Wings Over Houston Airshow, October 16th, 2004
Boeing / Stearman PT-17
Chinese Nanchang CJ-6A trainer aircraft
North American AT-6 Texan
What country is that insignia?
O-2 Skymaster, military version of the Cessna 337
Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star
Another North American AT-6 Texan
North American T-28 Trojan
Kate torpedo bombers made from combining . . .
. . . North American AT-6 and Vultee BT-13 aircraft
Zero fighters made from modified AT-6 aircraft
A nice lineup of Zero fighters
Two more Kate torpedo bombers made from . . .
. . . North American AT-6 and Vultee BT-13 aircraft
Val dive bomber is a modified Vultee BT-13
Curtiss-Wright P-40A Warhawk
The famous Flying Tigers shark-tooth design of the .
. . . American Volunteer Group in China from 1937-41
Bell P-39 Airacobra
Bell P-63 Kingcobra
Grumman F8F Bearcat
MkIX Spitfire two-seat trainer
Vought F4U Corsair
Hard to get a clear photo of this very popular aircraft
Grummun F6F Hellcat
Awesome carrier fighter plane of WWII
Cockpit of a Curtiss SB2C Helldiver
Two 7.62-mm machine guns in the rear cockpit
Currently, the only airworthy Helldiver
North American B-25 Mitchell Bomber
Beechcraft Model 18 later featured in . . .
Bobby Younkin's Twin Beechcraft Acrobatic Show
Douglas A-26 Invader
Black, gun-laden night-fighter
There is alot of spirit in Waco!
Douglas A-1E Skyraider
Large group lines up for a B-25 walkthru
Long line because enter and exit same hatch
Newer B-25 with heavy nose armament
B-17 tour promises to be faster
Because you exit the back hatch of the B-17
Best look of back gunner from the outside
Visitors patiently await their turn to tour
F-16 taxis back to the display area
Navigator and nose gunner compartment of B-17
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress cockpit
Looking out the top turret gun
Looking for Donna out the top turret gun
Narrow catwalk in the bomb bay area
Closeup of mockup bombs
Radio Operator station beyond the bomb bay
Looking toward the tail at the Waist Gunner station
Scary ball turret gunner station with bullets above
View out the waist gunner window
Frontward view of the waist gunner station
B-17 ball turret gun
Enjoyed my inside tour of the Flying Fortress
Highly Modified Boeing C-97 Stratocruiser
The Super Guppy
Boeing C-17 Globemaster III
NASA's Martin WB-57 High Altitude Research Aircraft
North American P-51 Mustang
Nice Mustang !
Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, "The Jug"
Sunny side of the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III
C-17 about to move out for flight demonstration
Donna relaxes while waiting for the next show
Boeing (formerly Hughes) AH-64A Apache
Grumman EA-6B Prowler
McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle
F-15 internally mounted 20mm, six-barrel cannon
General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
Sikorsky MH53E Sea Dragon - HM-15 "Black Hawks"
Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron Fifteen
Checkout the cargo area of the MH53E
MC-130H Hurricane Hunter
Lots of cargo room in the Hurricane Hunter
Boeing B-52H Stratofortress
Operational for fifty years
Sturdy B-52 main landing gear
B-52 bomb bay area
Both sides of the Statofortress bomb bay
Less glare on the main gear
Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II
Everyone wants a closer view of the tankbuster
Vicious 30mm seven-barrel gatling gun in the nose
Lockheed C-5B Galaxy
Enter the C-5B Galaxy from the back . . .
. . . and exit the aircraft out the front
MA1A Abrams Tank
A-10 Thunderbolt II concludes its flight demo
C-17, full flap, demonstrating slow 100 mph flight
Old & New: Raytheon-Beech T-6 Texan II (left)
and North American AT-6 Texan (right)
Four North American AT-6 Texans in formation
Twin Beechcraft Acrobatic Show
Bobby Younkin taxis in his Model 18
Pearl Harbor reenactment begins
Nice explosion smoke ring
Smokey Kate torpedo bomber
Val dive bomber flies over
Mustang chases a Zero under a smoke ring
F-16s don't rise to meet the Japanese
Mustang chases Zero back and forth
It's gonna drop, just gotta be patient
Kate torpedo bombers taxi back to the display area
No water to drop their torpedos in
Mustang now chasing Kates back to the display area
Camera battery dies as the the B-25s get into the air