Machinery WWII Weekend 2017

WWII Weekend 2017 · **6 Likes**

WWII Weekend in Reading, PA. I used the K1 with DA*300 and K3 with DA35.

Chetverovod · 06-02-2017, 12:33 PM

Very interesting! Thank you.

KiloHotelphoto · 06-02-2017, 01:15 PM - **2 Likes**

**robgski** · 06-02-2017, 01:37 PM

Great shots! Hearing all those old warbirds flying by must have been something as well.

KiloHotelphoto · 06-02-2017, 01:59 PM

The B-29 is very impressive on take off, can't imagine what it must have sounded like when huge formations were taking off to bomb Japan.

kyricom · 06-03-2017, 06:25 AM

Very nice! I wish they'd come around here. That B-17 is great! (the B-25 is nice too)

KiloHotelphoto · 06-03-2017, 02:53 PM

It's a great show. They have it on the first weekend in June every year and this was maybe the best I've been to. I went back today with a friend but didn't bring my cameras and wish I would've, couple more planes came in over night.

I took some pictures with my phone of some camera equipment they had set up, I'll post those later to share. I talked to the guy about the cameras for about 40 minutes, it was a great learning experience.

Janse · 06-03-2017, 03:09 PM

Impressive series!

**wtlwdwgn** · 06-04-2017, 09:24 AM - **1 Like**

Wow! Nice series of aircraft shots. A Tomahawk, Aircobra, Fifi, Mustang, Spitfire. What's not to like?

pixie · 06-04-2017, 09:49 PM

Very nice, a cool series! What plane is it in your 17th shot?

KiloHotelphoto · 06-05-2017, 05:53 AM - **1 Like**

That is a Bell P-63 Kingcobra. It was a updated version of a P-39, more .50 cal and a big cannon in the center of the prop. It was mostly used by the Soviet Air Force.

It was the first one I ever saw, wish it would've flown while I was there.

**goatsNdonkey** · 06-05-2017, 07:41 PM

I made plastic kit versions of some of those, and read more than a few WWI & WWII flyer stories.

**dcmsox2004** · 06-06-2017, 08:14 AM

superb warbird series! thanks for sharing, dave m

**goatsNdonkey** · 06-06-2017, 10:57 AM

Also -- interesting to see both German and American half-track vehicles!

KiloHotelphoto · 06-06-2017, 03:00 PM

They always have a good variety of equipment. One year they had a Soviet Yak and a British Avro Lancaster bomber, I think at the time only three were still flying. They tease us most years with a ME-109 but it never shows. I would love to see a ME-262 one year, that would be incredible to see.

Here are some more shots, including a P-61 that the museum there at Reading airport is working on getting back into the air.

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Chetverovod Pentaxian Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Nizhny Novgorod Photos: Gallery Posts: 768	Very interesting! Thank you.

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KiloHotelphoto Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Glen Mills, PA Photos: Albums Posts: 1,027 Original Poster

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robgski Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 8,793	Great shots! Hearing all those old warbirds flying by must have been something as well.

06-02-2017, 01:59 PM	#5
KiloHotelphoto Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Glen Mills, PA Photos: Albums Posts: 1,027 Original Poster	The B-29 is very impressive on take off, can't imagine what it must have sounded like when huge formations were taking off to bomb Japan.

06-03-2017, 06:25 AM	#6
kyricom Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: New York Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 569	Very nice! I wish they'd come around here. That B-17 is great! (the B-25 is nice too)

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KiloHotelphoto Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Glen Mills, PA Photos: Albums Posts: 1,027 Original Poster	It's a great show. They have it on the first weekend in June every year and this was maybe the best I've been to. I went back today with a friend but didn't bring my cameras and wish I would've, couple more planes came in over night. I took some pictures with my phone of some camera equipment they had set up, I'll post those later to share. I talked to the guy about the cameras for about 40 minutes, it was a great learning experience.

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Janse Inactive Account Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 4,460	Impressive series!

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wtlwdwgn Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Billings, MT Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 13,838	Wow! Nice series of aircraft shots. A Tomahawk, Aircobra, Fifi, Mustang, Spitfire. What's not to like?

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pixie Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: California Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 873	Very nice, a cool series! What plane is it in your 17th shot?

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KiloHotelphoto Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Glen Mills, PA Photos: Albums Posts: 1,027 Original Poster	That is a Bell P-63 Kingcobra. It was a updated version of a P-39, more .50 cal and a big cannon in the center of the prop. It was mostly used by the Soviet Air Force. It was the first one I ever saw, wish it would've flown while I was there.

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goatsNdonkey Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Fulton County, Illinois Posts: 3,727	I made plastic kit versions of some of those, and read more than a few WWI & WWII flyer stories.

06-06-2017, 08:14 AM	#13
dcmsox2004 Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: rhode island Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 7,522	superb warbird series! thanks for sharing, dave m

06-06-2017, 10:57 AM	#14
goatsNdonkey Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Fulton County, Illinois Posts: 3,727	Also -- interesting to see both German and American half-track vehicles!

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