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billv
2010-09-02, 10:55 AM
Continuing with more images:
A good showing of warbirds which included the P-51, P-47, F4U Corsair, C-47 Dakota, B-25 Mitchell bomber, and the Sikorsky UH-34D.

C-47; still in her original configuration for paratrooper drops, this bird saw lots of action over WWII Europe:
http://www.pbase.com/wvphoto/image/128039850/original.jpg

Interior of the C-47:
http://www.pbase.com/wvphoto/image/128039903/original.jpg

C-47:
http://www.pbase.com/wvphoto/image/128048268/original.jpg

C-47:
http://www.pbase.com/wvphoto/image/128049052/original.jpg

B-25 Mitchell:
http://www.pbase.com/wvphoto/image/128040093/original.jpg

B-25 Mitchell:
http://www.pbase.com/wvphoto/image/128049011/original.jpg

P-51 Mustang:
http://www.pbase.com/wvphoto/image/128048216/original.jpg

P-51 Mustang:
http://www.pbase.com/wvphoto/image/128048495/original.jpg

P-47 Thunderbolt:
http://www.pbase.com/wvphoto/image/128048257/original.jpg

P-47 Thunderbolt:
http://www.pbase.com/wvphoto/image/128048412/original.jpg

F4U Corsair:
http://www.pbase.com/wvphoto/image/128049059/original.jpg

And finally, a real workhorse, the Sikorsky UH-34D, used in anti submarine warfare, plucking the Mercury capsule after splashdown, troop carrier, medical evac, carrying the President, used a lot in Vietnam:
http://www.pbase.com/wvphoto/image/128048269/original.jpg

Sikorsky UH-34D cockpit...was not allowed up on the flightdeck but reached up with my camera over my head and got this shot of the main panel (luck shot, :smile:):
http://www.pbase.com/wvphoto/image/128040003/original.jpg

Sikorsky UH-34D:
http://www.pbase.com/wvphoto/image/128039905/original.jpg