Was lucky enough to time a family holiday to the NW USA to coincide with the last of the years Fly Days at Paul Allen's magnificent Flying Heritage Collection; well worth a visit but the thought of 2 unique warbirds was a mouth watering thought. All the aircraft in the collection are flyable but several are so rare that they are not flown (the 2 seat FW190 for example). The Flydays are monthly over the summer and free and have 2/3 of the collection's aircraft flown and displayed with a introduction of the aircraft and the pilots before starting.
Anyway Steve Hinton (of Chino fame) flew the Focke-Wulf FW190 A-5 (only flying example of a genuine 190 albeit I believe with a non standard engine) and Ross Granley (ex Snowbirds) flew the Ilyushin IL-2 M3 Shturmovik (again the only flying example and even static ones are extremely rare)
Some pics of the aircraft in the hangars, lots of other WWII themed information and artefacts, including several fully restored tanks, V2, V1
Nakajima KI-43-1B Hayabusa "Oscar"
Curtis P-40C Tomahawk
North American P-51D Mustang
Polikarpov I-16 Type 24 "Rata"
Messerschmitt BF109 E-3 "Emil"
Hawker Hurricane MK XIIA
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt
Lastly the 2 seater Mig29!
Thanks for looking and comments welcomed.
Air War over Russia Flying Heritage Collection Fly Day
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PeteFenwick wrote:
Anyway Steve Hinton (of Chino fame) flew the Focke-Wulf FW190 A-5 (only flying example of a genuine 190 albeit I believe with a non standard engine)
I'm under the impression this is the only Fw-190 with a genuine BMW 801.
Either way, seeing both the Fw-190 & IL-2 in the air together is something very special. (thanks for the photos.)
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Re: Air War over Russia Flying Heritage Collection Fly Day
What a collection.
Great post. that 190 looks lovely.
Niall
Great post. that 190 looks lovely.
Niall
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Oh wow, these is amazing.Beautiful aeroplanes and super photographs.A real treasure trove of aviation history, wonderful post! Ciaran
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Fantastic work! The Il-2 is an ugly beast
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That Il-2 is an amazing looking aeroplane, what a collection they have over there!
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Love the IL-2 - never appreciated how large a wing area it has. Will have the put one of these shows on my list of things to do in the US.
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Wow, Il2 - not only an incredible looking beast, but you've come away with a stunning portfolio of it as well. Fabulous sir Fabulous.