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Saturday, July 28, 2018:
More at EAA Oshkosh AirVenture. |
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The U.S. Customs Service has a bagpipe band, which performed daily at the show. |
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A scale model of a Boeing B-17 drew crowds during the entire show. |
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A
C-47 Skytrain, sometimes referred to as the Dakota. Designed and built
by Douglas Aircraft in the 1930s as the
DC-3
airliner, it saw extensive service in WWII. Over 10,000 were built for the military. |
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Dick Cole, last of Doolittle's Raiders. Dick was co-pilot in Jimmy
Doolittle's B-25, which bombed Tokyo on April 18, 1942. Dick went on to pilot C-47s in "the hump" transporting cargo over the Himalayan Mountains between India and China. The pilot on the right flew C-47 gunships called Puff the Magic Dragon, Spooky or Ghost Riders in Vietnam. |
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Quote of the day:
The show was over all too soon. Mark
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