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Hi all I have been following this site since we bought this 2017 F- type R AWD almost a year ago. First sports car was a 67 E type that was so unreliable that I swore I would never own another Jag. Made it into an (uncompetetitive) race car. Lots of Lotuses followed, some race cars other street cars. Owned a Land Rover Series IIA and several Defenders over the years. Fly and restore warbirds, my wife and I own the T-6 in the background. My favorite to fly is the B-25, with its 3400 horsepower! The F-Type is my last sports car, picked over a Lotus Evora 400 after 12 trouble free years of using a Lotus Elise as a daily driver. So far, so good with the Jag. Thanks to all on this site for the cumalative knowledge expressed.
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Nice hobby there. Some friends work with the Collings Foundation, which typically tours this area each year with a B-17, B-24, B-25, and P-51. They also have raced for years, with both a T6 and a P-51D, although they're winding that down as he's not flying anymore.
I snapped these from the house. They're typically here around Memorial Day. One year they were turning around right overhead. Yes, the windows rattled.
I snapped these from the house. They're typically here around Memorial Day. One year they were turning around right overhead. Yes, the windows rattled.
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The spitfire and mosquito are timeless designs. I fly the collings b-25 off and on during the year , this spring I flew it at Mountain View and Livermore California, and later in middle Illinois and Chicago. The Warbird restoration thing isn’t a hobby, it’s how I make a living. The Jag fits right in as it’s aluminum, riveted together and supercharged! I also fly other b-25s on the Airshow circuit on the east coast.
#5
Welcome! You should consider a cool theme wrap for you car, something like this but more tasteful :^)
https://goo.gl/images/dqhxuF
https://goo.gl/images/dqhxuF
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The spitfire and mosquito are timeless designs. I fly the collings b-25 off and on during the year , this spring I flew it at Mountain View and Livermore California, and later in middle Illinois and Chicago. The Warbird restoration thing isn’t a hobby, it’s how I make a living. The Jag fits right in as it’s aluminum, riveted together and supercharged! I also fly other b-25s on the Airshow circuit on the east coast.
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The spitfire and mosquito are timeless designs. I fly the collings b-25 off and on during the year , this spring I flew it at Mountain View and Livermore California, and later in middle Illinois and Chicago. The Warbird restoration thing isn’t a hobby, it’s how I make a living. The Jag fits right in as it’s aluminum, riveted together and supercharged! I also fly other b-25s on the Airshow circuit on the east coast.
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Here's my Dropbox folder of pictures and videos I took from that flight, out of the Worcester (MA) airport...
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/l0i2wdxjl...QCtoMFvAa?dl=0
The Collings Foundation's 'Battle for the Airfield' is coming up in Oct - a simulated engagement between American and German tanks and soldiers. It's LOUD.
https://www.collingsfoundation.org/
Welcome, OP. Sorry for the digression.
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The spitfire and mosquito are timeless designs. I fly the collings b-25 off and on during the year , this spring I flew it at Mountain View and Livermore California, and later in middle Illinois and Chicago. The Warbird restoration thing isn’t a hobby, it’s how I make a living. The Jag fits right in as it’s aluminum, riveted together and supercharged! I also fly other b-25s on the Airshow circuit on the east coast.
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#15
Thanks everyone for the warm welcome. Years ago I was flying a b-25 at an Airshow in south Florida and was paired with a P-51 flying “top cover” piloted by Bob Tullius of Group 44 fame. Over the years we became good friends, and in he future I will try to get some shots posted of one of his surviving GTP Jaguars in his hangar near Daytona. What a beautiful car!
#18
So I Bought an Air Force
When I was a kid, he would give me rides in El Gato Rapido, one of the Mustangs that he kept. I've got stick time in his T-34, which is a pleasure to fly.
#20
Anyway, welcome back to Jaguars!
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