Can we please stop hotlinking pics?

In reply to Duke: Hey that looks familiar!

Here it is in EAA Airventure in Oshkosh in 2012!

Shut up and take my money!!!

Yep, that's her, all right. I found the Sovietski hardware by accident, and just walked up and knocked on the hangar door. I missed seeing Panchito's shakedown flight (after having both engines rebuilt) by about 24 hours, but I did get to walk all around the hangar and through his huge collection of WWII stuff - flight suits, uniforms, documents, photos, equipment, etc. The owner is the nicest guy in the world, and seemed genuinely grateful that somebody else was interested in this stuff.

This has some kind of hotrod engine swap, with about double the original horsepower.

Duke wrote:

Could be a Yak 18, but looks like a Nanchang CJ6. I learned to fly acro in one of those.

Duke wrote: This has some kind of hotrod engine swap, with about double the original horsepower.

Il-2 Shturmovik with an Allison?

I wish I could look at a La-5 in flying condition...

Ditchdigger wrote: I just realized something about the Triumph 2000 I bought and couldn't put a finger on why I liked. It was designed by Michelotti who amongst many other cars also designed a long time fascination of mine the Hino Contessa. They pretty much share the same front end Hino Triumph

Those front ends remind me of something...

In reply to Keith Tanner:

Yeah. It's a cool look

The night of nights...

Our Daughter will be there at dawn tomorrow morning.

RossD wrote:

The museum those planes are in has a huge collection of nose art, strict no cameras policy though so I have no photographic evidence. Probably thirty pieces cut out of the nose of planes being scrapped, mostly pin ups with instructional pieces on the preservation of the paint. Pretty neat.

Weird. Why wouldn't you be able to photograph them? Did they say why?

I've seen this EA-6. The pilot's commander basically said "Screw the regs, the art stays."

Our latest addition to the family, Charlie.

stroker wrote:

Duke wrote: This has some kind of hotrod engine swap, with about double the original horsepower.

Il-2 Shturmovik with an Allison? I wish I could look at a La-5 in flying condition...

Yak 9 actually:

Ditchdigger wrote: In reply to Keith Tanner: Yeah. It's a cool look

Looks a wee bit familiar eh?:

The NSU was styled after the early Corvairs because they were thought to "attract younger buyers", The Triumph/Hino design predated the second gen 'vair though.

I just love cars with no grille!