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Motorcycle Forum / General / Sportbikes / June 2005XLAX eat your heart out (Not just Reno air races)
http://bigrex.net/pictures/Phoenix_Air_Races/ Bob Nixon, Chandler AZ 01 Sprint ST "RED" 45K miles > http://bigrex.net/pictures/Phoenix_Air_Races/ > > Bob Nixon, Chandler AZ > 01 Sprint ST "RED" 45K miles My wife's old guitar teacher's father raced planes. He worked for Seagrams and Modavi wines I wonder if his plan is the pictures... Nice photos. Bryan > http://bigrex.net/pictures/Phoenix_Air_Races/ Whose P-38 was that? Did it fly? The only P-38's I know the locations of are the Yankee Air Force's P-38 at Chino, Joltin' Josie at Planes of Fame in Chino, and the P-38 at March Air Force base Museum. I asked the pilot of Joltin' Josie how much it was worth and he snottily said, "First, it would have to be for sale," and turned away. There are only about half a dozen P-38's flying in the whole world. Or maybe it's five. I seem to recall that one in an English museum crashed a few years ago... >>http://bigrex.net/pictures/Phoenix_Air_Races/ > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > flying in the whole world. Or maybe it's five. I seem to recall that > one in an English museum crashed a few years ago... I just found out this place is right around the corner from my house. They're looking for some volunteers. I am going to check it out. http://rbogash.com/Annex.htm  SignatureAndrew 00 Daytona 00 Speed Triple RCOS #7 >> http://bigrex.net/pictures/Phoenix_Air_Races/ > >Whose P-38 was that? Did it fly? Yes it flew and sounded very impressive. It was race competitive but at least 450MPH around the pylons. Tops, like rare Bear wee over 500MPH. >The only P-38's I know the locations of are the Yankee Air Force's >P-38 at Chino, Joltin' Josie at Planes of Fame in Chino, and the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >flying in the whole world. Or maybe it's five. I seem to recall that >one in an English museum crashed a few years ago... We have a shitload of air museums around Phoenix: Champlain air Museum near Falcon field in Mesa AZ: They have the "only remaining" FW110 with the high altitude Daimler Benz water cooled engine (same as late model F-109's. Most the FW-110's had BMW 801 radials. (links below) http://www.warbirdpix.com/planeindex1.htm http://bigrex.net/pictures/Phoenix_Air_Races/Diamier%20Benz_FW110.JPG The Confederate Air force right around the corner in Mesa: The have a B17 and a few other WWII planes. Champlain is huge in comparison. http://www.ci.mesa.az.us/airport/commemorativeairforce.asp The Pima Air Museum in Tucson near the huge USAF bone yard: See photos/link below) http://bigrex.net/pictures/Pima%20Air%20Museum/ http://aeroweb.brooklyn.cuny.edu/museums/az/pam.htm The Phoenix Air races were held at the old Williams Air Force Base Site, in Chandler, just SE of PHX Az. Bob Nixon, Chandler AZ 01 Sprint ST "RED" 45K miles |
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