Air Venture 2010 warbird pics.
 

There are warbirds everywhere here this year. I was able to get just a few pics in early this morning.

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I love the smell of Av-gas in the morning.

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Some WWI stuff.

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thanks for the pics warbirdman!! not able to make this year. does there seem to be a reduction in warbirds this year? just curious as to wether the economy has affected this or not. love p-40s so as many as you can get appriciated. thanks andrew wisc.

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I believe there is suppose to be about 400 + warbirds here this year. The most ever at EAA as far as I know.
Normally they are all grouped together. All P-51s in one group, At-6s in another, bombers etc. But because of the new "Monsoon season" we've had up here, the planes are scattered all over on high ground and taxi ways.

A few days ago we had a flight of about 30 C-47/ DC-3s fly over. It looked like the D-day invasion.

I'll try to post more pics this weekend as I only took a small percentage of whats out here.

The sights, smells and sounds of all the warbirds flying around here is just incredible.

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Like that last shot of the Fishbed. I am leaving for Oshkosh with my camera tomorrow. Be there bright and early Saturday morning.

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whats up with that rudder on the P40....looks pretty suspect.:D

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It's against the stop for full right rudder.

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Here's a few more. Had light rain this afternoon. I know some of the pics aren't that great. I need to get a better camera.

Hey, that P-40 K with the Aleutian tiger on it is up for sale. Only $1,995,000.00

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A few more. (That wing walker was nuts!)

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I'm leaving in an hour now that I have seen those photos... I will be there in the morning...
I still have room in the van if anyone need a ride along the way.

Rebel

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I have to say I was VERY disappointed in the airshow today. The heritage flight witht the F4, F-15 and P-38s was great. They didn't fly any of the T-28's, non of the B-17's or B-25's flew, the only Military flight solo was the C-17(which is awesome). They had a slew of current military jets parked on the east side of the runway and none flew.

We saw 2 P-51's, a corsair, and a seafury. That was it for Piston fighters all day.

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I agree with you. All week long most of the warbirds have been flying around putting on a good show. But by the time I finish work (EAA Volunteer) and get down to the flight line, I end up missing most of it. Took off early today thinking the weekend show would be the one to see. I was also very dissapointed. No heavys today.

Alot of the warbirds have already left.

Oh well, still had fun. Air venture technically is not just a warbird event.

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Almost forgot. We do fly R/C at EAA. Although limited to small electrics, were still flying warbirds.

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The number of Warbirds does not compare to what we had back in the early 90's. Those where amazing years. Easily double what you see today. However I would say it was up from the past 3 years. I shot the ones I am particularly interested in and modeling. Tuskegee Airmen and some YAK-3's. Checkout these cockpit shots on the P-51C. It was worth my trip this year. There was an actual Zero there this year. It flew and they did a mock dog fight with a P-38. Very nice. Leo

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the last time I was there was 1987. There were alot more warbirds then. They also flew them. Saturday was a bunch of hangar queens. I took 750 pictures, I will go through them when I get home. I went to the museum today, that is really well done.

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WarBird Man and Spy, those are great! Are you doing requests? Always loved walking down the T-28's. And any Tiger Cats there this year? (edit... just saw it!) You are lucky to be there. Enjoy for the rest of us!

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Here is a few from Griffith Indiana last week.They are on thier way up to Oshkosh.Tom P51c was too much $$$ for a half hr 2200.00.