Old Crow – Col. Bud Anderson’s airborne reunion with a P-39Q Airacobra

The Central Texas Wing’s P-39Q “Old Crow” with the unit’s chief pilot Craig Hutain at the controls closes up tight on the camera aircraft over the farm fields near Oshkosh, Wisconsin last July during AirVenture 2022.

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The evening sun was low on the horizon as John Cyrier taxied toward the Commemorative Air Force’s (CAF’s) ramp at San Marcos, Texas on July 28. He had just completed the final leg of a four-stop flight home from AirVenture 2022 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Cyrier pivoted the Central Texas Wing’s P-39Q around to the right, braked to a stop, and cut power to the fighter’s Allison V-1710 V-12 engine. Just after its 11-foot, seven-inch Aeroproducts...

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