One beautiful summer weekend in 1995 I was having to leave early for a family visit and was very disappointed that I wasn’t going to see the Collings Foundation B-17 “Nine-O-Nine” and B-24 “All American” that were visiting at the local general aviation field one mile away. As I was loading all of the kids’ things into the car, I heard the deep rumble of lots of radials. I turned around and saw the B-17 and B-24 came around a ridge near the house in a sweeping turn right towards me! They were right beside each other and very low as they set up to make a buzz job of the airport. They went right over the house and the girls came running out to see what all of the noise was. I watched them dip down over the field and then pull up into the clear blue sky. I finished packing everything and everybody into the car and left town with a big smile on my face. They paid me a visit so I could leave in peace.

On another occasion in the early 90s, I was attending the EAA Warbirds barbeque at Oshkosh. We were all eating when someone let out a loud yell as the EAA B-17 “Aluminum Overcast” with a P-51D on each side made a banking turn from the south right toward us. We all piled out of the building as they buzzed the picnic at tree top level. They made one more pass but not as low and then they went back to land. The three pilots showed up later to eat and asked how many of us would testify to the FAA that their aircraft were over 1000 feet during the maneuver. Everyone raised their hands with a roar of approval and laughter. Paul Poberezny, president of EAA, was flying one of the Mustangs so we never did hear anything more about it. I’ll never forget seeing the 17 and P-51s banking toward us for the low head-on pass. An awesome sight.

Dennis

I agree. The plots and acting are awful but the take-offs, flying sequences and landings make the purchase very worthwhile.

Dennis

I wonder if this is one of the Canadian Hurricane airframes believed to be owned by Robert Schneider, Hawkins, Texas. He built up the static example for the Cavanaugh Flight Museum, Addison, Texas

Dennis

Or G-HISS.

Hi Just reading the latest flypast about Jerry’s aircraft and there is a very interesting article in there about some static aircraft he has for Swapping. He doesn’t want to sell them – rather exchange or swap them. The aircraft mentioned here raise some interesting questions and answer some others.

7) Polikarpov I-16 Rata – Which one ?

Over to you

Regards
John P

John,
This must be the static I-16 that was pictured on Jerry’s website back in 2002. It’s in Soviet white winter markings with #21 on the side. If I remember correctly, it said it was built new in Russia.

Dennis

Take any of MK923?

Dave C

Dave,
Here’s one that i posted to an earlier thread

Dennis