Chino Air Show Photos

[historymandave]

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[Excellence]

Ping for my dd.

[freeandfreezing]

Wish I could have been an aerial gunner!

Me too! That .50 cal. "Ma Duce" looks great.

My father was a front gunner on a B-24, flying long distance missions in the South Pacific. It was tough, cold, dangerous work. I was surprised one day when he told me flying into a thundercloud wasn't too bad, in fact it could be the safest place around. Apparently the extreme turbulence and poor visibility causes fighter pilots to break off their attack.

And often they didn't get to shoot at the enemy fighters - they would just tag along with the bombers (which were largely unescorted) just out of gun range and radio the altitude of the bombers down to the anti-aircraft crews.

The average guy only survived for 6 months.

[don-o]

htlm bootcamp thread is a fine place to learn

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Holyshmokes, it's CGEB!

[Jet Jaguar]

LOL! I have read about her, uh, it.

[DrDavid]

Ach. The art on these planes beckon back to a time when men could be men without concern of being forced into attending government re-education programs for "cultural and feminist sensitivities."

This suggests a new slogan although I'm not sure which makes the most sense.

Make Love Not War
should be replaced with
Make Love AND War

[cmsgop]

Nice!

[SIDENET]

Sheesh, that's pretty bad when you have to fly into a thunder cloud to escape anything. My hat is off to brave folks like your father.

SIDENET

[yhwhsman]

"Mrs Virginia" is actually either a P-51A or A-36, both very rare these days.

I'm not totally 100% sure, but I believe it's rare in that it's the only P-51A in existence. Wasn't there another P-51 razorback recently restored in honor of the Tuskagee Airmen?

[Tennessee_Bob]

Wow - look at all the old iron in those pictures....