Warbirds Over Madera March 20, 2010 Event Report
E-Mail Sunday March 21, 2010 from Lee Beery:
Yesterday, Saturday, Doctor Paul, my dentist, friend, RC plane test pilot, flew me to Madera to check out the War Birds. I say he flew me because he did the flying and paid for the gas, It was shirt sleeve weather but for our trip the visibility was about 10 miles under thick high clouds.
We can't say enough for their flying site as it is wide open with the smoothest runway I've ever seen. It's at least 200' and 3000' long. It was a very relaxed event ; no fences, no badges, and I don't think they charged anything, either. We parked the Varga just beyond the pit area and walked in. They were very gracious hosts and gave us free run of the pit and access to the flight line. No major incidents, just a gear up landing or two to keep things interesting.
We saw some real beautiful airplanes. The one that got my attention was an electric P-47 that had a sound system that duplicated engine start-up, idle, full power, complete with a clanky shut-down, just like the real thing. There were 6 "Hawks" flying, 4 at one time. The P 47 had the sound system. The Tiger really put on a show. I was delighted to have Paul with me for the day.
Lee
