Friday, April 2, 2010

A pair of Air Combat planes and the Planes of Fame.

It's not even 8 am and a pair of Air Combat planes flew over in formation. They go aloft and fire at each other with lasers. A real aerial dogfight. Not quite the sound of freedom, but close. Each pilot flies with an instructor/pilot for help on the attack. Sounds like high G fun. Sort of a real time video game.
Tomorrow there will be a discussion and a flight demo of a P-38. This twin engine, twin boom thing of beauty is second only to the classic P-50 Mustang. I've been looking forward to this for some time so I'm glad it's here. It will be held at the Planes of Fame in Chino so it's a short drive and the museum is always worth a few hours. The few times I've attended one of these flight demos there was quite a turnout probably 200 or so. Mostly airplane jockeys from WWII judging from the color of their collective hair.
Dick Bong flying a P-38 became an ace in the Pacific theater during WWII proving that we're all on this flight together.

Dick

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