Posted on 07/23/2025 5:54:01 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man
Incredible SOUND & NO announcer! USE HEADPHONES. Set Youtube to "1080p60 HD". P-51D Mustang "Quick Silver" at Oshkosh 2017 performs hesitation rolls, Cuban 8 and other maneuvers. Pilot Scott "Scooter" Yoak puts the Mustang through an aggressive and impressive routine. A "must see video" for Mustang lovers!
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I saw these at the first and so far only EAA Oshkosh air show.
https://youtu.be/gbZ1qDIKi60?si=udllWcSEH-PdYH_J
One of the greatest fighting planes ever constructed, though I've always held a soft spot for the F4U Corsair from WW2 as well.
He said the he had “three enemies: the plane, the ocean, and the Japanese - in that order”.
One confirmed kill, two probables, six on the ground.
The Corsair was was always my favorite out of the prop jobs.
My friend is going to the Oshkosh air show this week. He and his son have booked a B-25 flight.
Same here. I was also a fan of the P-47 Thunderbolt and P-38 Lightning.
That should be really fun. My deceased veterinarian friend was also a pilot and attended Oshkosh every year until pancreatic cancer got him.
There are old pilots, and there are bold pilots. There are no old bold pilots.
A friend of mine, Dick James, once of Fennimore, Wisconsin, found himself handicapped by an excess of money, so he bought a
WW II Mustang, and had it restored. When the bill got up to $750,000 he quit checking in with the specialists who were working on it, “Just send me the final bill.” Well over a million.
Dick took it to the Oshkosh Air Show, and a formation of four went out, but only three came back. Somewhere on that flight, we shall never know, an undetected mechanical failure, a lapse of a moment’s attention, a sudden medical issue, or just unaccountable error, what they found of Dick could be put in a shoebox. It flew right into the ground.
Richard P. James, RIP
Birth 16 NOV 1937 • Fennimore, Grant, Wisconsin, USA
Death 26 JUL 2005 • Oshkosh, Winnebago, Wisconsin, USA
Oshkosh had no shortage of things to see the time I went.
I was there for five days.
There were B17 flights but I didn’t get a chance there.
A few years later, the B17 came to Columbia and me and my wife took a ride.
I think that is Crazy Horse. If so, I saw it at Sun ‘n Fun down in Lakeland, Florida.
“a lapse of a moment’s attention,”
He also had “a lapse of a moment’s attention” at Oshkosh 12 years earlier.
“When I saw those P51’s over Berlin I knew the jig was up’’.- Hermann Goering to his Allied captors.
My husband flew Thunder Mustangs..a 3/4 scale of the P51. I understood they are quite tricky.
A FRiend used to live a few blocks from the final of runway 8 at Reno Stead. End of the street, a couple of lawn chairs and a cooler made for a great day at the races. He’s now on ‘broil’ north of Dallas.
Beautiful aircraft and YES, it does scream!
From my home office, I can see planes taking off and landing and they have P-51 that flies to airshows but when it takes off or lands at its home base, you know just by the sound. That plane goes.
I went to a boogie at a small airport and a retired Lt. Colonel flew his in and they put ropes around it while parked. He took off on a small rock runway and about 10 minutes later, he buzzed the airport. It looked like you could reach up & touch it he buzzed so low.
My dad was the Engineering Officer for 1st Squadron, 2nd Air Commandos in India and Burma 1944 and 1945. He and his crew chiefs had about 25 P-51’s under their control (though a squadron flight was usually only 16 planes). He said that despite regulations, every day was like an airshow.
In the late 1950’s he was tempted to buy the civilianized version of the Mustang. It was called the Cavalier. The going in price was semi-reasonable. The upkeep? - not so much.
Bummer. BIG mistake……
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