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I'm heading to an airshow on Saturday... it would be nice to see that Spitfire.
 
From the web site they are heading to Colorado.
 
I just checked and you're right, the Spitfire won't be at the show in Pennsylvania but this Brit bad boy will be doing a show for the crowd.

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Once when I was a kid my dad and I were driving from Salida to the Springs, and this low rumble came through the sky and a Mustang and a Corsair came flying through the pass. When we arrived in Canon City we went by the airport outside of town and sure enough they had landed. They were being flown across country for a show and the pilots let us be looky loos before they refueled.
 
Walter, in early 1956 I was sent to Norman, Ok for maintenance training on F4Us, we had F4U-1As, same as Pappy Boyington flew, of course they were out dated after the 4s came out with much more horsepower, 4 bladed props and able to carry more hardware, but the basics were the same. We had to run them up every morning and cycle the wings, quite interesting. The co**pits were so small, it gave you the feeling of wearing it. Instant love affair! PJ
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In civilian life I did a lot of flying out of Kearney Nebraska, old WWII air base. While there I was told that a lot of XP82 Mustangs were stationed there, but never could get the squadrons name or how many aircraft they had. Kinda unique idea, but not much came of it to my knowledge. PJ

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Paul - does this bring back any memories?

27th Fighter Wing, Kearney NE

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Thanks Tom, I never saw that photo before. In the 60s and 70s a few of the original buildings were still there, we operated out of a WWII hangar. PJ

I just looked up the Kearney airport and a new terminal has been built plus United is flying passenger service out of there. It was pretty much a partially vacant run down airport back in the 60s & 70s.
 
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Walter, in early 1956 I was sent to Norman, Ok for maintenance training on F4Us, we had F4U-1As, same as Pappy Boyington flew, of course they were out dated after the 4s came out with much more horsepower, 4 bladed props and able to carry more hardware, but the basics were the same. We had to run them up every morning and cycle the wings, quite interesting. The co**pits were so small, it gave you the feeling of wearing it. Instant love affair! PJ
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When they were flying from islands and not carriers like late in the war Marine corsairs had the wing fold locked and the tailhooks removed. Two less potential failure points.
 
Paul, I believe we have talked about this before, but... Right before my granddad was discharged he was stationed at Norman as a Corsair crew chief in, I believe 53. This worked well for him as he was from Sayre and could drive home on the weekends. He also met my grandmother who was a student at the Oklahoma College for Women in Chickasha while he was stationed there. I need to dig out my Dzus tool that he gave me when I was a kid. I have no idea why he walked off with it but I remember thinking it was so cool to own something he had used to work on Navy aircraft.
 
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