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First Index – Chronological by Page Number Second Index – Alphabetical by Aircraft The Book of Airshows Philip Handleman Schiffer Aviation History, 1993 First Index – Chronological by Page number Second Index – Alphabetical by Aircraft First Index – Chronological by Page number Steve Oliver and wife Suzanne Asbury-Oliver skywriting a happy face pg 10 Annual West Coast Antique Fly in Sign 1989 pg 11 Watsonville Fly-in 1991 pg 12 Boeing Stearman Model 75 pg 13 Eddie Andreini's Stearman pg 14 Replica, DR1 Fokker triplane pg 16 Albatross replica pg 16 Spirit of Saint Louis Replica pg 17 Arrow Sport pg 17 Restored New Standard pg 18 Gee Bee R-2 Racer replica pg 18 Pioneer Airport - recreation of a county airport - pg 19 Beech Staggerwing, 1991 pg 20 Beech Staggerwing, 1989 pg 20 Stearman, 1987 pg 21 Stearman flown by Bob Barden pg 23 Army and Navy Stearmans (Kaydet and Yellow Peril) pg 22 Earl and Paula Cherry – wingwalkers pg 24 de Havilland Tiger Moth pg 25 Tiger Moth and a cabin Waco pg 25 Stinson Reliant pg 28 Giuseppe Bellanca aircraft trim pg 29 Piper Cub emblem pg 28 Luscombe sedan interior pg 29 Fleetwings Seabirds pg 30 Lockheed P-38 Liightning, pilot Lefty Gardner pg 32 North American T-6 Texan pg 34/35 de Havilland Chipmunk pg 37 T-28 Trojan pg 37 Beech T-34 Mentor pg 38 Cessna Bobcat pg 38 P-51 Mustang pg 40 Seversky pg 40 P-47 Thunderbolt pg 41 P-51 Mustang spinner and propeller pg 44 British Spitfire, Japanese Zero, Messerscmitt and Mustang flying in formation pg 43 Messerschmidt Bf 109 pg 45 P-47 - owner Charles Osborn pg 45 P-51 with D-Day invasion stripes pg 47 P-51 Bald Eagle pg 47 Vought F4U Corsair pg 48 Curtiss P-40, Nationalist Chinese markings, piloted by former astronaut John Engle pg 49 Zero look-alikes attack Harlingen field pg 50 T-6 trainer modified to look like a Mitsubishi A6M2 Zeke or Zero, pg 51 Yakovlev Yak-11 pg 52 Nakajima B5N Kate torpedo bomber modified from a Vultee B-13 Vibrator pg 53 Kate torpedo bomber replicas in the air pg 54-55 SBD (Scout Bomber Douglas) Dauntless dive bomber pg 56 Curtiss SB2C Helldiver - only one flying pg 56 TBM Avenger pg 57 AD (Attack Douglas/Able Dog) Skyraider (and recently deceased - at that time, restorer Virgil "Coke" Stuart pg 57 Pratt & Whitney engine logo pg 58 Twin Lockheed pg 58/59 Twin Lockheed “Sweet Charlotte” in flight pg 60 Beech Model 18, militarized by Bobby Younkin pg 60 Junkers Ju 52 pg 61 Fieseler Storch pg 61 Canadian variant of the Gooney Bird (Dakota) pg 63 Duglas DC-3, “Yankee Doodle Dandy” pg 63 Consolidated PBY Catalina pg 65 Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar pg 65 Kalamzoo Air Museum's Mitchell B-25, 1989 pg 66 North American B-25 Mitchell in flight pg 68 B-25 Mitchell (named after Billy Mitchell) pg 69 Martin B-26 Marauder, “Marilyn” with D-Day invasion stripes, in flight pg 70 Douglas A-26 Invader pg 71 Douglas A-26 Invader static display pgs 72-73 Tigercat pg 75 Grumman F7F Tigercat pg 76 Consoldated B-24 Liberator, “Diamond Lil”, in flight pg 76 B-24 nose turret Jets are for kids pg 77 Boeing B-17, “Sentimental Journey” pg 78 B-17 Flying Fortress pg 78 B-17 Cooperative Flying Fortress pg 79/80 Memphis Belle nose art, Capt Ted Morgan's B-17 pg 82 “Fuddy Duddy” B-17 nose art pg 82 Boeing B-29 Superfortress, “Fifi” pg 84 Rick Brickert's Lockheed T-33 Red Knight