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From: geoffm@EBay.Sun.COM (Geoff Miller)
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Subject: Re: CAF Airshow at Lorain County
Message-ID: <1990Aug3.031145.19983@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 3 Aug 90 03:11:45 GMT
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From: geoffm@EBay.Sun.COM (Geoff Miller)

In article <1990Jul30.153536.26030@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov> pspod@venus.lerc.nasa.gov writes:

>The Cleveland Wing of the Confederate Air Force is presenting an airshow at
>the Lorain County Airport, Aug 3rd, 4th, and 5th. Two of the aircraft present
>will be the ME 109 and A6M2 Zero.  Does anyone know if these aircraft are 
>actual 109 and Zero or some modification of other aircraft e.g. AT-6?


The Zero is probably one of the  converted AT-6s used in the filming of
_Tora Tora Tora_.   I'd think that a real Zero would be far too valuable to
fly around the airshow circuit, and there'd be a real shortage of spare engine
parts.  Also,  I believe that the CAF's Me-109 is a Spanish-built CASA-
something.  Same plane, essentially.

Geoff


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