This past Wednesday, we stopped by Drake Field in Fayetteville AR and watched some fun machines…
Enjoy them if you want.
We might go to the one in Little Rock, Saturday or Sunday, if all things work out…
http://members.aol.com/gusnspot/airshow.index.html
Who’s the silver-haired lady prominently featured in the first link?
Can I have the yellow biplane?
The silver haired lady has quite amazing hair, I must say, very striking.
The Snowbirds visited Arkansas? I gotta go see 'em sometime.
The biplane’s a Tiger Moth, right?
Haven’t looked at the links yet, but flying machines and motorcycles are two of my favourite things. 
Thanks! 
I think she is pretty too. And the best part is that she goes home with me… 
The yellow one is a scaleddown Gypsy Moth with an Rotax engine I believe. I want a go at it too.
Oh, Broomstick, wanna learn some more stuff about tailwheels, come fly with me in a Beech -18 or a Swift… he he he
That one Lady Dragon is sitting in is an 1950 or 1952 model and they have a 1942 one that they left in the hanger…
Gotta love the Snowbirds. Am absolutely awesome military flying team. Makes me proud to be Canadian.
You’re welcome. I see it takes a compliment to entice you out of lurkdom :).
What the heck, a temporary hijack –
You can now keep the little yellow biplane. Today I flew I a big blue and yellow one. More to come - in another thread - but right now I’m pooped.
Just thought I’d share. It seemed like a sharing thread.
And the snowbirds are way cool - seen 'em a couple times now.
Snowbirds did their last two shows of the year in Houston this weekend; as a matter of fact I got home from the event just a couple of hours ago. Always enjoy seeing them. Those CT-114s don’t accelerate as fast as the Thunderbirds’ or Blue Angels’ mounts, but those nine-ship formations are amazing.
Stearman?
It took me a while to recognise the Tiger Moth for some reason, the angle and the cockpit cover threw me. I only convinced myself after I looked at each bit and identified bits of Tiger Moth. I eventually figured that if it has a de Havilland tail, a Tiger Moth fuel tank, Tiger Moth wings, and a Tiger Moth nose, chances are, it’s a Tiger Moth.
Fear not, I am here. 
Just not much left to say at the end of the day, after being to 3 other boards first.
Yep.
Just two points here:
It’s totally insane operating a vehicle where you can’t see what the hell is in front of you.
You can really tell they were designed with big ol’ ham-fisted farmboys in mind.
(Oh, alright, I still want to try the Tiger Moth, too!)
Yes, you appreciate that a Citabria or Piper Cub actually has pretty good visibility when compared to something with a fat long nose like the Stearman. The wings on a biplane also create huge blind spots.
Something that may interest you about the Tiger Moth is that it only has ailerons on the bottom wings, and they are rigged so that the (normally) down going aileron stays level with the wing. So banking right, for example, the right aileron goes up and the left one stays level. As a result it has very sluggish roll control. I think it was done that way to counter adverse yaw.
I think there is a lot to be said for people who only talk when they have something to say.
I completely missed this :smack:. If it’s scaled down that would explain why it doesn’t quite look like a Tiger (or a Gypsy for that matter.)
It looks more like a Tiger Moth than a Gypsy Moth, the Gypsy Moth has straight wings while the Tiger’s are swept back. Also the Gypsy has an upright engine (cylinders at the top, prop at the bottom of the cowling), and the Tiger’s is inverted with the prop coming from the top of the cowl like in the photo. The struts on it are different from both Moths.
Obviously changes have to be made when making a scaled replica so it makes it hard to tell what it’s meant to be.
It’s been ages since I got to any kind of airshow, those photo’s remind me how much I miss being around unusual aeroplanes and aeroplane enthusiasts (as opposed to professionals, some of whom aren’t really interested in flying ourside of work.)