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Dayton Airshow

Posted by Eric Stevens on Fri Jul 18, 2003 11:22:18 AM

I had the oppurtunity to attend the show on Thursday and was amazed at the number of vintage aircraft to be there. I have been to the show in the past and never before have there been this many warbirds on the field.
P-51 Cripes A'mighty
P-51 Cloud Dancer
P-51 American Beauty
P-51 Excaliber
P-51 Frenesi
P-51 Bald Eagle
P-51C CAF
P-47 Hun Huntress
P-38 Porky II
P-38 Glacier Girl
F6F POF
F4U-1 POF
P-40 POF
B-17 Yankee Lady
B-25 Yankee Air Force
SBD CAF
SB2C CAF
JU-52 CAF
TBM Fighter Factory
Spitfire FIghter Factory
T-6, T-34, T-28, TS-11 Iskra EAA warbird squadron
T-50 CAf
L-5 CAF
Aeroshell T-6 aerobatic team
4 DC-3's (Ohio universities, FAA, OAzark airlines, and Delts's)
EAA's Trimotor
EAA's Spirit of St. Louis Replica
DH-112 Venom N202DM
L-29 Ohio Universities avionics department

These are all that were there when I left, but they had been showing uo all day long. Everytime that I would returm to a spt they would have another one or tweo aircraft on the ground. The heritage Flight had an F-15 and three P-51's flying in formation. Then two mustangs put on a acrobatic routine in formation.

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