QB-39 - Aircraft of World War II

evangilder · 06-09-2009, 01:11 AM

Sadly, it looks like today's QB (QB-39) will be the last. Jack Broome, who hosted the event for the last 39 years passed away in April, and this looks like it was the last hurrah. So it was a special, and bittersweet shoot today. The weather started crappy, but it ended up getting better. I also did some experimentation today. Here are some samples from the afternoon.

snafud1 · 06-09-2009, 04:11 AM

Grerat pics! The Tigercat and Hellcat are just beautiful!

imalko · 06-09-2009, 04:33 AM

Great photos indeed.
One question... Plane in the 9th photo from the top (I think), the one below the Mustang, painted blue and with white number 720... Which type is it? It doesn't look familiar to me. Also what is that yellow plane? Sure looks cool.

evangilder · 06-09-2009, 08:01 AM

Thanks guys.

The Blue plane with the 720 on the side is a North American NA-50 replica. It shares the same roots as the T-6. So much so that this replica was based on a Canadian Car Factory Harvard IV. Only one real NA-50 still exists today, on a pylon in Peru.

The NA-50 became the P-64, a cheap export fighter. The first batch never made it to their destination because WWII broke out and the P-64 was relegated to training duties, and only one example of the P-64 survived. It is at the EAA in OshKosh.

The yellow plane is a Turbine Legend "Gray Special". It is a homebuilt kit for people that want a lightweight prop airplane with fighter like performance. It is a composite material, so it is light an very fast. They have great low speed characteristics as well and from what I have been told are nice to fly.

Gnomey · 06-09-2009, 08:05 AM

Good stuff Eric!

diddyriddick · 06-09-2009, 02:40 PM

Very nice pics. I particularly liked the SBD.

wheelsup_cavu · 06-09-2009, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by diddyriddick

Very nice pics. I particularly liked the SBD.

Beat me to it but I thought the same thing.

Wheelsup

Geedee · 06-10-2009, 04:08 PM

Stunning shots.

Like the Tigercat against the sun best. Did you try my trick of using a tripod to get your camera to a higher vantage point (Hellcat ?), if so it worked well....this is the bit where you tell me that you used a convenient stepladder / truck-bed to take the shot from !. Anyway, cracking shots, thanks for showing them.

evangilder · 06-10-2009, 04:24 PM

Thanks Gary. The Tigercat pass was awesome.

For the Hellcat shot, I actually stood on a C-46 engine maintenance platform. They are handy to get above the action on the ramp. It just happened to be next to the Hellcat, so I climbed on up to get the shot. I almost never carry a tripod, it limits my movement too much.

Coors9 · 06-10-2009, 04:52 PM

Real sweet pics dude....

vikingBerserker · 06-10-2009, 09:33 PM

Excellent photos! I really like the yellow one.

wheelsup_cavu · 06-15-2009, 12:12 AM

I missed the pristine engine on the engine stand last time.
Man is that thing sweet.
Is it a Rolls Royce merlin ??

Wheelsup

ONE_HELLCAT · 06-15-2009, 03:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wheelsup_cavu

I missed the pristine engine on the engine stand last time.
Man is that thing sweet.
Is it a Rolls Royce merlin ??

Wheelsup

Griffon, for our Spitfire MK XIV

GrauGeist · 06-15-2009, 04:02 AM

Great photos, Eric!

The overcast shot with the sun burning through the clouds is excellent!

By the way, that yellow aircraft, "Gray Special"...doesn't it look somewhat like a P-39? That's what I thought it was at first

evangilder · 06-15-2009, 12:04 PM

Cheers guy. And yes, the engine is a Griffon from the Mk.XIV that is being restored there in Camarillo. I really look forward to seeing it fly again.

I have posted the shots to my website, they are here:
Van Gilder Aviation Photography, June 8, 2009- QB-39-

Enjoy!

06-09-2009, 04:11 AM	#2
snafud1 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Mattoon, IL Posts: 443	Grerat pics! The Tigercat and Hellcat are just beautiful! __________________

06-09-2009, 04:33 AM	#3
imalko Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Vojvodina, Serbia Posts: 1,302	Great photos indeed. One question... Plane in the 9th photo from the top (I think), the one below the Mustang, painted blue and with white number 720... Which type is it? It doesn't look familiar to me. Also what is that yellow plane? Sure looks cool. __________________ "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant." Last edited by imalko; 06-09-2009 at 04:11 PM.

