About Boise Last Weekend......

[Air Race Addict]

I was in Boise this last weekend and took my Dad to the Warhawk Museum's P-38 Days. It was great. Steve Hinton was there with the POF P-38, as well as "Stilleto" aka Diamondback, one of JP's P-40 and a T-28 which for some reason I failed to get more than a few pieces of in pictures. Steve flew the P-38 for a few passes over the museum and then they all formed up for a couple of formation flybys. It was cool. I had forgotten how quiet a P-38 is while it's sitting there after starting up. Anyways, I thought I would share a few pics. If anyone is ever in Boise and you are looking for something to do, drop by John and Sue Paul's Museum at the Nampa airport. It is a wonderful place and they really have done a nice job with all of the memorabilia from the veterans that have donated. Additionally, there were a couple of vets there who had flown the P-38, although I didn't get their names. The P-51C, (I think it is being restored as the Boise Bee), the other P-40, and the F-86 under restoration were cool too. Bob Cardin, project director for the recovery and restoration of Glacier Girl gave a slide show and presentation as well. Very very cool. So, without further ado.........
PS: had to toss in the picture of my 6' 9th grade Jenny Finch wannabe

[speeddemon]

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Ack!!!! Get that TF-51 out of there.

Blasphemy to have it taking up space on this site, I tell you...

[speeddemon]

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Warning the following is

Well Mike C and the gals had another great season here in the Ol' Pueblo. UoA is a pretty good school. CoL isn't too bad. Tell her coach to send Mike a note.....and tell her winters in Tucson are much nicer than those at UoW or WSU campus locales.

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BTW... thanks for the pics, although I gotta side with Speedy on the TF issue.

The mistake you're making here is that Bill would actually be able to let her GO to school that far away. :-)

[Air Race Addict]

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Ack!!!! Get that TF-51 out of there.

Blasphemy to have it taking up space on this site, I tell you...

Sorry man, too late to edit. You'll just have to suffer I guess :

[Air Race Addict]

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Warning the following is

Well Mike C and the gals had another great season here in the Ol' Pueblo. UoA is a pretty good school. CoL isn't too bad. Tell her coach to send Mike a note.....and tell her winters in Tucson are much nicer than those at UoW or WSU campus locales.

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BTW... thanks for the pics, although I gotta side with Speedy on the TF issue.

No problem with the pics. I was kind of wondering what kind of response that would get with the TF. Sorry about that and I'll try to remember that in the future.

I AM her coach during the summer. I will see if she is still interested after another year and if she is, you better believe the letters will fly, HAH!

[speeddemon]

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Sorry man, too late to edit. You'll just have to suffer I guess :

Oh, you loved it....

Besides, I know if I had been there, I would have gone up to old N332, made sure nobody was around, petted her a bit, and told her that there were some of us out there that knew her true identity and still loved her 'inside'.

[Air Race Addict]

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Oh, you loved it....

Besides, I know if I had been there, I would have gone up to old N332, made sure nobody was around, petted her a bit, and told her that there were some of us out there that knew her true identity and still loved her 'inside'.

You are without a doubt......... well, just so you know, not too many people were paying attention to her, and I did go up and give her a little caress on the prop and told her that I remembered. I could have sworn I heard a little snort as I was walking away.........

[crazyb1]

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Got to ride in DBack when Bob Jepson owned her. I'd have to say that I might have heard her sigh also when I reminded her who she really was.

[Propellerhead]

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Stop it guys, you're creepin' me out.

[JCP]

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It's a beautiful airplane and has a very good home if that makes you feel any better.

[wingman]

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I think we need to remember Stiletto for what she was, and accept Diamondback as what she is -- a flawless, well-flown, "new" Mustang. She no longer even has the same N number, and no more than a few forgings from the racer we all loved. I spent some time with the owner this weekend at Nampa and he is a good guy and really loves his airplane. Besides, from the right of view she is really quite a stunning lady!

The Wingman

[SCEPTER]

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I think we need to remember Stiletto for what she was, and accept Diamondback as what she is

Now if the new owner would bring Stiletto to Reno with a race motor and clipped wings.Maybe then we could move on.


btw Neal thanks for sharing the pic.

[wingman]

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And another. The right point of view in this case was the Paul family's P-40N, known to race fans as "Spud Lag". Not the word's greatest photo plane, and a very limited opportunity to shoot as photos were not the reason for the flight, but a wonderful opportunity for a few minutes in a national treasure. I think I will happily take a flight in a P-40 with mediocre photos over a flight in almost anything else with great photos, anytime. I've loved Curtiss Hawks since I was a little kid, and last weekend did not change that one bit!

Neal

[wolfee]

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WOW!!! She is REALLY looking great!

Thanks Neal for sharing.


Interesting back door on her... heh

[wingman]

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And many many thanks to John Curtiss Paul (John Jr.) for making the flight happen (twice actually, as the morning flight had to be limited to a very abbreviated circuit with no formation flying at all due to a lost exhaust stack).

There sure are a lot of first names in that family. John Jr's middle name also reflects his Dad's passion for P-40s!

And, by the way, John Curtiss posts occasionally here as "JCP"...