When did you first become interested in Warbirds?

[Bigxiko]

I always liked planes, when i was little and i saw one flying i loved
then, when i was about 14 years old, a collection of warbirds of the second world war started i decided in a glimpse to do it
from that base i developed my taste for the war in general
and that's how i've started my taste for warbirds

[hunter0f2]

My father was in RAF---I grew up with them!!

[cougar32d]

My grandfather took me to my first airshow when i was about 2, and my father was a aviation crewman of sorts in the army. Been hooked ever since.

[JugBR]

when i was 12/13 years old, there was a collection of magazines called "top gun", with profiles, pictures histories, posters and configs about the wwII and modern planes.

i became a great fan of the jugs, mustangs, gustavs, doras, spitfires, yaks, etc...

[Thunderhawk88]

As a kid I used to watch planes fly into Logan in Boston, and now and then my Dad would take me by the airport. I loved seeing the sparkling F-86, neatly parked in a row.
Then around 10y/o I bought a copy of GOD IS MY CO-PILOT by Col. Robert L. Scott. That did it, I started making models, was aircrew in the Marine Corps.....never out-grew it!

[Oreo]

As a Generation Xer, I wasn't much interested in planes until My dad and uncles were watching a documentary about the Ploiesti raids in the room I was trying to do something else in, about age 11 or 12. I glanced up just in time to see a closeup shot of a squadron of P-38's peeling off to divebomb the refinery. As the first plane banked toward the camera, the sun glinted off its wings, and the incredible symmetry and novelty of the Lightning's airframe shape instantly snapped my attention and I instantly said inside, "Oy! They made a plane that looked like that? You mean, not all planes are just variations of the same old theme?" And I hated to admit it, even to myself, but I had just fallen in love with aircraft. Being already somewhat familiar with the history of the war, I became within one year a "teenage encyclopedia of World War II aviation." I could still give you approximate top speed and armament figures for practically any WWII warplane, common or obscure, off the top of my head to this day. For most of them, I remember even more details, like service ceiling, bomb load, number produced, and approximate wingspan.

[Ki-43-I Hayabusa]

When i was a kid, my dad build Japanese WWII Ships in Scale 1/700, and i loved those tiny Airplanes. From this moment on, i gathered all about WWII-A/Cs, but especially about Japanese Navy and Army Airplanes. Later, i worked together with a man which grandpa was a great ace in the Luftwaffe (Adolf Dickfeld, 132 Victories).
Now, i`ve got a 14 year old son and infected him with this virus, too. But he loves more the Luftwaffe A/Cs, because there are much more cooler as the Japanese, American and British planes

[Ameed122]

History channel - Dogfights Episodes made me like the WarBirds.
I don't know why, but it's really interesting

[Amsel]

A grandfather of mine worked on Corsairs in the Marine Corps pacific theater so that must have sparked my interest.I also remember having a book or two about Spitfires when I was a small boy.

[Phil Robins]

I built dozens of war birds as a kid in the 1950's and early 60's and hung them from my bedroom ceiling. P40 was my favorite (loved the shark teeth). Those memories had alot to do with my volunteering to fly the T-28 instead of the turbo prop T-34 in Naval flight school. There is just something about walking "under" the wing on pre-flight and then watching the smoke belch on start up on those 9 jugs!

[evangilder]

I got my first time up in a T-28 back in June and what a rush! Nothing quite like them, Phil. What's not to love about that brute of an airplane.