Ohmygodohmygodohmygod!!!

[Archae]

This weekend is the big EAA aircraft convention, in Oshkosh.

My apartment is right underneath one of the flight paths, that some aircraft take to get there.

A B-17G (it was low enough so I could see the chin turret in front,) escorted by several (6? 8?) WW2 fighters just ROARED over my place.
I really love old warbirds, and the sound was pure music.

(BIG SIGH) :loveya:

[Catch22Dem]

1. Those HUGE radial engines

Give me goosebumps.

[Archae]

2. Me too.

1500-2000 HP, that roar they make... :headbang:

[ewagner]

3. Rats....

I'm going to miss it....on my way to Florida on Tuesday and have to spend the weekend packing........

Nothing in the world compares to those big old warbirds!

[Archae]

4. Agree 100%

At one EAA convention I saw a B-25 medium bomber, where the "glass" nose had been replaced by 10 .50 caliber machine guns firing forward, and a 75mm cannon. :wow:

Any Germans or Japanese in front of that, it probably ruined their day. :-)

[lpbk2713]

5. I know what you mean.

The Fly-In is a big event every spring where I live (Lakeland, FL). People come from all over the world. I too like seeing the warbirds. One of these times I want to take a ride in a Ford Tri-Motor.

[JohnnyRingo]

6. I've been an av buff all my life...

I wish I could make Oshkosh or the Reno Air Races.....Maybe next year.

I used to go to the Cleveland show, till they turned it into a jet fueled recruitment drive.

....Nothin' like the sound of a Merlin !