Proud to be the great-grandson of Byron. Unfortunately, he passed away while I was young, however, tons of the relics have been kept from the days of the show. One of my favorite things to do when I'm back home is go and look at everything again. Appreciate you very much for posting this.

@NightFlyyer

2 жыл бұрын

Pleasure to hear from you. It was sad for Byron to pass. If you watch any of my other videos, you know I flew the Byron F-16's (and blew them up) in the movie Blue Thunder. I also have many videos on Byron's models and just last year donated my Pristine Byron Pitts to the AMA National Model Museum, as they did not have one. Thanks so kindly and be well.

I'm sitting here watching your video. ( I was there) working on my Byron Staggerwing!!!

@NightFlyyer

5 ай бұрын

Right on. Too bad Byron passed so soon. We all loved his Models. Thanks.

This video sure brings back memories. I attended this air show several times back then. It was a great combination of scale and full-scale with some truly talented pilots. I was awestruck when an F-14 flew on a knife-edge flight path and retracted its wings. I witnessed the B-29 fly several times, saw it crash once and saw the rebuilt plane crash again a few years later; likely its last flight ever. My only regret was passing on a chance to meet the Enola Gay crew one year. Thanks, Byron!

@GnarlyBigBoy14

Жыл бұрын

Awesome

Was there as a kid cool. lots of great memories.

So beautiful, you don't see shows like this anymore. Thanks for sharing.

LoL that rolling wheel from the crash nice video dave

Love your classic's Dave thank you sir for sharing.

Those were great times! I attended the Ida Grove show often and really enjoyed the tour of the manufacturing plant.

What A Great Show MR Herbert, Lots Of Great Looking Models.

Dave, I love all your older videos, keep em coming. Thanx Rick.

Wish i still had my old VCR tape.Hda close ups of the B-17 crash. I was there that year. Going to post this on the Byron originals FB page. TY I saw my self at 12:12 in the yellow shirt.

Thanks Dave,this must have been a great show! Those Byron kits must be priceless!

Fantasic vid, very cool and brings back what it was like back when rc was just comin around. I'm a huge fan of your vids and have wached for 4yrs now, keep up the grat work. Happy flyyin:-)

We were there that weekend. Cool stuff.

Dave, thanks for sharing this. My late father would make the trek up to Ida Grove every year. We had a lot of fun and made several magazines with our clubs planes. The Fokker Tri wing at 3:28 was built and flown by Rich Kuening of the Lincoln Sky Knights and Don Neil would bring up his Thompson Trophy planes. Don built several of the model planes for the Rocketeer movie. Once agian thanks G

What a extremely nice video! All your videos are just really great! Morris, IL always had Good Air Shows! They don't have them anymore to much expense! Sure like your videos & trips! Enjoy them all!

Fantastic video Dave!

I'd love to see something like this nowadays. I miss the '80s

that is history =)

wow you are 64 you must have alot of skill in rc flying im glad i subscribed thank you for the video

cool stuff!

Looks like a great day out. This video had me reaching for my sun hat even though it's dark outside! :¬D

Its interesting that the following years the striking back show was about the battle for Iwo Jima instead of Pearl Harbor. At the end to these shows members of the marine force that fought on Iwo put up a flag with the Star Spangled Banner playing on a hill behind the set that looked like Mount Saribachi (sp). The show evolved with additional aircraft and pyrotechnics. In addition to the large B-29 Byron also produced a large B-17 that he flew at the show while the announcer read poem written about the B-17 by a B-17 crew member. The poem was written after the Boeing reunion for the B-17 crews and aircraft builders at their headquarters in Seattle, Wa. Got to attend the show several times and twice at Ankeny, Ia before the show was closed forever. Best model airplane fly-in, exibition, full scale air show, professional model pilot demonstrations, and static display of the Conservative Air force war birds. The people of Ida Grove were incredible hosts and a top notch venue. My son and I have many videos and memories of our trips there.

Great historical video, for a few reasons. Ya know, I still say i'm going to tape something when using the digital camera.

Really didn't think you would respond! You seem to be a very busy guy! Watch all your videos! Sure wish I had someone around like you to learn things from! You are a really great pilot! Enjoy everything you do! Have learned alot from your videos! Only in the hobby about a year! Just love helicopters! Happy flying!

i am a big fan of you

7:20 - Those Zeros are actually T-6's that were converted into replica 'A6M' Zeros by NA Texan. Bonus points for anyone who names the movie they were purchased/built for.

I had the MIG 15 .

iron bay models still makes parts for them.

wow, that means you've been flying models for... (grabs calculator)... A LONG TIME 0.o

So.. the rc models are doing the formation flying?

hello dave can you make a video how to build a Durafly T-28 Trojan w/flaps/retracts/lights/gear doors 1100mm (PNF) i dont know how i buld it no manual in the box plz help me dave =)

Tora..Tora..Tora?

try deinterlacing old videos.