Chino Air Show 1978

[Samuel]

[supercub]

Re: Chino Air Show 1978

Kewl............anyone know what kind of airplane that is at 1:10 ??
Thanks for sharing.
Brian

[wingman]

Re: Chino Air Show 1978

Now that was fun. That aircraft actually looks like a single seat conversion of a T-6. It is reminiscent of some racers from the 1940s Cleveland era -- there was a womens' T-6 class that permitted considerable modification.

Neal

[supercub]

Re: Chino Air Show 1978

I know the races you're talking about, they were staged after WWII and used modified T-6's. I think you're right, that airplane is a T-6, but almost looks as though the canopy has been shortened, but also looks like it's higher then normal. I don't see any spray booms, mainly because most of the airplane is blocked, but I wonder if it was a sprayer converted from a T-6
Brian

[Samuel]

Re: Chino Air Show 1978

T-6 converted to Zero replica. Awesome photos at the link.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisk48/sets/72157631700523199/detail/

[wingman]

Re: Chino Air Show 1978

Good find! It didn't really look "Zero-ish" in the film, but I should have guessed. I think I was at that show, so should have known anyway....

[supercub]

Re: Chino Air Show 1978

Well................look at the still picture of the converted T-6 to a Zero and then the video..........sure looks like a different shaped canopy..........maybe it's the angle...........or maybe, it's just me LOL.
Brian

[V1670]

Re: Chino Air Show 1978

T-6 converted to Zero replica. Awesome photos at the link.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisk...523199/detail/

^This. They converted a BUNCH of T-6's for the movie "Tora,Tora.Tora" in the mid 70's. Then they brought some to Reno to act out a Pearl Harbor attack. Really memorable as one year, they had the CAF's P-39 and P-40 doing dogfights with the "Zeros". If ya wanna see a REALLY bad modded T-6, watch "God is my Co-pilot" with Dennis Morgan. T-6's with just the rear canopy sprayed over

[GRNDP51]

Re: Chino Air Show 1978

T-6 converted to Zero replica. Awesome photos at the link.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisk...523199/detail/

232 with the 5 blade!! Always cool to see how planes that still fly today looked that far back. Was the "MB" in N232MB for Mike Brown or was that just a coincidence? Nice link!

[Lockheed Bob]

Re: Chino Air Show 1978

I'm pretty sure that the MB was for Mike Brown on purpose. On the race plane he also had the MB on the rudder. Don't hear much about him since he sold all the planes & headed for the Islands.

[FuryFan]

Re: Chino Air Show 1978

232 with the 5 blade!! Always cool to see how planes that still fly today looked that far back. Was the "MB" in N232MB for Mike Brown or was that just a coincidence? Nice link!

The "MB" wasn't added until Mr. Brown bought it. If you look at the picture in the link the reg. number is N232......but I could be wrong.

Kevin

[ignomini]

Re: Chino Air Show 1978

It was definitely just N232 in those days. This was at Oshkosh in the mid-late '70s.