Air-to-Air with a P-47 Thunderbolt

[Marauder61]

Something I've always wanted to do and I finally got my chance... Air-to-Air.
Steve Hinton flying the P-47 Thunderbolt,
a preview for the Planes of Fame Air Show
Saturday & Sunday, May 21-22, 2005 - Chino, California
http://www.planesoffame.org/airshow (http://www.planesoffame.org/airshow).php

http://www.pbase.com/marauder61/p47_airtoair_session (http://www.pbase.com/marauder61/p47_airtoair_session)

http://www.pbase.com/image/43257724/original.jpg
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http://www.pbase.com/marauder61/p47_airtoair_session (http://www.pbase.com/marauder61/p47_airtoair_session)

[Vetteography]

Whoa... tooo cool. What a great opportunity!

[insomnia]

Stupid firewall won't let me view pictures from that website, I'll check this again when I get home :o

[ssim]

Great shots. I am so jealous. I used to do alot of air to air work and there isn't a drug out there that will give you a rush like this. I woul love to have the opportunity to do thiat again.

What was your chase plane?

[Jetmech1]

GREAT PICS!. Enjoyed them. I'll bet you had fun.

[Pyromaniac]

Marauder let me just take a moment to tell you hw much I hate you. The reason is you forgot to CALL ME when you where doing those. They are great shots.

[Ballen Photo]

WOW! Looks like you had ONE of the BEST seats in the show! :shock: :D
Nice shots!
-Bruce

[adamsti]

Victor, you lucky dog. Someday, I'm hoping to get the chance to do this. One of the few P-47's I have not seen before.

[Jackal]

WOW! I'm so jealous it's incredible.

You have no idea how much I love this plane. I really wish I had that opportunity.

I like P47D-27 version more though (bubble canopy. Not the razor back version).

[theflyingkiwi]

now I am jealous, what a great opportunity. I would love a chance to do some work like that

BTW, some nice shots :)

[insomnia]

I'm with adamsti, I don't recall ever seeing this aircraft out of all the shows I've been to. Beautiful pictures, thank you for sharing.

[Skip Souza]

Ooooooooh, those are nice.

[Andy_T]

Wow :shock:

Great images!
The P47 Thunderbolt is one of my all-time favourites.
Can't explain why, but for some reasons I liked these brute planes (Thunderbolt and Corsair) more than the sleek and refined P51, Spitfire or Hurricane.

Thanks for sharing :D

Best regards,
Andy

PS: I also had a look at your other galleries. Awesome :D

[RockOne]

Nice shots.

[Marauder61]

http://www.pbase.com/image/43257722/original.jpg

Here's a link to a preview of the show:
http://aafo.com/airshows/2005/pre-chino/

Air Museum Planes of Fame Airshow 2005
Saturday & Sunday, May 21-22, 2005 - Chino, California

Highlights of the event will include both U.S. Air Force Heritage Flight and Navy Tailhook Legacy Flight demonstrations. The U.S. Air Force Heritage Flight will have an A-10 Thunderbolt and a P-47 Thunderbolt in formation. The Navy Tailhook Legacy Flight will be the Navy’s F-18 Super Hornet and the F8F Bearcat in formation.
There will be five P-47's flying at this years show!

For more information about The Air Museum "Planes of Fame" and its events, please call (909)597-3722; or visit the "Planes of Fame" website at www.planesoffame.org.

http://aafo.com/airshows/2005/pre-chino/

http://www.pbase.com/marauder61/p47_airtoair_session

[D Boone]

Its been a while since I looked in this gallery.... These pics are incredible. Looks like you had a blast. One of my dreams is to get my pilots liscense... And fly a P51! Really cool, fun stuff... I'm Jealous.... Seriously... no really I am...

[Medic1]

More nice shots....they're great. I would love to be able to do air to air!

[digidog]

Wow, these are great. Very green-eyed over here!

[Stompersman]

Awesome! I get goosebumps just looking at the pix.

Who'd you have to kill to get to do this?

[Marauder61]

Awesome! I get goosebumps just looking at the pix.

Who'd you have to kill to get to do this?

I was just lucky, A very good friend offered the opportunity to me.

[mrclark321]

I'd give my#%%%%#$@ to have ride in one of those!!!

Dan

[Dew]

Really great pics of a mean lookin' plane!

[Kudos2Fly]

Great Shots, how did you get the prepeller motion in the second shot like that? I take a lot of shots of planes at fly-ins and our RV fly in. But I don't know how to slow the prepeller down enough to get the motion and keep the plane in focus. I'm still learning my camera though. I just got a 20D.

Kim