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    Can you identify these aircraft?

    Could not get any closer to these at the air show. I suspect the Mid-Atlantic Museum might try to restore them.

    Is this the Flying Boxcar?

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    Is this the P-80 Shooting Star?

    If so, I think that was our first combat jet, rushed into production at the beginning of the Korean War. Does anyone know?


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    Looks like yes on both counts...

    a C-119 Flying Boxcar, alright:

    http://www.militaryfactory.com/aircr...ircraft_id=379

    and a P-80/F-80 (AAF/USAF designations):

    http://www.militaryfactory.com/aircr...aircraft_id=86

    Disclaimer: Being a sailor-type, I COULD be wrong on this....

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    I believe the fighter to be an F84. If the wings are swept back, it could also be an F86 but from the angle the photo was taken, it seems the cockpit to be to far back for an F86.
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    C-119 and an F-84....helps to have been at the Air Force Museum Friday!

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    Found these alongside one of the hangers


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    Impressive but I doubt they'll meet EPA requirements. Can you identify?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Louis of PA View Post
    Yes. It could be the less common C-82, but is probably a C-119. BTW, a C-82 was used in the Jimmy Stewart version of "Flight of the Phoenix".

    BTW, can't tell about the jet from the photo, but F-84 seems likely.
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    Nope! The C-82 had more rounded vertical stabilizers and lacked the large fillet up the booms. It also had a rounded rear fuselage rather than the horizontally split/ramp found in the C-119.

    Like I said, I was looking at both of them Friday at the AFM!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Louis of PA View Post
    Wright R-3350's!

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