Looks like it's gonna be a good day...
Nearest display area contains a massive collection of Yaks and Nanchings... this is a very cool paint.
A Twin Beech looking gorgeous in the first light of dawn.
Great to see a HU-16 here... wish I'd seen Splash arriving, though.
Gooneys at dawn... lovely. This canadian one in the foreground is new to me.
Another look at the DC-3 shown earlier... what a perfect early-vintage paint!
I like Buckeyes...
One of my Top Five pics from this year... these Trojans were obviously posing for me.
A Trojan I've never seen before...awesome China Lake paint.
Another Beech 18, looking great in early USN colors.
The great Curtiss fighters were fairly well-represented this year...
And of course Mustangs. can't swing a dead cat at Airventure without hitting a beautiful P-51.
Heading towards show center, I had to yield for this terrific Lionheart... yes, it's a sort of replica of a Beech Staggerwing. Must be nice to take your own Lionheart out for a little joyride at dawn...or maybe he's going home.
Next: part 6- day one continues
