United States - Texas - FINA-CAF Airsho 2008 - Midland - 09/20/08

[Steve Rice]

Trick planes - - and trick pilots. 

[Steve Rice]

USN fighters - - Hellcat, Bearcat, Corsair

[Steve Rice]

Soviet Polikarpov I-16 was present for duty, but did not fly.    Appeared to have a landing gear problem.

[FlyingKiwi]

P-39 Airacobra with jeep:




Another angle on those P-51s:




Here's an unusual formation, P-51 and A-26 Invader:




The Helldiver is one of the CAF's unique aircraft:




When it absolutely, positively must be destroyed overnight:




More photos, with commentary, here:

http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/AirShows/Midland/2008/Highlights/index.html


Richard.

[Sagar Pathak]

Great shots Richard! And nice commentary too.

[shornet]

Cool shots Richard!