Look what I found at the airshow

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Luke(AFB) Days 20 March 05, don’t know how accurate it is

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Great pic of a beautiful aircraft. Thanks for posting.

Regards, Rick

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WOW !!! Talk about a blast from the past. Ooooo Weeeee ! And in Thunderbird colors too !!!

You are lucky, lucky man.

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Coolish! Wish we had more of that stuff at the base up in the Falls…

Another shot of the same airframe can be seen here, circa 1979:

http://www.air-and-space.com/19791217%20Luke%20Airpark.htm

Anyhoo, looks like that F-84 was painted to represent the slot jet as seen in this photo:


USAF Photo

Fade to Black…

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Very cool… thanks for the look.

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Very nice … thanks for sharing … [swg]

This picture and story just proves … that you just never quite know what will turn up at an airshow … just last year at Air Rendevous in Springfield, IL … I finally got a chance to see a P-38 fly … a real treat … after all these years … [^]

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John,
Do you know if that gorgeious thing is flyable or it just a beautiful static display. I seem to recall reading an article about a year ago where someone had a decent looking F-84F airframe that they were going to restore as T-Bird static display. That canopy looks awfully dark for a pilot to see out through.

Darwin, O.F. [alien]

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What a beautiful aircraft, thanks for sharing!

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Looks great in those TB markings! Thanks for sharing!

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The dark canopy leads me to believe it’s Static, ?, but it sure cuts a stunning image out on the ramp in the sun like that, thanks! [:)]

Take care,
Frank

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I don’t know the story about this bird, no signs, etc, just parked on the ramp for viewing, tend to think it is a static a/c. I was suprised to see it there, took the picture about 4:00pm as the show was ending. I know Luke was the original home of the T-birds and they still consider Luke there home base even though they home out of Nellis(quess the do that since all F-16 pilots train at Luke, the only AF base for F-16 training).
Luke is also the T-birds first show of the year.

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That picture makes me think about geting out one of my old F-84 kits. Thanks for a great picture…

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Now I have to build my Tamiya kit!