When did you first become interested in Warbirds? - Page 34 - Aircraft of World War II

proton45 · 02-05-2009, 04:30 PM

My Dad told me story's of flying gliders as a young man in Japan during the war...and I had an uncle who was with the 14th Air Force in China (I don't remember what he did), and one of my Great Uncles developed photo recon equipment out of Dayton OH during WW2 and the "Cold War", and my dentist flew fighters in the Pacific somewhere...and their was an airfield near my home in NJ that had Mustangs flying out of it (I'd love to know why), so it was always around me as a child.

Clay_Allison · 02-08-2009, 10:52 AM

I've always been a little interested, I knew about what you'd get out of the Encyclopedia Britannica about each major aircraft type.

It was only last year that I began to research obsessively.

mikamee14 · 04-06-2009, 06:34 PM

nice

mikamee14 · 04-06-2009, 06:37 PM

I always used to build paper air planes and got into aviation then I saw a show about those five avengers that were lost in the bermuda triangle. Then I looked some up and I was hooked.

kthomps · 04-11-2009, 01:41 PM

New t the Forum Here:
Live in London Ontario and 1st came interested in WWII warbirds after going to the Hamilton Warplane Heritage museum. Have now become addicted to the sweet sound of Merlins or Allisons. Not a Pilot myself but wish I was.
I do see they have a place in Kissimee where without prior experience one can get to handle the stick of a P-51 Crazy Horse...but costs 3,000 USD

I think I will settle for a ride in a Harvard near home here in Tilsonburg

Girard · 05-02-2009, 01:38 PM

Hey new here

I first took a little interest in Warbirds years ago back at school while doing a project on the battle of Britain lol. But i didnt really became that interested until i saw a few of them for real for the first time flying at a free airshow over Southampton Water where i live. From that day i was hooked and even went out and got my first ever airfix model the very next day

ralphwiggum · 05-10-2009, 10:28 AM

When I was about 8 yrs old my dad, (Who was an artilleryman in WW2in Europe) told me that the term Luftwaffe meant Germany's airforce. I was enthralled! He told me about B-17's etc
I read all about the Flying Tigers,etc I also saw my first WW2 airwar movie
"God is my co-pilot" I was absolutely crazy about it!
My favorite plane became the B17 I also read the Comic book series "Johnny
Cloud Navajo Ace" Looking back, It's kind've amusing how the German pilots were portrayed as evil nazis and how Johnny cloud often shot down FW's and
109's with his pistol It was a fun time!

barney · 05-24-2009, 09:40 PM

My father served in WWII in the ETO as an aircraft mechanic. My mother says he was a flight engineer but he mustered out as a corporal – there’s maybe a story there. He came home with an arm load of aircraft maintenance manuals. I read the one for the P-51 until the pages fell out. But what hooked me first were the aircraft identification manuals he brought back.

My father passed away when I was nine so I never got to discuss with him his doings in the war. I do remember asking one day what he learned from the war and his reply was, “Never volunteer for anything.”

evangilder · 05-24-2009, 11:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by barney

My father passed away when I was nine so I never got to discuss with him his doings in the war. I do remember asking one day what he learned from the war and his reply was, “Never volunteer for anything.”

It's nice to see that some things haven't changed.

airboiy · 05-26-2009, 08:33 AM

I first became interested in warbirds when my dad managed to 'persuade' a friend to give me a ride in his refurbished Me-262. Ever since then, I have loved warbirds and their clean lines and unmatched grace.

otftch · 05-26-2009, 09:02 AM

Dad was in the Navy.I've always been around aircraft.I don't ever remember not wanting to learn more about them.
Ed

Amsel · 05-26-2009, 09:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by airboiy

I first became interested in warbirds when my dad managed to 'persuade' a friend to give me a ride in his refurbished Me-262. Ever since then, I have loved warbirds and their clean lines and unmatched grace.

What a treat that would be.

fly boy · 05-26-2009, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Aaron Brooks Wolters

Yeah! I thought you only had to be 5280 feet off the ground to join that club.

i an't remember that well all i know is you have to have sex around a mile in the air in a plane

airboiy · 05-26-2009, 12:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Amsel

What a treat that would be.

