Naked Texan (air)

Nice wing joint "art"

FlyingPhotog wrote in post #11735835
Nice wing joint "art"

Love it when someone actually knows what that picture is. I've had to explain it to so many people, even some engineers I work at Boeing with.

Nmcgrew wrote in post #11735889
Love it when someone actually knows what that picture is. I've had to explain it to so many people, even some engineers I work at Boeing with.

Recognized it straight away...

I did a similar take using a C-47 wing root: LINK

Hope one never needs to change fuses in flight!

Good series.

damn does that ever look complicated. I thought cars were bad, lol.

Great series! Thanks for sharing

Made back in the day when men were men and fuses were FUSES! Great shots, thanks for sharing.

Isn't it amazing to think that those fuses are a bit scary today, but were state of the art 70 years ago?

very nice detail on these shots...

Very nice T-6, I see the P-51 Impatient Virgin in the background to.

Lovely looking Texan, good to see under the covers.

Working in the aviation industry I wonder just how much of these warbirds are original. Obviously Texans never sar war but how many actual warbirds that saw action are close to original?
Nice shots

Desertraptor wrote in post #11741304
Working in the aviation industry I wonder just how much of these warbirds are original. Obviously Texans never sar war but how many actual warbirds that saw action are close to original?
Nice shots

All the FAA requires is the data plate and "some" of the original airplane. I guess I'll leave it to your imagination.

ryanapem wrote in post #11748479
All the FAA requires is the data plate and "some" of the original airplane. I guess I'll leave it to your imagination.

As an example of the above, the P-51 Wee Willy has the data plate from the air racing P-51 the Red Baron, or RB-51 as race fans know it. RB-51 crashed in 1979, Wee Willy does not have a single piece of RB-51 on it other than the data plate to my knowledge.