Vintage Warbird Airshow Action 2021

Through the combined efforts of AirshowStuff and This is Flight, we bring you Airshow Action 2021! Airshow Action features two videos. This video is part one and focuses on some of the most interesting and unique vintage warbird airshow performances during the year. Make sure to also watch Part 1, which focuses on modern military aircraft! ----------------------- 00:00 - Intro 02:15 - We start things off BIG, with a special World War II mega-airshow at EAA AirVenture. The show uses more than 40 aircraft to walk through major events in the war from the Battle of Britain through the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Doolittle Raid, to D-Day, V-E day, and the bombing of Japan 10:38 - Air Legend Paris presents a European take on warbirds, including an ultra-rare , a makeshift version of ’Tora Tora Tora’, a reenactment of the final dogfight of WWII between two liaison aircraft, and more 20:06 - Classic jets take a starring role at the Northern Illinois Air Show, featuring flybys from an F-86 Sabre and rare T-2 Buckeye 21:23 - More vintage jet action as an L-29 Delfin demonstrates its ability to use a grass runway at the Antidotum Airshow in Poland, followed by a sunset display by a MiG-15 24:00 - The successor to the MiG-15 is the MiG-17, and we got as close to one as you can get at the Thunder Over The Heartland airshow in Kansas. Hold on tight as Randy Ball gives you a 600 mph flyby about 50 feet away! 25:00 - We head down south to enjoy the only flyable Canberra bomber at Wings Over Illawarra in Australia 26:16 - Our focus shifts from vintage jet warbirds to special formations, starting with a newly restored F4U Corsair and A-4 Skyhawk joining together for an unofficial US Navy Legacy Flight in Waukegan 28:06 - The past and present join together again with a special gunship heritage formation featuring a Vietnam War-era Douglas AC-47 ’Spooky’ and a modern AC-130J ’Ghostrider’. This was part of the tribute to Air Force Special Operations Command at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh 29:02 - More from Oshkosh as we look at the massive warbird trainer formations that AirVenture is known for 30:27 - Air Expo 2021, put on by Wings of the North, brought together a number of warbirds in rare and unusual formations such as a Navy flight with a TBM Avenger, F4U Corsair, and FM-2 (F4F) Wildcat) 32:06 - Back to Australia for a 7-ship ’Balbo’ formation make up of a Hudson, Kittyhawk, Spitfire, Avenger, Corsair, Trojan, and Boomerang 35:52 - We look at the first of several new warbird teams that have been recently established, like the Gypsy Pair, Vintage Pair, the Ultimate Fighters - an amazing formation aerobatic performance by a P-47 Thunderbolt, P-51 Mustang, Spitfire Mk. V, and HA-1112 Buchon (ME-109), and finally a rather unusual “Classic Formation Team“ consisting of a DC-3 and several C-45 transports 43:50 - The Flying Bulls put on stunning displays with their P-51 Mustang, P-38 Lightning, T-28 Trojan, and B-25 Mitchell at the Antidotum Airshow, culminating in a beautiful sunset display 49:08 - “Mitchell Madness“ takes over Thunder Over Michigan airshow as 13 B-25 Mitchell bombers fly together in the largest airshow gathering of the type in many years 53:53 - We close out the program with a look at Supermarine Spitfires, including an ex-Soviet airframe fresh out of restoration, the recently repaired Spitfire at Air Legend Paris, and Dunkirk-veteran Spitfire 59:00 - Highlights from Part 1 - Military Airshow Action ------------- Thank you to our friends at This is Flight for putting this together! This is the official channel of AirshowStuff, the premiere source for air show and aviation videos. Browse our channel for over a thousand videos of vintage warbirds, general aviation and home built aircraft, helicopters, and modern military fighter jets. Join us for special access near the airport runway and go inside the cockpit with exclusive and rare footage from the pilot’s perspective. We are passionate avgeeks who celebrate airplanes and the magic of flight in all forms! For more airshow and aviation videos, photos, and merchandise, check out our website at Follow us on Instagram - Like us on Facebook - Follow us on Twitter -