Spent a week not thinking about motorcycles.

[Brian Moffet]

But it was muggy in Wisconsin  (more photos here http://www.pbase.com/moffetb/airventure_2010&view=slideshow

[don_vanecek]

Nice pictures Brian you lucky dog you!

[akvision]

Is that the definition of flying on the ground?

[YellowJacket!]

OMG!  My FAVORITE aircraft!

Gorgeous.

David

[Hartless]

i just recently crashed my rc f4u corsair. seeing those pictures make ne sad haha. hey you know they re built the enola gay ( correct spelling?) and are touring atound tge country with it

[Re-Vision]

http://www.pacificflyer.com/2010/04/enola-gay-tour-just-another-hoax-one-site-fell-for/

BDC

[Hartless]

it was on the news in portland , and showed video of it........

[h2olawyer]

Fantastic photos, Brian!  I am a sucker for warbirds.  Especially P-51s, F4Us and P-38s.

My father was in the Philippines in WWII at an air base on Palawan.  He said they mostly flew P-38s from there, but there were a few Black Widows (night fighters) and a B-17 made an emergency landing there.  The runway was too short for such a large plane and it ran off the end.  They cannibalized it, sent some parts off to other bases but kept a few parts and 'rebodied' a jeep with the aluminum and a windscreen salvaged off another plane.  They also kicked up the power of the jeep engine.  It was supposedly the fastest vehicle on the island.

In the mid 90s, dad & I were at a greenhouse / nursery near the Ft. Collins Airpark (now closed).  He heard a familiar sound and told me to look - even before the plane was in sight.  It was a gleaming silver P-38 taking off.  He said that sound was unmistakable and I could hear why.  I heard later that the P-38 was in town receiving some special engine work as one of the final restoration steps.  Awesome sight!

H₂O

[Hartless]

your lucky!  the p38 is one of my fave planes and one of the only famous warbirds i hvnt seen

[Rikugun]

Very nice D models (?) there.

Re the B-29 tour, I'd have to ge with Re Vision on this one, I believe that to be a hoax.

[Hartless]

well i hope its not. its going to be at the Oregon coast at the end of the month according to my  news channels and newspapers. lets hope its noy

[Brian Moffet]

Just uploaded some more to the gallery.

[Rikugun]

Thanks for the nice slide show! Good mix of civil and military planes and a couple of rotary wing thrown in for good measure!

I thought the first one was a Northrop Black Widow but watched again and will change my guess to some sort of Douglas Invader variant??

[h2olawyer]

The P-61 Black Widow had a similar layout to the P-38.  I, too had the initial thought that it was a P-61 - until i looked at the single fuselage.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_P-61_Black_Widow

Again, great pix, Brian!
H₂O

[supervision]

 great pictures, thanks for the show

[Brian Moffet]

Douglas Invader variant??

According to the markings under the horizontal stabilizer, it is an A-26B Douglas Invader.

You can't read it in the photo there, but it is readable in the original size.

Brian