Originally Posted by cb4017
Originally Posted by BusyLittleShop
Thanks for posting the article and I saved it in my files...
I'll never forget my 2.2 hours flying a Parkard Merlin in a P51C...
It was a mind altering experience..
We barrel rolled over Tahoe... I was just giggling in my flight suit like a kid...
My video of the Collings Foundation P51C Betty Jane among a gaggle of B25 B24
B17 from McClellan AFB to Minden Nevada...
Great video. I got to fly in Nine-0-Nine a few years ago out of Minden as a Father's Day gift from my family.
I get to the Reno Air Races every chance I get. Even if the really fast unlimiteds aren't flying I figure there is nowhere else I can go to listen to the wonderful sound of Merlins and big radials. I've been going since the early 80s and it will still put chills down my back.
There are always lots of Merlins at Oshkosh...