The Warbirds are flying up to Oshkosh, and four of them flew right over my place.

[Archae]

A B-24, two B-17's, and a B-29!

Pure music to this Warbird nut.

[tonekat]

1. Nice!

I used to know someone who worked for EAA in Oshkosh, and when he came to DC, he worked for GAMA (General Aviation Mfgrs. Assoc.), and then Gulfstream. So he was well acquainted with the Fly In.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

2. It's a shame Illinois and Wisconsin couldn't have worked out their differences peacefully.

[Archae]

3. "Da Bears" and "Da Cubs" have been bombing for decades.

[Brother Buzz]

4. When those piston pushing warbirds fly over, you don't just hear them, you feel them.

Throw in a couple of P-51's and B-25 and you've got symphony.

[Bombero1956]

5. unless I'm mistaken

That B-29 was Fifi. My understanding is that she is the only airworthy B-29 left.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFI_%28aircraft%29

[Archae]

6. That's correct.

I stood next to the Enola Gay, at the Air and Space Smithsonian.

But seeing "Fifi" fly over my head, and low enough I could tell it was a B-29, not to mention the music from those engines was a real treat.

[Bombero1956]

9. I'm a former member of the Galaxy Cummunity Council

We're the civilian public affairs group at Westover Air Reserve Base in Chicopee Mass. About 12 years ago Fifi was part of our warbird static display at our airshow. I got to climb on board Fifi for a tour of the flight deck, flight engineer's station and the navigator's station. I couldn't believe the long tube that allowed for crew members to get to the gunner's positions.

[walkerbait41]

7. My wife,kids and a f=117

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[Trailrider1951]

8. Wow, that's much better than what flew over my house a couple of times

last spring:




and the gawdawful noise they made was unbelievable! No tin foil hat needed, though; I'm about 30 miles south of Ft. Hood. They were probably on a training exercise, as they were flying low and slow.