Re: NNG Stack talk and something different

Tom and others, I think you are spot on. While I only got to see the AC for a few seconds, I am 95% sure it was a T-6, or SNJ (Texan as you say). Have seen and heard them before, around here, and shot video of them. They are loud single-engine planes with radial engines, and were trainers during WW2. They make nice private planes so many survive today. Someone told me that the reason there are so few of the bigger bombers, is the simple reality of cost. Its a lot easier to restore and maintain a single engine plane than say a twin engine, or a 4-engine plane. Thus the numbers of survivors goes down. Example there are 35-40 operational B-25's, and only about 10-12 B-17's, 2 B-24's and one rideable B-29. There are lots of T-6's, P-51's, and other types. However there are only a few of some of those single engine planes, like the Dauntless Dive-Bomber (Battle of Midway), and a few others are scarce too. There are few P-38's flying today as well. Compare those last numbers to the number of K-36's still operating in NG country. Pretty amazing.
Greg Scholl