Join us for Beer Flights (May 18)
A comparison of several different craft beers is called a “beer flight.” Thanks to the talent and generosity of Pike Brewing and many gourmet sponsors, HFF will pilot its “Beer Flights” to a very pleasant altitude. Check out www.beerflights.org and join us on May 18th for a food and beverage event to raise funds for aviation education.
Aviation Day at Paine Field (May 19)
Historic Flight will be the principal west-side venue for this all-day airport event. Free shuttle bus service will allow visitors to park on either side, yet see all the attractions. Museums and displays, music and food highlight this festival to celebrate aviation and the beginning of the flying season. Aircraft demonstrations will occur at noon and 4:30. The Washington Pilots Association will offer free, first-time “Young Eagle” flights throughout the day.
A2A Experience (May 19-20)
Here is your chance to fly aboard our historic B-25D Mitchell ‘Grumpy’ and photography one of our iconic WWII fighters air-to-air! Or, if you prefer to stay firmly rooted on the ground, take advantage of two exclusive photo opportunities available only to participants in the A2A Experience. First, stay late after Aviation Day to see and experience a night engine-run of the B-25D and P-51B, enjoy the roar as you photograph whirling propellers, blue glowing exhaust stacks, and bright orange flames. The next morning, get creative in the early morning light as authentic WWII reenactors pose with our aircraft under your direction. On the afternoon of the 20th you may join us for a series of talks by local and national photographers, learning their tips and techniques to advance your photography. Following the talks, those who have signed up for a photo flight will board their aircraft and take-off for a once-in-a-lifetime experience. www.a2aexperience.com
- Mustang in the Air
- Bad Kitty (Grumman Tigercat)
- Four Ship Formation
I added some pics of your P-51 to may page of airplane pics and videos, and also put together a video of the 2 P-51′s + B-25 fly-by.
Here’s the link to the page of pics that has links to fly-by videos:
http://www.pointshooting.com/1aflyby.htm
Below are links to P-51 + B-25 video’s. I made two. One is 15 megs with good quality, and one with 22 megs of better quality. If you like feel free to download the videos and add them to your site. You can also edit them as you wish. Lastly, I have put together a HD video that is very big and needs to be cut down and edited. I may work on that later. I plan to upload the smaller video to U-tube.
http://www.pointshooting.com/kilo6a.wmv
http://www.pointshooting.com/kilo6b.wmv
I just love history. I’m 20 years old and looking into aviation maintenence at EvCC. I hope to build and old plane that brings some history back to life
Congratulations on the recent flight of your beautiful MiG 29UB!
I’m from a small town east of Toronto, Ontario and remember when the Ukrainian MiG’s came to Canada. I was fortunate to fly in a C-130 Hercules and remember so well the MiG slipping out from below us and pulling lead on our left wing. I hope you don’t mind my asking a couple of questions. I’m curious about the weight balance with the removal of the “gun” and the IRST System from the Windscreen area. Was it difficult to compensate for this? I remember when the first MiG 15 was brought into the United States, I got a chance to speak to the pilot/owner and he mentioned that his aircraft actually still had the armament installed and he had to contact the Federal Authorities, which removed them.
He says he actually had a machine shop make replica’s of the guns to actual weight and size so he could keep the C of G.
Again I hope you don’t mind the questions and really do compliment you on acquiring a beautiful aircraft.
Kindest Regards,
Michael Mettman
Bowmanville, Ontario
P.S. Your Tigercat is outstanding too!
Good to meet you at HFM Saturday! Thanks again for bringing up the B-25 Mitchell and also allowing Greg Anders to fly in the P-47.
The MIG-29 is a beautiful restoration! I keep going back to your video on this site of the first flight – just awesome!
John,
You and Tim did some great work here. It all came together and the MiG looks awesome. The video was fun to watch. My kids and I loved it. This is the kind of thing that gets the boys thinking about what they want to be when they grow up.
I have been told that among your other accomplishments you let a young 13 year old boy fly in your planes and actually handle the controls while in flight over the past two- three months. Isn’t that illegal!?
The lad was a passenger in a two-seat trainer. The pilot-in-command is retired Navy and a veteran of perhaps twenty Reno Air Races. Between the two of them, they figured out the T-6.