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The Rolls-Royce Griffin-engined Supermarine Spitfire Mark XVIII owned by flight simulator company Frasca International took pride of place at Warbirds Central. A P-40E (also Frasca’s) and Corsair fighters appear in the background.
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A TBM Avenger torpedo bomber faces off a P-38 Lightning fighter. President George W. Bush was shot down in an Avenger during his Navy service in the Pacific theater.
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The impressive warbird line-up included the P-38, an AD-1 Skyraider, an OV-1 Mohawk and a B-25 Mitchell.
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Yes, this is certainly bad news for the Viet Cong on the receiving end of it. Douglas AD-1 Skyraider ‘Bad News,’ owned by the Warbird Heritage Foundation of Waukegan, Illinois, is the last flying example in the world of this model.
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Skyraider ‘Bad News’ is displayed sporting two 7.62 mm Gatling guns, along with a multitude of other cannons, bombs and rockets.
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P-51D “Petie 2nd.” Credit: Mo Spuhler
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And here is a very convincing “mini-P-51D.” Subscale Mustangs are growing in popularity as the “poor man’s” warbird, although they’re not cheap to build, either. This one is a Thunder Mustang. The kit-built airplane, designed and manufactured by Papa 51, is one of several kit options on the market. Credit: Mo Spuhler
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This subscale P-51 was built from a Titan Aircraft kit.
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A trio of Titan Aircraft P-51 replicas parked near the Warbirds area. The one on the right, ‘Mustang Mama,’ was built by Barbara Bergstrom, granddaughter of the founder of Weldon Aerospace. “Getting insurance was tough for a 79-year-old pilot flying a kitplane,” she says.
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The trainer display in the Warbirds area features many aircraft. In the foreground here is a U.S. Army Consolidated PT-3 Husky, one of only three in existence.