avgas. An engineer there told me that "The exhaust velocity is Mach 5 and Rutan is going to fly the other one just like it out in California soon." As for the technical side of it, I'm an engineer, but this guy was talking way over my head...didn't seem like he got out the lab much! That would/will be interesting. BTW, NASA also had a fuel cell plane there, but I'm not sure if it had flown yet. All in all, it was the best air show I've ever seen--and I've been to a lot all over the world. This was the best depiction I've ever seen of just how far we've come in 100 years. Today was a good day! Wa, wa, boo-hoo, sniff, no Dayton for me: six straight days on the urban range is what I get. |
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I was so busy I forgot to look to see if the P-38 was Glacier Girl. Either
way it was painted green. IIRC, Glacier Girl was silver, so it most likely was another one. Another cool thing about the Pulse Detonation project: its name is Project Borealis, a tongue-in-cheek reference to Aurora. About the guppy: they opeen and closed it during the show: fascinating to watch a plane crack open like an egg! "John Keeney" wrote in message ... Mike Dennis wrote in message ... Hi All, I just got back from the 2003 Dayton Air Show. Totally awesome! I don't know what was most impressive, so I'll just list what I saw today and you can decide... 1. Snowbirds, Blue Angels, and Thunderbirds all 2 hours apart. 2. F-18F, F-15C, AV-8B, S-3 demos Not seen a S-3 in a LONG time, and never a flight demo. 3. B-2, F-117A Flybys 4. F-86, P-51, P-47, F4U, F6F Demos Same goes for the F6F. 5. B-17, B-25, P-3 Demos Or P-3. Seems to be a trend shaping up here. 6. Spirit of St. Louis, Ford Tri-Motor, several DC-3 demos 7. Wright B Flyer, Bleriot demo How far does the Wright B Flyer fly? Hmm, was that the model sold to the Signal Corp, not the "we flew first" plane? 8. Many Great Civilian Performances 9. Ground Displays: B-1B, A-10, F-16, F-18, F-14, DC-10, C-17, B-52, Super Guppy, F-117A, Predator, Global Hawk, Luftwaffe Tornado GR1, NASA F-18 (Wing Warping), T-38, AH-1, UH-1, OH-6, C-141, C-130, P38, Connie and more! Is the P-38 Glacier Girl? I've never seen any of the Guppies. 10. An indoor pavilion with full scale replicas (many flyable) of all the Wright brother's planes/gliders--even bikes & toys they made! And, last but not least, a Long-EZ with Pulse Detonation Engine!! That's right: a working pulse detonation engine just like the elusive (mythical?) Aurora. It was part of a display by AFRL (Air Force Research Lab). It had the strangest design I have ever seen. This "contraption" was literally hanging off the bottom of the fuselage. It was made up of (no kidding!) a Hirth F30 2-stroke engine, the cylinder head off a GM Quad4 engine, some bicycle chains/sprockets, 4 straight steel exhaust tubes, and ran on Avgas. An engineer there told me that "The exhaust velocity is Mach 5 and Rutan is going to fly the other one just like it out in California soon." As for the technical side of it, I'm an engineer, but this guy was talking way over my head...didn't seem like he got out the lab much! That would/will be interesting. BTW, NASA also had a fuel cell plane there, but I'm not sure if it had flown yet. All in all, it was the best air show I've ever seen--and I've been to a lot all over the world. This was the best depiction I've ever seen of just how far we've come in 100 years. Today was a good day! Wa, wa, boo-hoo, sniff, no Dayton for me: six straight days on the urban range is what I get. |
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![]() Mike Dennis wrote: I was so busy I forgot to look to see if the P-38 was Glacier Girl. Either way it was painted green. IIRC, Glacier Girl was silver, so it most likely was another one. Glacier Girl IS painted green, just as she was when she went down.. tail number is 17630 She was scheduled to be flying at Dayton as part of the Heritage flight. |
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![]() I stand corrected. It may have been that one. However, it did not fly. The heritage flight was an F-15 and 3 P-51's completed with invasion stripes. Glacier girl was there. I spoke to the project manager and pilot - a 80th TFS Headhunter a couple of years after me. There were two P-38s there, one flew on Fri when I was there in a mock WWII attack. I think it was the other one - name Popeye IIRC, Both were supposed to fly, not sure what happened. |
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There were two P-38s there, one flew on Fri when I was there in a mock WWII
attack. I think it was the other one - name Popeye IIRC, Both were supposed to fly, not sure what happened. Yes There were two P-38's there. One was Glacier Girl, and it was on 'static' Display, only flew in and out .. the other was Porky II From Chino California's 'Planes of Fame' And I believe, it flew every day, and was in formation with the F-15 and P-51. I work at The FBO 'Aviation Sales' at the Airport and Porky II stayed a few days with us. I snapped it's picture for Our new Advetising Slogan : http://home.woh.rr.com/directoryww/VisitP38.jpg Here's the engine Start-up (to taxi to the airshow) on Porky II It was a real media event! .. http://home.woh.rr.com/directoryww/P38Start512x384.jpg We also had this plane: http://home.woh.rr.com/directoryww/WarbirdASISmall.jpg ... I'm not sure what it is .. an F-7f maybe ? can anyone Identify? Woody |
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Correct, no P-38 flew Saturday. I was there prior to gates open and after
gates closed. "Michael Kube-McDowell" wrote in message news:SXcTa.108913$GL4.28518@rwcrnsc53... On 22 Jul 2003 08:25:17 -0700, (Dr Bach) wrote: Yes There were two P-38's there. One was Glacier Girl, and it was on 'static' Display, only flew in and out .. the other was Porky II From Chino California's 'Planes of Fame' And I believe, it flew every day, and was in formation with the F-15 and P-51. Ah, I never saw a second P-38 on Saturday, and I'm 99% sure no P-38 flew that day. The Heritage Flight on Saturday was F-15 and three P-51s. -- Michael Kube-McDowell - author of VECTORS, THE QUIET POOLS, and EMPRISE |
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In article , Dr Bach
wrote: We also had this plane: http://home.woh.rr.com/directoryww/WarbirdASISmall.jpg .. I'm not sure what it is .. an F-7f maybe ? can anyone Identify? That is a Grumman F6F Hellcat, designation F6F. The Navy didn't have dashes in their designations until Fighting Bob added them in 1962. The distinctive feature to identify the aircraft is the oval shape to the cowling. While the Hellcat was produced in large numbers for WWII, only a handful remain in flying condition. -john- -- ================================================== ================== John A. Weeks III 952-432-2708 Newave Communications http://www.johnweeks.com ================================================== ================== |
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