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WarHorse47 wrote:

Jetguy06 wrote:Thanks, Bomber. I was curious as to why there were so many aircraft involved in the movie, but the CAF seems to own so few in comparison. That clears it up!!

Perhaps other aircraft were acquired by other museums. I know our local Olympic Flight Museum has one.

--WH

As I mentioned. ; )

Yes, they are the same aircraft as used in the movie. The level of modifications done to the aircraft for the film made it rather non cost-effective to return them to stock form, and in keeping them in their movie-form, provided that they would stand out on the airshow circuit (the fact that they we...

They say that Doc was the last B-29 left that could be restored to flying condition - I wonder if they meant the only such one left at China Lake ? Hasn't Kermit Weeks got a couple stored away somewhere that, theoretically, could fly again? It's just to generate a bit of hype I think, so as to attr...

They are dive-angle stripes for firing rockets. Their purpose is for the pilot to be able to sight the angle of the aircraft in a diving ground attack by lining up the desired angle stripe with the horizon, thus achieving the predetermined best angle for attack on a target, depending on some particu...

I wonder why the name came off, did Mark Murphy sell her? I noticed the name came off as of 2013 (sometime before Oshkosh that year), but it has still been flown by the Murphy's at least as of 2015 (Dave Murphy in particular), as could be seen at Geneseo last year. Mark Murphy, in addition to flyin...

I did that repaint, and I've had that repaint in the works (along with several more) for the A2A Texan as well, that have just been on the shelf waiting to be finished/uploaded - will try for this week. The real aircraft no longer has the "Sweet Dianne" name on the side, so I've since now ...

Not only were both of the Howard 500's in attendance at Oshkosh this year (both owned by Tony Phillippi - N500HP and N500LN), there was also a Howard 250 there as well (N250JR, owned by Wiley Sanders). Although not in attendance at Oshkosh this year, the Mid America Flight Museum, based in Texas, al...

Looking good, Steve! On the top surface of the wings, the silver paint is only applied from the forward spar to the aft spar (as per original) - which, as I already mentioned, carries through the fuselage as well. The ailerons are of course silver-painted fabric-covered just as the tail control surf...

Yeah, I specifically wanted to mention that about the turrets because a lot of people have falsely believed that this particular variant of B-29, that 'Doc' is, never had turrets. When it was originally manufactured, it had turrets installed, but later in its service career they were removed (likely...

It's very nice to see a repaint of "Doc" taking shape! (Note that "Doc" originally did have turrets, and is supposed to have turrets installed, but they are not yet fitted on the restored aircraft - a job that is being put off until a little ways in the future, once the aircraft ...

Wonder if those who have now had the pedals for a short while could comment how they are holding up? Yes, I would like to hear more about this some years down the road too. I've had my CH Products rudder pedals for around 10 years now, and I think they're still working just as great as when I origi...

Wow, I didn't realize they go for so much (looked at others for sale, and $250,000 is on the high-side, but most average price is still around $175,000+).

Spotted that one in some online photos recently as well (I like the red body/b&w checkerboard combo). I believe its been static for decades, and gets a new lick of paint every now and then. Yes, the T-6 is a large aircraft (as I've noted both in person as well as flying them in the sim with othe...

Here is the history of this particular airframe: http://www.conniesurvivors.com/N4257L.htm Although the Castle Air Museum (a static-only museum) acquired the aircraft in 2014, I believe they are still trying to raise funds to bring it to the museum (last I heard, they had were looking at potentially...

If you ever get to Chino, CA, there is another one of these EC-121's on outdoor static display at the Yanks Air Museum (flown-in in 2012, on a ferry permit, but no plans to fly it again).