Planes of Fame 2014 air show and open house

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Indeed, Eric - rather pointless, eh?

Cool Fact: I recently learned that the Pilatus P-2 (the little trainer with the orange nose, above) used the main undercarriage of the Bf109G - when Switzerland's G's were scrapped, they saved lots of parts and many found their way into other designs.
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The restoration of Bf109G-2 "Black 6" back in the 1980s used Pilatus P-2 undercarriage to help get it back in the air.

Also, it's the aircraft used in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. I actually got to sit in one of them! :)
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PaulBradley wrote:All the old favourites. Including Andrew's favourite Wildcat.....

Thanks for sharing, Barry.
Not my favourite, but definitely the most oddball Wildcat still flying :grin:


Great set of pictures!


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