Folks, I’ll throw in if you like and you can send it to me here in Colorado, I’ll get you folks a nice pic from here in the states….if you choose to, send it to me at Mark Morris, 2101 22nd ave # 207, Greeley, Colorado, 80631, USA….I’ll pass it on from there….
Mark

Quite a bit removed from all of you chaps’ memories in England of growing up near an airport, but out here in Denver I used to ride my bike some miles to the end of the runway (I believe it was 27 south), the very furthest east end of Stapleton International, where there was a road that travelled under all three runways and the planes would come over so low that you only had to wait 15 seconds to hear the slipstream come whipping past, like paper being torn above you….don’t know how many classics I saw out there, we don’t get many stretch DC-8’s in here any more, but I always loved those, still in United colors….even saw some warbirds come in on occasion, turned around once to see Joe Thibodeau’s P-51D ‘Crusader’ coming right at me, wheels down…..saw the ‘Super Guppy’ come in once (prop driven)….lots of great nights spent out there, beer in hand, kinda like in ‘Wayne’s World’….
Then they closed Stapleton and opened that airport that is nearer to Kansas than it is to Denver, Denver International, with its circus tent coverings and all the glitz and glam…and beautiful it is, too…..and all that is left of Stapleton is its tower, in the middle of a blossoming housing development…And the memories that once in a while get dredged up in my brain…..

Mark

All these great moments, very little illustration from folks who are standing around with cameras strapped around their necks! Anyone got shots of some of these moments to help illustrate this thread? I’d love to see them….

How about changing the question…how about ‘Airshow moments that you NEVER saw but that you WISH you had?’

Mine would include having never seen the Breitling fighters display, the mass formation of B-17’s in the states for the Memphis Belle induction, the Spitfire gathering in the UK for the 50th anniversary of the type….and the Dissappointing Corsair gathering (which I WAS at) that only had 7 Corsairs out of a possible 25.

Mark

You might as well count the Lone Star flight museum Hurricane over here in the states as a’would be’ flyer, it’s supposed to be rolled out of Ray Middleton’s shop sometime this summer for engine runs and flight tests…it is being restored in Colorado for the museum in Texas.

Mark

…and WWII ace Bruce Carr still flies the P-51 ‘Angel’s Playmate’ on a regular basis.
Ollie Crawford of the CAF was a WWII P-40 pilot and still flies the CAF’s P-40N regularly.

Mark

Hmmm…sure appears to be the real deal, does’nt it? i got this photo on e-mail earlier this week and more than a few folks thought that the Thunderbird colors were applied through photoshop, but it would appear this incident was genuine….

When are the thunderbirds gonna quit losing planes?

Mark

Great shots…look at how incredibly clean aerodynamically the underside of the Mossie is! No wonder it was as fast as it was….only ever seen Mossies static, including Weeks example on show at Oshkosh…would love to see one fly…

Good shots…more, please!

Mark

I wholeheartedly agree…any airshow with 4 Corsairs is a real plus in my book…wish that thing taxiing by in front would get out of the way….

Mark