06-09-2009, 08:01 AM	#4
evangilder "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA Posts: 14,804	Thanks guys. The Blue plane with the 720 on the side is a North American NA-50 replica. It shares the same roots as the T-6. So much so that this replica was based on a Canadian Car Factory Harvard IV. Only one real NA-50 still exists today, on a pylon in Peru. The NA-50 became the P-64, a cheap export fighter. The first batch never made it to their destination because WWII broke out and the P-64 was relegated to training duties, and only one example of the P-64 survived. It is at the EAA in OshKosh. The yellow plane is a Turbine Legend "Gray Special". It is a homebuilt kit for people that want a lightweight prop airplane with fighter like performance. It is a composite material, so it is light an very fast. They have great low speed characteristics as well and from what I have been told are nice to fly. __________________ http://www.vg-photo.com For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. Leonardo Da Vinci

06-09-2009, 08:05 AM	#5
Gnomey "World Traveller" Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK Posts: 15,217	Good stuff Eric! __________________ "Success is not Final, Failure is not Fatal, it is the Courage to Continue that Counts" Sir Winston Churchill "To him the People of the World Largely owe the Freedom and Liberties they Enjoy Today" Enscription on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-40) statue in London WW2 Talk: A WW2 Discussion Forum My Photo Collections on Flickr

06-10-2009, 04:08 PM	#8
Geedee Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 765	Stunning shots. Like the Tigercat against the sun best. Did you try my trick of using a tripod to get your camera to a higher vantage point (Hellcat ?), if so it worked well....this is the bit where you tell me that you used a convenient stepladder / truck-bed to take the shot from !. Anyway, cracking shots, thanks for showing them. __________________ Cheers Gary Not only am I a master of suspense, but I... http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/sta...ect-18113.html "I’ll never worry about meeting a FW 190 in a 51 since I was able to outturn, outdive and generally out-maneuver him at all altitudes, from 23,000 feet to the deck; I could follow him in anything and do a lot more besides.” Richard D Bishop, 11 Sept 1944, 55th FG Last edited by Geedee; 06-10-2009 at 04:47 PM.

06-09-2009, 02:40 PM	#6
diddyriddick Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Hamlet, NC, US Posts: 720	Very nice pics. I particularly liked the SBD.

06-10-2009, 04:24 PM	#9
evangilder "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA Posts: 14,804	Thanks Gary. The Tigercat pass was awesome. For the Hellcat shot, I actually stood on a C-46 engine maintenance platform. They are handy to get above the action on the ramp. It just happened to be next to the Hellcat, so I climbed on up to get the shot. I almost never carry a tripod, it limits my movement too much. __________________ http://www.vg-photo.com For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. Leonardo Da Vinci

06-10-2009, 04:52 PM	#10
Coors9 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: St.john's Newfoundland Posts: 160	Real sweet pics dude.... __________________

06-10-2009, 09:33 PM	#11
vikingBerserker Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: South Carolina Posts: 3,722	Excellent photos! I really like the yellow one. __________________ "Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it" "Those who dwell in the past, condemn the future"

06-15-2009, 12:12 AM	#12
wheelsup_cavu Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Corona, California Posts: 1,534	I missed the pristine engine on the engine stand last time. Man is that thing sweet. Is it a Rolls Royce merlin ?? Wheelsup __________________ Cheers Wheelsup_cavu Wheels's Photos - Time lapse build of an F/A-18 Super Hornet - Lock N' Load

06-15-2009, 04:02 AM	#14
GrauGeist Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Redding, California Posts: 3,346	Great photos, Eric! The overcast shot with the sun burning through the clouds is excellent! By the way, that yellow aircraft, "Gray Special"...doesn't it look somewhat like a P-39? That's what I thought it was at first __________________ "Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future." - Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome > I Support Doug Gillis <

06-15-2009, 12:04 PM	#15
evangilder "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA Posts: 14,804	Cheers guy. And yes, the engine is a Griffon from the Mk.XIV that is being restored there in Camarillo. I really look forward to seeing it fly again. I have posted the shots to my website, they are here: Van Gilder Aviation Photography, June 8, 2009- QB-39- Enjoy! __________________ http://www.vg-photo.com For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. Leonardo Da Vinci

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