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Recently had the opportunity to visit the CAF Airsho 2012 during a business trip to the States, and as it was such an enjoyable experience I thought I would share the pics with you guys.

Star of the show naturally was FIFI, the world's only active B-29:
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P-51 Mustangs:
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Double Trouble Two:
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Boo-Man Choo:
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Gunfighter:
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B-25 Devil Dog:
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Yellow Rose:
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Maid in the Shade:
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B-17 Sentimental Journey:
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Corsair:
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Helldiver:
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Avenger:
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The "Tora Tora" act (all T-6's converted to Zero and Kate look-alikes):
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The USAF Heritage flight:
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The crazy J79 powered School Bus (it really sounds like an F-4 Phantom):
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Was repeated after dark - School Bus in full AB down the runway:
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All in all a very nice Warbird airshow, which is highly recommendable if you are in the neighbourhood (Madison, Texas).

All the best
Jan
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Nice set Jan, especially like the B-29 descending with Sentimental Journey in the foreground - did you get the programmed B-1?

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Thanks Ian, the B-1 never showed up - I also thought there should have been one /Jan
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Great coverage of the event, would love to see Fifi fly! Superb, pin sharp images too. :smile:

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Lovely set would love to get out there someday :clap: :clap: :clap:
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FiFi en face for me. But all of them are great.

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Great set of images.
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Great shots! I've seen Fifi recently at Oshkosh but she didn't carry out a top side pass for some reason which was a disappointment. And I think that the CAF have been in trouble in the past for the mushroom cloud!

Can you provide the registration of the P-51D 'Boo-Man-Choo' please?
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Superb set of photo's....Love to go there one day

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Very tasty indeedy.

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Alex, P-51D 'Boo-Man-Choo' is NL51MV, should be ex. 45-11391 /Jan
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Fabulous selection, Fifi and Sentimental Journey both look stunning, as does that Helldiver :drool: Great Hog shoots as well :clap: :clap:

The mushroom cloud explosion is perhaps a little unnecessary though :hide:
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NordicAirpower wrote:Alex, P-51D 'Boo-Man-Choo' is NL51MV, should be ex. 45-11391 /Jan


Thanks for that Jan. I saw her at the Gathering of Mustangs and Legends in 2007 when she was called 'Luscious Lisa'.
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Just a remarkable set of images,what a show, this is the absolute best set of aeroplane pictures on here in ages, :clap:
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