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2018 WWII Weekend, reading PA, June 1-3


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This years WWII weekend will be held the weekend of June 1-3 and looks to be an amazing weekend. 

 

I will update the list as I get them

 

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Manufacturer Type Owner  
Aichi  Val (replica) Commemorative Air Force  
Aeronca  L-3  Mid Atlantic Air Museum  
Aeronca L-3 Gene Oshrin  
Aeronca  L-16 Rich Wallin  
Beechcraft C-45 Commemorative Air Force  
Bell P-63 Commemorative Air Force  
Boeing Boeing B-17"Yankee Lady"  Yankee Air Museum  
Boeing B-17 "Movie Memphis Belle" National Warplane Museum  
Boeing  B-29 "FIFI Commemorative Airforce  
Boeing B-29 "Doc" Doc's Freinds  
Boeing Stearman Mid Atlantic Air Museum  
Boeing Stearman Don Sloan  
Boeing Stearman Chris Kappler  
Boeing Stearman Ron Gertson/Bob Potter  
Bucker Jungmeister  Jerry Wells (aerobatic demo)
Consolidated Vultee   Mid Atlantic Air Museum  
Curtiss Helldiver Commemorative Air Force  
Curtiss P-40 "The Jacky C" American Airpower Museum (aerobatic demo)
deHavilland Tiger Moth Delaware Aviation Museum  
Douglas C-47 "second Chance American Airpower Museum  
Douglas C-47 "Whiskey 7" National warplane Museum  
Douglas Dauntless Commemorative Air Force  
Fairchild  Cornell Bay Aviation  
Fairchild  Cornell Ron Gertsen/Tom Lotterman  
Fairchild  Cornell Ron Gertsen/Scott McCarthy  
Grumman Avenger Mid Atlantic Air Museum  
Grumman Avenger Commemorative Air Force  
Grumman Wildcat Greg Shelton  
Nakajima Kate (Replica)  Commemorative Air Force (aerobatic Demo)
Naval Aircraft Factory  N3N Mid Atlantic Air Museum  
North American B-25 "Briefing time" Mid Atlantic Air Museum  
North American B-25 "Yankee Warrior" Yankee Air Museum  
North American B-25 "Panchito" Delaware Aviation Museum  
North American B-25 "Takeoff Time" Tom Duffy  
North American P-51 "Red Nose"  Commemorative Air Force  
North American  T-6 Buzz Cortese  (aerobatic demo)
North American  T-6 Ed Nagle  
North American  T-6  John Mazure  
North American  T-6 Mid Atlantic Air Museum  
North American  T-6  Ron Gertsen  
North American  T-6 Kevin Russo  
Piper  Cub Paul Smith (aerobatic demo)
Piper  Cub Mid Atlantic Air Museum  
Ryan PT-22 Ron Gertsen/Alex Alexander  
Taylorcraft  L-2 Eric Ridilla  
Vought Corsair Commemorative Air Force  
      (aerobatic Demo)
Static:      
Beeechcraft 18 Mid Atlantic Air Museum  
Curtiss P-61 Mid Atlantic Air Museum  
Douglas C-54 Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation  
Boeing C-97 Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation   
Fairchild  24  Sean Neal  
Fairchild  24 Mid Atlantic Air Museum  
Lockheed Neptune Mid Atlantic Air Museum  
Northrup P-61 Mid Atlantic Air Museum  
Stinson 10 Bart Rogers  
Stinson 10  Commemorative Air Force  
Stinson 10  Susan Neal  
 

 

Sean

 

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  • 4 weeks later...

Weather looks awful - 90% chance of rain Saturday, 50% Sunday. My father-in-law and I discussed yesterday, we're bailing - we don't want to drive from Cincinnati just to get soaked in the rain.

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4 hours ago, MA Cooke said:

Weather looks awful - 90% chance of rain Saturday, 50% Sunday. My father-in-law and I discussed yesterday, we're bailing - we don't want to drive from Cincinnati just to get soaked in the rain.

i know...It is going to be interesting to see what actually shows up with that forecast. I have already paid for the tickets and it is too late to cancel the hotel...so I am gonna go one way or another.

 

A garbage bag for my camera bag and my big work rain coat for my self, then cross fingers and toes that it all misses. I have also planned to hang out at Newark for a few hours Sun morning...so I really REALLY hope it stays nice

 

 Sean

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19 hours ago, martin_sam_2000 said:

i know...It is going to be interesting to see what actually shows up with that forecast. I have already paid for the tickets and it is too late to cancel the hotel...so I am gonna go one way or another.

 

A garbage bag for my camera bag and my big work rain coat for my self, then cross fingers and toes that it all misses. I have also planned to hang out at Newark for a few hours Sun morning...so I really REALLY hope it stays nice

 

 Sean

 

Good luck, Sean! I shoot high school football for local media, and I got soaked bad enough this past season (2 games with steady, hard rain) that I'm done with it - I have a Nikon 200-400mm f4 zoom, and nothing provides peace of mind if I'm worrying about it getting wet enough to muck things up.

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On 6/1/2018 at 1:17 PM, martin_sam_2000 said:

Yeah. I hear you. Looks like it may be a bit better than initially thought tomorrow.. but still. This is weather that keeps planes at home so i think it will be a low turn out

 

So how did the weather turn out?

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Sat was hot and sunny, clouds moved in late in the afternoon and we got rain right at the end of the show. There were quite a bit of missing aircraft, mostly trainers, as well as the corsair and the P-63. The Dauntless showed up round half way through the day. The flying was cut a little short due to the lack of some of the aircraft, but it worked as FIFI finished right as the rain moved in. All in all, an OK day. I hear Sun was a little cooler, but cloudy and drizzle so things were balanced.

 

Glad I got too see FIFI, DOC and the C-97 together on the same ramp, but was sad that DOC wasn't scheduled to fly. The crew confirmed they will be at TOM and they are flying.

 

 Sean

 

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16 hours ago, martin_sam_2000 said:

Sat was hot and sunny, clouds moved in late in the afternoon and we got rain right at the end of the show. There were quite a bit of missing aircraft, mostly trainers, as well as the corsair and the P-63. The Dauntless showed up round half way through the day. The flying was cut a little short due to the lack of some of the aircraft, but it worked as FIFI finished right as the rain moved in. All in all, an OK day. I hear Sun was a little cooler, but cloudy and drizzle so things were balanced.

 

Glad I got too see FIFI, DOC and the C-97 together on the same ramp, but was sad that DOC wasn't scheduled to fly. The crew confirmed they will be at TOM and they are flying.

 

 Sean

 

 

I'm glad we cancelled, honestly. No Corsair, no P-63...meh. Maybe next year.

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