pg 85 North American F-86 Sabre, “the Huff” pg 85 Douglas A-4 Skyhawk pg 86 Grumman F-14 Tomcat pg 87 F-14 in Flight pg 88 Air Combat Command Art pg 88 Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II pg 91 Northrop T-38 Talon pg 90 A-4 Skyhawk, orange and white paint scheme=Navy trainer, pg 91 F-16 Fighting Falcon pg 92 F-15e Strike Eagle pg 93 Panavia Tornado in flight pg 95 Panavia Tornado static pg 95 Boeing 52 Stratofortress aka BUFF (Big Ugly Fat Fellow) pg 96 B-52 in flight pg 96/97 Rockwell B-1B Lancer in flight pg 100 Boeing KC-135 Stratocruiser in flight pg 101 McDonnel Douglas KC-10 Extender static pg 101 MiG-29 Fulcrum pg 104 Lockheed C-5 Galaxy pg 103 Ilyushin Il-76 Candid pg 106 Mig-29 pg 109 Lockheed-117A Stealth fighter pg 106 McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II pg 109 Voyager surrounded by people at International Experimental Aircraft Ass, Oshkosh, 1987 pg 112 Ultralight with WWII trainer paint scheme pg 113 Rutan VariEze/Long EZ pg 114 Antonov An-124 Rusland (Condor) pg 116, 117 Bonanza V Tail pg 119 An-2 Light transport pg 118 Ford Tri-motor "Tin Goose" pg 119 DST (Douglas Sleeper transport) DC3 pg 120 Lockheed Constellation pg 120 Goodyear Rubber Plane pg 122 Lockheed XFV-1 experimental VTOL pg 124 de Havilland C-8B Buffalo QSRA (Quiet short haul research aircraft) pg 125 SR-71 Blackbird pg 126-127 Super Corsair, flown by Steve Hinton pg 128 TSUNAMI pg 129 T-6 Racer pg 130 Hawker Sea Fury pg 132-133 Sea Fury "Dreadnought" pg 133, 134 “Dago Red”, a P-51 Mustang pg 134 P-51 "Strega" pg 135 Hawker Sea Fury "Dreadnought" pg 136 Formation of F4F/FM2 Wildcat, F6F-5 Hellcat, 7F7 Tigercat, and F8F-1 Bearcat, with a US Navy F-14 Tomcat pg 138 Jimmy Franklin and Eliot Cross in Waco biplanes pg 140 Jimmy Franklin and Eliot Cross fly while Johnny Kazian and his son (dressed as Rocketeers, it looks like) wingwalk, Reno 1989 pg 141 Aviat/Christen Eagles: Charlie Hillard, Gene Soucy and Tom Poberezny, pilots pg 144 and 145 Holiday Inn team, Pitts biplanes static pg 144 North American Team in Texan Trainers: Ben Cunningham, Steve Gustafson and Alan Henley as pilots in formation, pg 146 French Connection team, French CAP 10Bs, pilots Daniel Heligoin and Montaine Mallet, pg 147 Golden Knights plane, Fokker F27 pg 148 Six of Diamonds, North American Texans pg 149 F-16Cs flown in formation by Thunderbirds pg 152 Blue Angels in F/A-18 Hornets formation pg 153 Blue Angels pg 154 Marine Corps C-130 Hercules pg 154 431 Air Demonstration Squadron, Tutor aircraft, Canadian Snowbirds, pg 157, 158, 159 Chilean Air Force Team, the Halcones (Falcons) pilots posing for photo, not identified 1990 pg 161 Italy's Frecce Tricolori in Aermacchi MB-339A/PAN trainers pg 163 Welcome to Oshkosh beetle cars pg 164 Oshkosh Fly-in flown ins pg 165 George "Pappy" Boyington signing autographs pg 167 Parachutist unfurling flags pg 166 General Daniel "Chappie" James Jr. Chapter of Tuskegee Airmen, (11 men, none identified) pg 168 Gene Soucy and Teresea Stokes, wing walker, posing, and flying/walking on a modified Grumman Ag Cat. pg 169 Sukhoi Su-26M taildragger pg 170 Craig Hosking upside down ion his modified Pitts which can take off upside down pg 171 Douglas DC-3 static pg 172 Sue Parish in her trademark straw hat pg 173 Sue Parish's pink Curtiss P-40 Warhawk pg 173 .
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