Oshkosh 2022 | North American P-51 Mustang Two by two they fly off to war. Note: I post an image everyday at hankconrad.com.
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| 7/29/2022 | North American P-51 Mustang |
| Gear | Nikon 1 V3 with a FT-1 Adapter and an AF-S 70-300mm f4.5-5.6G IF-ED VR lens |
| Exposure | 180mm (486mm) f/18 1/80s -0.33ev 160iso |
Oshkosh 2022 | North American P-51 Mustang The P-51 Mustang is a single engine fighter flown in WWII, first by the RAF then the USAFF. It’s regarded by most as the best piston engine fighter of WWII. Note: I post an image everyday at hankconrad.com.
Photog MetaData
| 7/29/2022 | North American P-51 Mustang |
| Gear | Nikon 1 V3 with a FT-1 Adapter and an AF-S 70-300mm f4.5-5.6G IF-ED VR lens |
| Exposure | 70mm (189mm) f/29 1/40s -0.33ev 160iso |
Oshkosh 2018 | P-51C Mustang Takeoff The Red Tail P-51C Mustang, Tuskegee Airmen, is a restored WWII fighter including red tail paint indicative of the Tuskegee Airmen. It was painted to honor the four fighter squadrons in the 332nd Fighter Group. The red and yellow cowling represents the 302nd Fighter Squadron. The A on the side represents the 99th Fighter Squadron. The yellow banding on the wings represents the 301st Fighter Squadron. Finally, the red fins on the wings represents the 100th Fighter Squadron. Learn more about Tuskegee Airmen. See Oshkosh 2018 | a 7 Image Story for more about 2018 Air Adventure.
Oshkosh 2018 | a 7 Image Story Picking seven images to represent Oshkosh Air Adventure 2018 feels like mission impossible. To narrow it down a bit; for this story, it’s all about warbirds!
Also, “Doc”, one of 1644 B-29 Superfortresses built in Witchita during WWII, came to Oshkosh. Doc was found in the Mojave Desert in 1987 and restored over the past 15+ years. Learn more about Doc!
With initial deployment in 1950, the North American Aviation T-28 was the first trainer designed to transition pilots to flying jets. Besides being a trainer, the T-28 was also used in a counter-insurgency role during the Vietnam War. In civilian use, it continues flying as an aerobatic warbird.
The Red Tail P-51C Mustang, Tuskegee Airmen, also visited Oshkosh this year. It was painted to honor the four fighter squadrons in the 332nd Fighter Group featuring the red tail indicative of the Tuskegee Airmen. Learn more about Tuskegee Airmen.
The A-1 Skyraider entered service in December 1946 and saw extensive action in the Korean War and Vietnam War. One of the Skyraider’s most famous roles was as the “Sandy” helicopter escort on search and rescue operations. It was retired in the 1970’s after a total of 3,180 planes were built.
This year the Douglas C-47 Skytrain was featured with around twelve C-47s attending, including That’s All, Brother. They attended Oshkosh as part of their preparation for the June 2019 recreation of the flight into Normandy. In the wee hours of the morning on 6 Jun 1944, “That’s All Brother”, piloted by Lt. Col John Donalsoned, led the first flight of more than 800 C-47s to drop over 13,000 paratroopers from the 101st and 82nd Airborne divisions behind enemy lines in Normandy. “That’s All, Brother” on the nose was a message meant for Adolf Hitler.
Each image will be posted individually this week with a bit more narrative under category Oshkosh 2018.
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This Heritage Flight with a P-51 Mustang and a F-16 Falcon features the best of the best, old and new. OK, you may not think the P-51 was the best fighter of WWII and you may not think the F-16 is the best top of the line fighter today. but they are unquestionably both top of the line fighters of their day.
This P-51 Mustang “Gunfighter” from the Commemorative Air Force was on tour with FiFi. The P-51 fighter…an aircraft that changed the course of a war. It was a veteran of World War II and the Korean War. Although first designed as a medium-altitude fighter, the Mustang excelled in hedge-hopping strafing runs and long-range escort duty; blasting trains, ships and enemy installations.
