UHU! (Eagle Owl) Tamiya 1/48 Heinkel He219

While I'm waiting for a trip to the hobby store to get paint for my Avenger, I figured I would start another build. I've been waiting to build this one for a while because the subject is interesting and seldom seen. I saw the last remaining He219 at the National Air and Space Museum a few years ago and really liked the look of the aircraft.

I haven't completed very much yet, but here is the first update.



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NAS Corpus Airshow Music Video

Just completed the 2009 South Texas Shootout music video two nights ago. Check it out:

Music Video

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2009 South Texas Shootout

***UPDATE 4-29-09 - The Horsemen will fly the Bearcat routine one more time for the Planes of Fame Air Show in Chino, California. The POF theme this year is "Salute to Grumman Aircraft"...so it seems only fitting. Looks like the Bearcats are turning out to be as popular as the Mustangs...maybe even more popular.***

The 2009 South Texas Shootout at NAS Corpus Christi (April 18-19, 2009), the 5th airshow for the Blue Angels this season, was very special. The airshow was unique in that the "Horsemen" formation team flew a three ship Bearcat routine. This was the first time an F8F Bearcat had been used in a formation aerobatic team of this magnitude (Corky Fornoff and his son flew a two ship routine in the 60's) since the Blue Angels during the 1946-1949 timeline. The routine was incredible and very rare. This was the only time the Horsemen team flew/will be flying the Bearcat routine this year. It was a very special treat! Below is a link to the Horsemen video I filmed at Sunday's airshow:

Horsemen Sunday Demo

This airshow was also the second to last show for the F-15C Demo Team. Their final airshow was this weekend in Langley, Virginia. The team is now retired from service. This airshow season is also the 50th Anniversary of the Golden Knights U.S. Army Parachute Demonstration Team.

Also, here are a few Bearcat formation team pictures from over the years (none of these pictures are mine). The first is a picture of the Blue Angels flying the Bearcat (notice the numbering system. #5 lead, #3 left wing, #4 right wing, #2 slot):


This next picture is of the Fornoff's flying their Bearcats in formation with Blue Angels 5 and 6 in F-4 Phantom II's:


This final picture is from the 2009 South Texas Shootout with the Horsemen team flying with Blue Angels 5 and 6 in F/A-18A Hornets.



Here are a few pictures from the show on Sunday:





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Steamer...

I started assembling the Avenger today, but as I was doing that my father assembled his first steam engine...and I must say it's a very cool little thing! With the new mill and lathe he plans on machining his own style of dust collector.

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Only Airshow in the U.S.

Today my father and I flew into the 2009 Blue Bonnet Airshow in Burnet, TX...supposedly the only U.S. Airshow this weekend. The weather could have been better...fairly low overcast forcing everyone to fly a low show, but the rain held off. All the acts flew and there were even a couple surprises in the form of a P-40 we had never seen before (the pilot put on an amazing display), and the A-10 West Coast Demonstration Team put on a really rockin' display despite the weather...they even included pyro this time.

If you would like to see pics and video clips just check out the link below:

Airshowbuzz

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AVENGER!

I recently signed up for the WWII Carrier Aircraft Group Build on ARC, and to start things off I will be building George H. W. Bush's TBM-1C Avenger. I haven't done any work yet, but here are some crappy box shots.

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Aerobatic critique...

...not quite, but the little event still ended up being pretty fun. Joel and Cathy Utz (spelling?) were the only people from the IAC chapter to fly in yesterday. We also had quite a few neighbors over to watch the flying as well as some friends from school. I flew the Pitts twice - one 30 minute flight consisting of the intermediate known and free, and then once more on a 20 minute airshow style routine that is oriented more towards those who don't know how competition aerobatics work. My father took some friends flying in the Clipper and then I took Abbie and Marc for a ride, followed by Rhys and Marc once more.
Although the event didn't turn out anything like last time (pictures from last time here: http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?showtopic=162563&hl=aerobatic ) we all still had a great time.

Thanks to Joel and Cathy for coming out.

Some pics from yesterday:


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