A triple for John!

[mutley 4,498]

In the morning about 08.30 on my way to my viewing postion

This one about 16.20 on my way back to the car.

Yes I know it's a different aircraft! There were four of them I think and some beautiful single engined like this Mustang, you may recognise this one from some of my previous FS screenshots!

Cheers

[AirPilot1 0]

wow great shots mutley!!! specialy love the fighters! great work! :wink:

[allardjd 1,853]

Very nice... I like 'em.

In the last shot I also see a P-40 on the left and the tail section of what looks like a P-39 Aircobra (the one

with an automobile type pilot door, a mid-engine and a 37 mm cannon in the propeller shaft) on the right.

Not a very successful type over all, but a lot of them were sent to Russia, where they used them with fair

success to convert Panzers to scrap iron.

Thanks for posting. These are the kinds of things that make air shows worth the traffic, the crowds,

the weather and the prices.

John

[mutley 4,498]

Is this the P-39 Aircobra John?

I neglected to pick up a plan of what aircraft were parked where. Some of them had display boards with extra info which was helpful.

Cheers

[ehunyadi 0]

Yes, that's the one. I spoke with an old Air Force pilot once who was telling me about what he called the "heyday of fun" when any pilot could check out aircraft for an hour or two of fun. He flew into San Antonio one day and saw an Aircobra on the tarmac. He asked if he could take it out for a spin (since he hadn't ever seen or flown one before) and the line guys said, "Sure, just make sure to take a look at the 'blue book' on it." He said he sat in, looked at the pertinent info on the operating speeds and limitations, and then took it out. He said it was okay, but he loved the door and the fact that it could taxi itself backwards (the only fighter that could do that, according to him).

[mutley 4,498]

Thanks EJ, you would have loved this show.

I could have just spent all day looking at the statics. Maybe next year I will go both days.

Cheers

[allardjd 1,853]

The P-39 was ahead of itself with tricycle gear and the cannon, but not much else about it is enviable. If you

look closely at the silver tarp covering the canopy, you can see the air intake sticking up behind it and the exhaust

ports on the side, just aft of the cockpit. the engine was directly behind the pilot and the breech of that cannon was

more or less between his legs. It must have been an interesting mechanism for feeding a shell into that

cannon with the shaft turning at propeller speed. Not sure if it used a reduction gear and if so which end of

the power train it was on.

[mutley 4,498]

You never cease to amaze me John, you are a mine of interesting and useless information!!

I would never had known that was mid-engined, are there any more like that

or did they throw away the plans after this one :mrhappy:

Cheers