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02-09-2008, 07:52 PM
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| Unxpected B17 flyby today.
A nice day here in Orange County ...... and Sam Lyons B17G "Fuddy Duddy" and his B25 were flying around over my house!
Nothing like hearing the roar of an old warbird when you least suspect it!
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02-09-2008, 09:05 PM
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02-09-2008, 09:11 PM
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Country: | A thing of beauty. Love the sound of those radial engines.
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02-10-2008, 12:51 AM
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Originally Posted by ToughOmbre  A thing of beauty. Love the sound of those radial engines.
TO | You have to love it....its been a while since I saw anything with propellers fly... 
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02-10-2008, 04:40 AM
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Originally Posted by syscom3 A nice day here in Orange County ...... and Sam Lyons B17G "Fuddy Duddy" and his B25 were flying around over my house!
Nothing like hearing the roar of an old warbird when you least suspect it! | You´re lucky guy Syscom.
They were here over our houses 64 years ago and no more since that
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02-10-2008, 06:04 AM
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I get mainly havards, tiger moths and a CAC Mustang thats housed nearby at the local airpornt. Havent had the privallege of hearing a bomber yet. A guy bought an avenger into Australia last year but that doesnt really count 
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02-10-2008, 09:21 AM
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Country: | Man youre lucky sys. If i had know they were flying i would've drove up there to see them 
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02-10-2008, 10:13 AM
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Originally Posted by wilbur1 Man youre lucky sys. If i had know they were flying i would've drove up there to see them | Youre in California?
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02-10-2008, 10:28 AM
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Country: | Yea not to far away from you, right below temecula in escondido kinda by palomar airport
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02-10-2008, 05:43 PM
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Country:  | Hi Syscom,
>Nothing like hearing the roar of an old warbird when you least suspect it!
Not really a roaring Warbird, but an ususpected yet welcome sight anyway:  
(This Miles Messenger had been reported as destroyed in a crash landing a couple of years back ... glad this was "greatly exaggerated"!)
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Henning (HoHun)
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02-11-2008, 08:15 AM
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Country: | We have a B-25 that flies over about twice a month. He's too high to get
any numbers, with the naked eye, and by the time I find binoculars, he's
gone. I've wondered who's and where he's from...
Charles
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02-11-2008, 09:00 AM
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Country: | HoHum, is that an Bf 108?
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02-11-2008, 09:46 AM
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Country: | Don't see many Warbirds over the winter, but in the summer we're lucky enough to see a decent number flying over the Jersey Shore. Last summer got to see (and hear) these seven.
C-47 (with invasion stripes!)
TBF
AT-6 (almost every weekend)
B-25
F4U (rare sighting around here)
Stearman
Harpoon
But I haven't seen the heavies (B-17, 24, 29) in a while. 
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02-11-2008, 10:33 AM
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02-11-2008, 10:36 AM
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Country: | and tough there is only one b-29 that still flies and its name is FIFI i have had a f-4 and a p-51 and p-47 and the same time fly over me | |
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