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Old 11-26-2014, 07:24 AM
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Default Two Minutes of Aviation Majesty

For WW II aviation buffs, this is something to see. If you were not able to make it to England July 12-13 at The Imperial War Museum in Cambridgeshire to see it in-person, watching this 2:30 minute video might send chills up your spine.



http://player.vimeo.com/video/93587997
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Any idea as to what planes were shown? I know only a few...
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Goosebumps!

We get to see a smattering of the old warbirds at the Thunder in the Valley airshow here every year, but to see that many in one place at one time is awesome.

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Any idea as to what planes were shown? I know only a few...
Just right off the top of my head, I recognized P-40s, P-51s, BF 109 Messerschmits, P-38s, Spitfires, Corsairs...Maybe a Hurricane or two...

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P-51, Catalina, P-40, Thunderbolt, Corsair, B-17, B-25, C-47, P-38, I don't know what the Bi-planes are.
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In addition to those already mentioned, the Russian bi-plane was a Polikarpov I-15. Also saw at least one Focke Wulf Fw-190, a P-47D Thunderbolt, a C-47 "Dakota" (DC-3), at least 3 Hawker Hurricanes, four Hawker Furys (biplanes), and a couple of Hawker SeaFurys, a TBM Avenger, F-4F Wildcat, F-6 Hellcat, F-8 Bearcat, F-7 Tigercat, an a [D]ouglass AD-1, and perhaps a few more that I'll have to think about for a bit longer. Oh, and the pre-WWI monoplane was a Blériot XI, I think.
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