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Re: Airshow Favorites
Posted by Steve Tournay again on Tue Dec 18, 2001 04:02:09 PM
In reply top Re: Airshow Favorites posted by Jim Harley on Tue Dec 18, 2001 08:27:53 AM
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: For me it will always be Hoover in his Mustang...on a more
: contemporary note would have to be Ed Shipley and Jim Bea
: sly doing formation Mustang acro. I have never in my life
: seen two mustangs flying so close and in such perfect harm
: ony. Poetry in motion. I do see from these posts that I ne
: ed to get to legends!
Hi Jim--
Re Shipley/Beasley, actually at one point there were FOUR Mustangs in that team. Batavia NY, mid-90s, one of the features was The Four Horsemen--a tight-formation quartet of P-51Ds. At the moment I've forgotten who the other two pilots were...but my, that was a sight to see (and a sound to hear, too)...
S.