Acknowledgements
Flight of 2 Photography would like to acknowledge the following for their support of this undertaking. The photography on these pages would not have been possible without the support of owner/operators, and the skill and dedication of their pilots.
Bell P-39N Airacobra; Commemorative Air Force Centex Wing; pilot Robert Jones
Bell P-39N Airacobra cockpit; Yanks Air Museum
Avro 504K; Shuttleworth Collection; pilot Angus Mc Vitie
Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat; Commemorative Air Force, Southern California Wing, pilot Gary Barber
Grumman F8F-1 Bearcat cockpit; Tom Wood
Cessna O-1 Bird Dog; Wiley Sanders; pilot Dan Box
Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat Blue Angel 1; Robert Waltrip; pilot Tommy Gregory III
Focke-Wulf Fw 190F-8 BMW 801D; Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum; special thanks to Rob Mawhinney restoration specialist
Beechcraft B-35 Bonanza; Rick Fortier; pilot Rick Fortier
North American T-2B Buckeye; Warbird Heritage, Inc.; pilot Ed Gillespie
Aeronca 11AC Chief; Robert Barnes; pilot Robert Barnes
Cessna 500 Citation; NKC, Inc.; pilots Earl Smith, Dan Box
Goodyear FG-1D Corsair; Cavanaugh Flight Museum; pilot Alan Henley
Chance Vought F4U-5N Corsair; Lone Star Flight Museum; pilot Ronnie Gardner
Goodyear FG-1D Corsair cockpit; Seattle Museum of Flight
Daimler-Benz DB 601N; Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum
Daimler-Benz DB 603A-2; Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum; Heinkel He 219A powerplant installation
Daimler-Benz DB 603A-2; Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum
Douglas DC-3 Skytrain; KW Plastics, Inc.; pilots Connie Bowlin, Dan Box
Bellanca 8KCAB; KW Plastics, Inc.; pilot Dan Box
Grumman F3F-2; Lone Star Flight Museum; pilot Mike Burke
Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat cockpit; Yanks Air Museum
Boeing B-17G Thunderbird; Lone Star Flight Museum; pilots Tommy Gregory III, Dan Blanchard
Boeing B-17G Texas Raiders; Commemorative Air Force Gulf Coast Wing; pilots Walt Thompson, Dellon Bumgardner
Boeing B-17G (polished); Evergreen Aviation Museum; pilots Penn Stohr, Bill Muszala
Focke-Wulf Fw 190D-13; Flying Heritage Collection; restoration Dave Goss, GossHawk Unlimited
Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-8N; Flug Werk GmbH; Claus Colling
Focke-Wulf Fw 190F-8 cockpit; Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum
Hawker Bagdad Fury; Howard Pardue; pilot Howard Pardue
Gulfstream Aerospace GII; Southern Leasing: pilot Dan Box Jr.
Harmon Rocket II; Pike Aviation, Inc.; pilot Dan Box
Canadian Car and Foundry Harvard Mark IV; Lone Star Flight Museum; pilot Bill Parker
Heinkel He 219 Uhu cockpit; Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum
Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat (surf and frontal); Lone Star Flight Museum; pilot Jay Cullum
Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat and FM-2 Wildcat; Lone Star Flight Museum; pilots Mike Burke, Ronnie Gardner
Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat (profile); Lone Star Flight Museum; pilot Glenn MacDonald
Hawker (CCF) Hurricane Mk XXII; Lone Star Flight Museum; pilot Tommy Gregory III
Piper J-5 Cub Cruiser; Dan Box; pilot Dan Box
Junkers Flugmotoren Jumo 213E-1; Flying Heritage Collection; Focke-Wulf TA 152H powerplant installation.