Yeah it was after I got over the euphoria of the experience

DerAdlerIstGelandet · 05-26-2009, 02:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by airboiy

I first became interested in warbirds when my dad managed to 'persuade' a friend to give me a ride in his refurbished Me-262. Ever since then, I have loved warbirds and their clean lines and unmatched grace.

Which "refurbished" Me 262 would this be? When?

There are only 2 flyable Me 262s and they are reproductions built by Legend Flyers. They did not fly for the first time until recently...

One of them is located here in Germany, the other in the United States. They are of course building more at the moment.

So please fill us in which aircraft you flew in...

05-10-2009, 10:28 AM	#502
ralphwiggum Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 45	When I was about 8 yrs old my dad, (Who was an artilleryman in WW2in Europe) told me that the term Luftwaffe meant Germany's airforce. I was enthralled! He told me about B-17's etc I read all about the Flying Tigers,etc I also saw my first WW2 airwar movie "God is my co-pilot" I was absolutely crazy about it! My favorite plane became the B17 I also read the Comic book series "Johnny Cloud Navajo Ace" Looking back, It's kind've amusing how the German pilots were portrayed as evil nazis and how Johnny cloud often shot down FW's and 109's with his pistol It was a fun time! __________________ (img)(/img)

05-26-2009, 08:33 AM	#505
airboiy Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Louisville,KY Posts: 110	I first became interested in warbirds when my dad managed to 'persuade' a friend to give me a ride in his refurbished Me-262. Ever since then, I have loved warbirds and their clean lines and unmatched grace. __________________ "Don't touch it! It's a live grenade!"last words of an anonymous German wehrmact soldier "Today we are ashamed and forgotten, but tommorow we will be heroes and remembered!" Unknown

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02-05-2009, 04:30 PM	#496
proton45 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 486	My Dad told me story's of flying gliders as a young man in Japan during the war...and I had an uncle who was with the 14th Air Force in China (I don't remember what he did), and one of my Great Uncles developed photo recon equipment out of Dayton OH during WW2 and the "Cold War", and my dentist flew fighters in the Pacific somewhere...and their was an airfield near my home in NJ that had Mustangs flying out of it (I'd love to know why), so it was always around me as a child.

02-08-2009, 10:52 AM	#497
Clay_Allison Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,193	I've always been a little interested, I knew about what you'd get out of the Encyclopedia Britannica about each major aircraft type. It was only last year that I began to research obsessively.

04-06-2009, 06:34 PM	#498
mikamee14 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 18	nice

04-06-2009, 06:37 PM	#499
mikamee14 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 18	I always used to build paper air planes and got into aviation then I saw a show about those five avengers that were lost in the bermuda triangle. Then I looked some up and I was hooked.

04-11-2009, 01:41 PM	#500
kthomps Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 6	New t the Forum Here: Live in London Ontario and 1st came interested in WWII warbirds after going to the Hamilton Warplane Heritage museum. Have now become addicted to the sweet sound of Merlins or Allisons. Not a Pilot myself but wish I was. I do see they have a place in Kissimee where without prior experience one can get to handle the stick of a P-51 Crazy Horse...but costs 3,000 USD I think I will settle for a ride in a Harvard near home here in Tilsonburg

05-02-2009, 01:38 PM	#501
Girard Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Southampton (UK) Posts: 1	Hey new here I first took a little interest in Warbirds years ago back at school while doing a project on the battle of Britain lol. But i didnt really became that interested until i saw a few of them for real for the first time flying at a free airshow over Southampton Water where i live. From that day i was hooked and even went out and got my first ever airfix model the very next day

05-24-2009, 09:40 PM	#503
barney Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 19	My father served in WWII in the ETO as an aircraft mechanic. My mother says he was a flight engineer but he mustered out as a corporal – there’s maybe a story there. He came home with an arm load of aircraft maintenance manuals. I read the one for the P-51 until the pages fell out. But what hooked me first were the aircraft identification manuals he brought back. My father passed away when I was nine so I never got to discuss with him his doings in the war. I do remember asking one day what he learned from the war and his reply was, “Never volunteer for anything.”

05-26-2009, 09:02 AM	#506
otftch Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Ocala Florida USA Posts: 388	Dad was in the Navy.I've always been around aircraft.I don't ever remember not wanting to learn more about them. Ed