[bsmith13]

Premiers July 13th. Here's a clip from the website:

Season TWO


JET ACES
Capt. James Jabara makes history in the skies over MiG Alley by downing two MiG-15s to become the first American jet ace. The episode also includes spectacular fights with Hoot Gibson and Ralph Parr.


THUNDERBOLT!
Episode features the legendary P-47 Thunderbolt and the courageous pilots who flew them - including Robert S. Johnson's fight where a German Fw190 unloads all of his ammo into the Thunderbolt but can't knock it down. The show also details fights with Thunderbolt Aces Donald Bryan and George Sutcliffe.


DELTA WING WARRIORS
Israeli pilots, flying fighters designed with the innovative delta wing, duel with the best Arab pilots. Ran Ronen, in his delta wing Mirage, battles a Jordanian Hawker-Hunter fighter, chasing him down a canyon for eight minutes. He eventually shoots the enemy plane and the pilot ejects sideways into the canyon wall! Also, Israel's top ace, Giora Epstein, flies his Mirage against a Sukhoi-7 and bags his first kill. Later, Epstein goes head-to-head against the enemy's own delta wing fighter - the feared MiG-21.


GUN KILLS OF VIETNAM
In a war where most of the kills were with long-range missiles, the most exciting dogfights were decided with guns. A-1 Skyraiders down a MiG-17 with 20mm cannon. Phil Handley, flying mach1.2, downs a MiG-21 with his guns to record the first supersonic gun kill in history.


LAFAYETTE ESCADRILLE/AMERICA'S FIRST ACE
Raoul Lufberry, along with 38 other Americans, pioneer dogfighting tactics flying as mercenaries with the French Air Service. In the legendary Obendorff raid Lufberry scores his fifth kill to become America's first ace.


BLOOD OVER BAGHDAD
The planes have changed but the jeopardy remains the same. American fighter pilots pit F-15s against Iraqi MiG-25s and advanced MiG-29s. Included are fights with USAF pilots Steven Tate, Cesar Rodriguez, Craig Underhill, and Richard Tollini.


THE BLUE-NOSED BASTARDS
The 352nd fighter group flew P-51 Mustangs with a distinctive blue-nose paint scheme that gave them their name. They became one of the most decorated fighter squadrons in the European theater. Including Don Bryan's ace-in-a-day mission. Also, Alden Rigby and Sandy Moats down four German planes apiece in a legendary dogfight.



THE BLOODIEST DAY
May 10, 1972. The bloodiest day of air combat during the Vietnam war featured numerous twisting and turning dogfigts. Bob Lodge and Roger Locher pioneer electronic warfare and engage in one of the most exciting air battles of the war.


BATTLE OF THE FALKLANDS
The 1982 Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands triggered war with the United Kingdom. Remarkable vertical take-off and landing Sea Harriers take on Mirages and A4s in some of the best dogfights of the modern age. The British establish air superiority but the Argentines sink several ships with wave-top level attacks in A4s.


DUEL OF THE ACES
Shorty Rankin is an American ace pilot in one of the most distinguished fighter groups in the history of air combatthe 56th FG. Gunther Rall is a top German ace, now transferring from the Eastern front to face the American threat in the west. They're on a collision course...and their fates will be decided in a historic dogfight on May 23, 1944.

[flyXwire]

Thanks for posting the schedule, bsmith! A lot of good stuff to look forward too!

[chiefs70]

Thanks for the heads up. An interesting and diverse line up - I can't wait.

[STARMAN 352ND]

Oh yea...I can't wait now for the 'Blue Nose Bastards " show to come out.
Thanks for posting this.
JP

[Shawn 507]

Originally Posted by STARMAN 352ND

Oh yea...I can't wait now for the 'Blue Nose Bastards " show to come out.
Thanks for posting this.
JP

Who are the BBB guys again?
- Shawn

[STARMAN 352ND]

Originally Posted by Shawn 507

Who are the BBB guys again?
- Shawn

Come on Shawn you know....352nd blue nose Mustangs of Bodney...
Your favorite little Gemini PE you have there is one of them boys.
jp

[Shawn 507]

Originally Posted by STARMAN 352ND

Come on Shawn you know....352nd blue nose Mustangs of Bodney...
Your favorite little Gemini PE you have there is one of them boys.
jp

I couldn't resist rattling your cage. I have two BBB Mustangs. Princess Elizabeth and Petie 2nd. I could go for more, but I'm partial to the 357th.
- Shawn

[admin]

Originally Posted by STARMAN 352ND

Oh yea...I can't wait now for the 'Blue Nose Bastards " show to come out.
Thanks for posting this.
JP

I thought to myself "Starmans gonna flip when he see this one"

[flyXwire]

I would hope that our favorite diecast manufacturers will be inspired enough to make some of the aces and heroes depicted from these episodes, as it is afterall, a potential source for new ideas for schemes/liveries on diecasts warplanes already made so far or are still in the pre-pro pipeline.

[ZS-VAN]

Lucky blighters! I just saw the Flying Tigers with Tex Hill this week. Sounds like I'm going to be in for a long wait before I see these new ones.