95 Year Old Flies A Spitfire

[Subdeacon Joe]

 

 

 

[Utah Bob #35998]

Wow. I should look that good at 95!!

 

[Subdeacon Joe]

1 hour ago, Utah Bob #35998 said:

Wow. I should look that good at 95!!

 

 

 

Heck, I should look that good at 60!

[The Original Lumpy Gritz]

The 2 A/C, Mom wanted to fly and never had the chance.

Respects,

OLG

[Kingair]

Never flew these 2 - and probably I never ever will - but I did fly the P-51 a few times

[Charlie Whiskers]

  Many years ago I was at the EAA fly in at Oshkosh, Wi. I was wandering around looking at all the war birds and came across an older gentleman looking at a (I think it was) Polish built ME109. We got to talking and he said he had flown a 109 in the Battle of Britain. He got shot down after 20+ missions and spent the rest of the war in a Canadian POW camp. He did say he hated the Spitfire because that's what shot him down, but he was impressed with the Spits capabilities.

[Charlie Whiskers]

1 hour ago, Kingair said:

Never flew these 2 - and probably I never ever will - but I did fly the P-51 a few times

 

 

GRRR... I knew I hated you for some reason.....lol.. The P-51 was and still is my all time favorite War Bird. We'd lay in the trailer at Oshkosh and listen to the AT-6's and P-51's coming in from satellite fields. No mistaking that Merlin sound.

[Kingair]

2 minutes ago, Charlie Whiskers said:

 

 

GRRR... I knew I hated you for some reason.....lol.. The P-51 was and still is my all time favorite War Bird. We'd lay in the trailer at Oshkosh and listen to the AT-6's and P-51's coming in from satellite fields. No mistaking that Merlin sound.

 

I like it when people hate me . . . for a good reason !

[The Original Lumpy Gritz]

10 hours ago, Kingair said:

Never flew these 2 - and probably I never ever will - but I did fly the P-51 a few times

Mom logged most of her hrs in P-51 and P38. She was also an instructor pilot for both.

OLG

[Kingair]

Impressive !

 

The P-38 is another stunning bird