P51 flying over round rock yesterday

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10:33a, 11/10/24
I was doing some yard work when I had the surprise of a p51 fly right over my house. I've never seen one in flight.

It was absolutely glorious, in sound and sight.

I've seen just about every other american ww2 aircraft in flight but never the p51. To say I was excited is an understatement

Anyone else catch a glimpse? I presume it was flying out of Georgetown.
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2:10p, 11/10/24
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It was salute to me (and other vets) that the Hutto Schools does each year for Veterans Day. My grandkids go there.
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3:04p, 11/10/24
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I was.in the UK this summer and saw, and heard, the spitfire and hurricane flying over an RAF airbase.

That was awesome
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In reply to BQ78 • 4:57p, 11/10/24
BQ78 said:
It was salute to me (and other vets) that the Hutto Schools does each year for Veterans Day. My grandkids go there.


Really? What else they have flying over?
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In reply to Who?mikejones! • 9:00p, 11/10/24
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Someone in the school district has CAF connections because they send one or two planes every year. Last year it was a pair of T-6s. This year a Mustang.
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5:18p, 11/11/24
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"Cadillac of the skies".
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In reply to Gunny456 • 5:24a, 11/12/24
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I love that movie. Was talking about it with some friends just the other night.
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In reply to Jugstore Cowboy • 7:49a, 11/12/24
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Best part was when he was up on the roof. " Horsepower! P-51 Mustang! Cadillac of the Skies". Bet I have watched that part 100 times. It never gets old!
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8:16a, 11/12/24
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I guess I am lucky - there is one based in Mt Pleasant and we see it all the time (along with several other vintage craft, including a Corsair).
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12:21p, 11/12/24
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Big rotaries are where its at...There is no "hum" about it.
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In reply to gigemhilo • 11:32p, 11/13/24
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The Mid America Flight Museum is at the airport in Mount Pleasant. Scott Glover founded it in 2013. Many of the planes are his personal collection and other privately owned warbirds are there as well. They are usually open until the end of November and then they close til April.
They just recently acquired a beautiful P-40 this October called "American Dream"
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7:01a, 11/14/24
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Gunny - my wife is Scott's niece. Do we know each other?
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8:39a, 11/14/24
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Had a similar experience a few years ago. Was out watering a new tree and heard a rumble of a multi engine prop plane. Looked up and was quick enough with the phone to get a pic of it.
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In reply to Rabid Cougar • 10:36a, 11/14/24
Rabid Cougar said:
Big rotaries are where its at...There is no "hum" about it.

Nope. Big radials are where it's at.
Rotaries are so WWI


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In reply to gigemhilo • 10:53a, 11/14/24
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Don't know. I have been active with the CAF since early 80's. Know some of the guys with MA. Have met Scott but just in passing. We coordinated some things at a little air show/fly in years back.
Didn't he use to be in the pet food business or something?
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In reply to Gunny456 • 11:01a, 11/14/24
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Yes and still is in the pet food business.

We probably have not met. I casually mentioned the museum as a round about boast, and when you spoke I thought maybe you lived here. I sometimes forget Scott knows everyone in the aviation world
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In reply to AgBQ-00 • 11:22a, 11/14/24
Its funny because I've now seen a p51 and a b29 both by happenstance and quite unintentionally
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In reply to AgBQ-00 • 11:47a, 11/14/24
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AgBQ-00 said:
Had a similar experience a few years ago. Was out watering a new tree and heard a rumble of a multi engine prop plane. Looked up and was quick enough with the phone to get a pic of it.
Used to be one would know that the B-29 was FIFI, since it was the only one remaining in flying condition. Now there is DOC, so I wonder which one this one is?
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In reply to Cinco Ranch Aggie • 11:57a, 11/14/24
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Not sure. I think it was flying to Alliance airshow when I saw it.
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12:54p, 11/14/24
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I live close enough to Ellington that every now and again I see an old warbird flying around. Someone at the Pearland Regional has a T6 they fly right over my house. When that baby flys over you can hear the difference between that and the little Cessna prop planes. Usually able to bits and pieces of the WOH Airshow when the planes loop back in.
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4:37p, 11/14/24
Just for fun- As a non military person, here's a list of the planes I've seen in flight that I can recall of the top of my head:

P51
P38
P47
P40
Stearman
C47
Constellation
B26
B17
B29
B24
B25
At6
L4
Dauntless
Avengers
Corsair
F86
Mig 15
Cobra
Huey
Apache
Blackhawk
Chinook
B52
B1
Skyraider
A4
C130
Galaxy
Mi8
F5
Ch53
Harrier
F18
F15
F16
F35
A10
A29
Globe master
Osprey
747 carrying the space shuttle
T34



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In reply to BrazosBendHorn • 9:45a, 11/15/24
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BrazosBendHorn said:
Rabid Cougar said:
Big rotaries are where its at...There is no "hum" about it.

Nope. Big radials are where it's at.
Rotaries are so WWI


Correct.... I feel so inadequate now as the plane nerd that I am....