Junkers Ju 388L-1 cockpit; Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum
Bell P-63 Kingcobra; Commemorative Air Force Gulf Coast Wing; pilot Mike Collier
Lockheed P-38L Lightning; Tom Blair; pilot Ronnie Gardner
Lockheed P-38J Lightning cockpit; Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum
Lockheed 12A Electra Junior; Ruth Richter-Holden; pilot Ed Bowlin
Beechcraft T-34A Mentor; KW Plastics, Inc.; pilots Alan Henley, Kenny Campbell
Messerschmitt Me 109G-6; Messerschmitt Foundation/EADS Deutschland; pilot Walter Eichhorn, Daimler-Benz maintenance Rudi Klemm (engine run-up photo)
Messerschmitt Me 262B-1c/A; Messerschmitt Foundation/ EADS Deutschland; pilot Horst Philipp
Messerschmitt Me 109G-10 cockpit; Evergreen Aviation Museum
North American B-25J Mitchell Ol' Gray Mare; Hans Lauridsen, pilots Earl Smith, Dan Box
North American B-25J Mitchell Silver Lady; Tillamook Aviation Museum, pilots Mike Burke, Eddie Holmes
North American B-25J Doolittle Raiders; Lone Star Flight Museum; pilots Keith Hibbett, Tim Hahn
North American P-51D Mustang Glamorous Glen/Old Crow; Jack Roush; pilots Ed Bowlin, Jack Roush
North American P-51A Mustang cockpit; Yanks Air Museum
North American P-51C Mustang; Commemorative Air Force, Minnesota Wing; pilot Doug Rozendaal
North American P-51D Mustang, derelict; Ted Contri
North American P-51D Mustang cockpit; Bob May; restoration, Gerry Beck,Tri State Aviation
North American P-51H Mustang; Michael Coutches; pilot Steven Coutches
Commonwealth CA-17 Mk. 20 Mustang Jeannie Too; Wiley Sanders; pilot Ed Bowlin
North American P-51D Mustang Nervous Energy; sale pending; pilot Tommy Gregory III
North American P-51D Mustang Moonbeam McSwine; Vlado Lenoch; pilot Vlado Lenoch
North American P-51D Mustang (mirror polish!); Michael Coutches
Shemp Hirth Nimbus 3DM Motorized Sailplane; Vayda Thomas; pilot Allan Martini
Curtiss Aeroplane P-40E Warhawk cockpit; Yanks Air Museum
Polikarpov I-16 Ishaak (Rata); Commemorative Air Force; pilot Steve Taylor
Polikarpov I-153 Chaika; Fighter Factory; pilot Tom Middleton
Hawker Sea Fury; Stewart Dawson; pilot Stewart Dawson
Sino Swearingen SJ-30; Sino Swearingen Aircraft Corp.; pilot John Siemens
Douglas AD-4N Skyraider; Wiley Sanders; pilots Alan Henley, Earl Smith
Douglas AD-4N Skyraider; Wiley Sanders Truck Lines; pilot Dan Box; North American T-28F; Wiley Sanders Truck Lines; pilot Ed Bowlin
North American SNJ-4 RJ; Ron Hevle; pilot Eric Hevle
North American SNJ-4 (frontal); Wiley Sanders Truck Lines; pilot Dan Box
Supermarine Spitfire Mk. XVI TE 356; Evergreen Aviation Museum; pilot Bill Muszala
Supermarine Spitfire Mk. XVI TE 392 (frontal); Lone Star Flight Museum; pilot Dan Blanchard
Beechcraft D17S Staggerwing; Howard Pardue; pilot Howard Pardue
Boeing A75N1 Stearman; James Long; pilot Gary Thompson
Stearman C3R; Bill and Claudia Allen
Boeing A75 Stearman; Thomas Hillier; pilot Brian Favero
Boeing PT-17 Stearman; KW Plastics; pilot Dan Box
Boeing B-29A Superfortress; Commemorative Air Force; pilot David Hughes, Randall Sohn
Boeing B-29A Superfortress Enola Gay cockpit; Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum
Goodyear F2G-1 Super Corsair; Robert Odegaard; pilot Robert Odegaard
Goodyear F2G-1 Super Corsair; Seattle Museum of Flight
Piper Super PA-12 Super Cruiser; Sam Peracca; pilot Sam Peracca
Globe GC-1B Swift; Swift Magic Aerobatic Team; pilots: Michael Kennedy, Dewayne Upton, Lowell Sterchi;
Taylorcraft BC-12; Ed Knox; pilot Ed Knox
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt Big Chief; Palm Springs Air Museum; pilot Randall Sohn
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt Tarheel Hal (water); Lone Star Flight Museum; pilot Stewart Dawson
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt Tarheel Hal(clouds); Lone Star Flight Museum; pilot Tommy Gregory III
Republic P-47M Thunderbolt cockpit; Yanks Air Museum
Republic F-105D Thunderchief cockpit; Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum; restoration lead John Shatz
Papa 51 Thunder Mustang; Kenny Campbell; pilot Dan Box
Grumman F7F-3N Tigercat; Monique Ltd; pilot Ronnie Gardner
Curtiss Wright Travel Air 4000; Harold Schooler; pilot Harold Schooler
North American T-28F Trojan; Wiley Sanders Truck Lines; pilot Ed Bowlin
Beechcraft E18S; Wiley Sanders; pilot Dan Box
Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche; Wiley Sanders; pilot Dan Box
USAF Heritage Flight Mustang; Commemorative Air Force, pilot Reg Urschler; USAF F-16, Capt. Rich Duckworth; F-15 Col. Michael Chandler
USAF Heritage Flight Thunderbolt; Lone Star Flight Museum, pilot Jay Cullum; USAF F-16, Capt. Rich Duckworth; F-15 Col. Michael Chandler
Van's Aircraft RV-8; John Paris; pilot John Paris
Curtiss P-40E Warhawk; Ron Fagen; pilot Ron Fagen
Curtiss P-40N Warhawk 48; Commemorative Air Force Centex Wing; pilot Ray Kinney
Curtiss P-40N Warhawk 5; Cavanaugh Flight Museum; pilot Mike Burke
Grumman (GM) FM-2 Wildcat 7; Lone Star Flight Museum; pilot Ronnie Gardner
Grumman (GM) FM-2 Wildcat cockpit; Yanks Air Museum
Grumman (GM) FM-2 Wildcat (frontal); Howard Pardue; pilot Howard Pardue
Yakovlev Yak-9U; Eddie Andreini; pilot Eddie Andreini
Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero; Pacific Aviation Museum: pilot John Kelley
Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero AI-1-129; Tri State Aviation