Sun N Fun airshow this weekend.

I don’t know if the Duck had already been there on display at the Sun N Fun museum along with the P-63 and Tempest or not. I saw Kermit briefly on Saturday afternoon but never saw any more of his planes. So, either he brought something I didn’t see, or he arrived by other means. It’s only about 20 miles from his place to Sun N Fun. On Friday, there was a Flying Tiger reunion at his museum and there were several of them in the Warbird area during the airshow, so he may have arrived with them.

Hey Bob,

Did Kermit just bring over the Duck this year?

The warbird attendence was down, but it was still worth the trip. I had intended to stay Saturday and Sunday, but ended up coming home on Saturday night. I should have just stayed, as I ended up getting a $233 dollar ticket coming back through North Georgia!!

There were more T-28’s and Yak-52/CJ-6’s than anything else. Four P-51’s, 1 Skyraider, 1 Corsair, 1 P-40, two or three L-39’s, three T-33’s,a whole slew of L birds, a handful of T-6’s, one J2F Duck, a few PT-26’s and a few T-34’s.

Seeing the new paint job on Gerald Yeagan’s Corsair and seeing his P-40 for the first time made it all worthwhile. I visited with him a few minutes about Hispano/Messerschmitt manuals. He seems like a pretty nice fellow. I’m going up to see his place in a couple of weeks.

I think the lousy weather kept many warbirds from attending.

I went on thursday – part of a family holiday in Florida! I was a bit disappointed there were not many warbirds present. Massive turn out from all the othere types though. Very bad for my poor feet!

I will post some pics soon.

Can’t make it this year. See you at Oshkosh Brad.

Steve