I will say "17" Wright Cyclones with contrition.
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10:48a, 11/15/24
Caught this b25 this morning.

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In reply to Who?mikejones! • 3:59p, 11/16/24
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Who?mikejones! said:
Just for fun- As a non military person, here's a list of the planes I've seen in flight that I can recall of the top of my head:

P51
P38
P47
P40
Stearman
C47
Constellation
B26
B17
B29
B24
B25
At6
L4
Dauntless
Avengers
Corsair
F86
Mig 15
Cobra
Huey
Apache
Blackhawk
Chinook
B52
B1
Skyraider
A4
C130
Galaxy
Mi8
F5
Ch53
Harrier
F18
F15
F16
F35
A10
A29
Globe master
Osprey
747 carrying the space shuttle
T34



I have seen most but not all of those. Throw in a Wildcat, Hellcat, Helldiver, P-63, A-26, Spitfire, Hurricane, Bf109, Fw190, F-4 Phantom, and "fake" Zeros, Kates, and Vals (Japanese Pearl Harbor attackers made from other airframes).
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In reply to Cinco Ranch Aggie • 10:38a, 11/18/24
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Cinco Ranch Aggie said:
Who?mikejones! said:
Just for fun- As a non military person, here's a list of the planes I've seen in flight that I can recall of the top of my head:

P51
P38
P47
P40
Stearman
C47
Constellation
B26
B17
B29
B24
B25
At6
L4
Dauntless
Avengers
Corsair
F86
Mig 15
Cobra
Huey
Apache
Blackhawk
Chinook
B52
B1
Skyraider
A4
C130
Galaxy
Mi8
F5
Ch53
Harrier
F18
F15
F16
F35
A10
A29
Globe master
Osprey
747 carrying the space shuttle
T34



I have seen most but not all of those. Throw in a Wildcat, Hellcat, Helldiver, P-63, A-26, Spitfire, Hurricane, Bf109, Fw190, F-4 Phantom, and "fake" Zeros, Kates, and Vals (Japanese Pearl Harbor attackers made from other airframes).
The OG A6M sticks out like a soar thumb at Airshows. It doesn't get overtaken by P-40's during the Tora, Tora Tora Show
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8:50p, 11/18/24
I have watched interviews of Tusgekee Airmen who flew P-51s. You can see the reverence and love for that plane.
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7:34p, 11/19/24
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I bet I've seen a plane flying that few on this thread, if any, have on their list. The old XC-99 that had 6 piston driven engines with 3 on the backside of each wing. Only 1 was built (pro-type) and in the late 1950's it was stationed at Kelly AFB in San Antonio. My dad worked at Kelly and we lived close to the base. You could hear it take off and when it flew over, the house shook. At the time it was the largest plane in the world.



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In reply to Junction71 • 9:50p, 11/19/24
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Junction71 said:
I bet I've seen a plane flying that few on this thread, if any, have on their list. The old XC-99 that had 6 piston driven engines with 3 on the backside of each wing. Only 1 was built (pro-type) and in the late 1950's it was stationed at Kelly AFB in San Antonio. My dad worked at Kelly and we lived close to the base. You could hear it take off and when it flew over, the house shook. At the time it was the largest plane in the world.



Awesome. I am betting you can tell us what aircraft this one was based on.
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10:09p, 11/19/24
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B-36 ??. Eventually B-52.
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In reply to Junction71 • 10:32p, 11/19/24
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Junction71 said:
B-36 ??. Eventually B-52.
Yes, the XC-99 was based off the B-36 Peacemaker. Essentially the same rudder and 6 pusher props, wings look to be about the same, but the fuselage is clearly different.
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In reply to Junction71 • 12:03p, 11/20/24
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Junction71 said:
I bet I've seen a plane flying that few on this thread, if any, have on their list. The old XC-99 that had 6 piston driven engines with 3 on the backside of each wing. Only 1 was built (pro-type) and in the late 1950's it was stationed at Kelly AFB in San Antonio. My dad worked at Kelly and we lived close to the base. You could hear it take off and when it flew over, the house shook. At the time it was the largest plane in the world.



Saw it on the ground in San Antonio years ago. Have no idea where it is now...
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In reply to Rabid Cougar • 1:05p, 11/20/24
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Rabid Cougar said:
Junction71 said:
I bet I've seen a plane flying that few on this thread, if any, have on their list. The old XC-99 that had 6 piston driven engines with 3 on the backside of each wing. Only 1 was built (pro-type) and in the late 1950's it was stationed at Kelly AFB in San Antonio. My dad worked at Kelly and we lived close to the base. You could hear it take off and when it flew over, the house shook. At the time it was the largest plane in the world.



Saw it on the ground in San Antonio years ago. Have no idea where it is now...
I figured it would have been chopped up for soup cans by now, but according to the net, the XC-99 was at the Kelly annex near Lackland for some time while it was dismantled for its eventual home at Wright-Patt.
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In reply to Cinco Ranch Aggie • 3:13p, 11/20/24
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It's not on display at the museum there but they do have a beautiful B-36 on display, saw it this past summer. Great museum by the way-- takes all day+
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