No prob, just tryin to keep everyone on the same page. Guessing that the F4U and the F-18 did a formation flyby. The navy has copied the USAF Heritage flight program. As a old USN type I love seeing the blending of old & new aircraft in the same formation. Really cool way to show how far we have progressed. Also, I think that the F4U is a -5 model which would be one of the later versions produced. The radar on the wing never would have happened during WW2. Great photos
[quote name='Srresquire' date='09 January 2010 - 08:38 PM' timestamp='1263086293' post='357383']
oops!!! ya caught me <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />
[quote name='s3onewire' date='09 January 2010 - 09:17 PM' timestamp='1263088657' post='357406']
The radar on the wing never would have happened during WW2. Great photos
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Don't remember the version, but the USN had a nightfighter version of the Hellcat that had radar under the wing. It wasn't as streamlined as shown on this Corsair though.
I don't get much near me other than airliners, lucky enough to live very close to Toronto airport (Lester B. Pearson Intl/YYZ) so I get a ton of variety though.
Found a little info on this series of night fighter Corsairs. Here's the link from the manufacturers website. Looks like production on this series of Corsairs started about 1946.
[quote name='jalarner' date='10 January 2010 - 03:38 AM' timestamp='1263111532' post='357462']
Don't remember the version, but the USN had a nightfighter version of the Hellcat that had radar under the wing. It wasn't as streamlined as shown on this Corsair though.
I don't get much near me other than airliners, lucky enough to live very close to Toronto airport (Lester B. Pearson Intl/YYZ) so I get a ton of variety though.
Great photos of the SHAR. Yeah I would imagine that he has a substantial checkbook to begin with (this is the only civil harrier in the US). Two retired Marines fly it, bot with several thousand hours of flight hour experience. Also, airshows that they perform at cover the fuel costs and pay them to show up. Still extremely costly though.
[quote name='jalarner' date='09 January 2010 - 06:28 PM' timestamp='1263078495' post='357356']
Actually that is a Korea-era version LOL!! Excellent shot otherwise!
"The US roundel added a pair of white bars during World War II, becoming the famous "Stars and Bars" insignia; a red bar bisecting the white was added in 1947 when the United States Air Force became a separate service."
There's a guy who has one of these in full USN markings and he keeps it at Skyhaven Airport here in Rochester, NH. In the summer time you see it on the tarmac every so often, but you DEFINITLY know when it's flying. Those old piston motors have a very distinct sound and to hear that rumble and look out and see it clearing the treetops is amazing.
I was coming out of my local basketball game the other night, and saw this Alaska Air plane coming through the deck, presumably heading for Logan International in Boston.
I did not look at the screen for this, and when I got home, I realized I shot it on the WRONG white balance - but I like the effect.
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