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  • Vietnam Veteran and Triple Amputee, Jim Sursely talks and poses with WWII Ace Clarence E. 'Bud' Anderson at the annual EAA Young Eagles Dinner...
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  • Vietnam Veteran and Triple Amputee, Jim Sursely talks and poses with WWII Ace Clarence E. 'Bud' Anderson at the annual EAA Young Eagles Dinner...
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  • WWII Triple Ace, Clarence E. 'Bud' Anderson signs a spectator's momento during the 2008 National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nevada.
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  • 2009 California Capital Air Show in Sacramento, California celebrates Air Force Week, September 12-13.
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  • Bob Hoover at the Eagle Hangar
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  • Carrier Air Wing Eight returns home following a six-month deployment aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt during Operation Enduring Freedom 2005-2006
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  • Carrier Air Wing Eight returns home following a six-month deployment aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt during Operation Enduring Freedom 2005-2006
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  • Carrier Air Wing Eight returns home following a six-month deployment aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt during Operation Enduring Freedom 2005-2006
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  • Carrier Air Wing Eight returns home following a six-month deployment aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt during Operation Enduring Freedom 2005-2006
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  • Carrier Air Wing Eight returns home following a six-month deployment aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt during Operation Enduring Freedom 2005-2006
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  • Carrier Air Wing Eight returns home following a six-month deployment aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt during Operation Enduring Freedom 2005-2006
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  • Carrier Air Wing Eight returns home following a six-month deployment aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt during Operation Enduring Freedom 2005-2006
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  • Carrier Air Wing Eight returns home following a six-month deployment aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt during Operation Enduring Freedom 2005-2006
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  • Carrier Air Wing Eight returns home following a six-month deployment aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt during Operation Enduring Freedom 2005-2006
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  • Carrier Air Wing Eight returns home following a six-month deployment aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt during Operation Enduring Freedom 2005-2006
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  • Carrier Air Wing Eight returns home following a six-month deployment aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt during Operation Enduring Freedom 2005-2006
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  • Carrier Air Wing Eight returns home following a six-month deployment aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt during Operation Enduring Freedom 2005-2006
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  • Carrier Air Wing Eight returns home following a six-month deployment aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt during Operation Enduring Freedom 2005-2006
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  • AJ600, An E-2C 2000 Hawkeye from VAW-124, is about to trap aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71.
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  • Lt. Col. Chris 'Hans' Knehans, 7th Fighter Squadron commander, inspects his F-117A aircraft with the assistance of the F-117 Demo Team prior to the Silver Stealth Formation Flight.
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  • Lt. Col. Chris 'Hans' Knehans, 7th Fighter Squadron commander, inspects his F-117A aircraft with the assistance of the F-117 Demo Team prior to the Silver Stealth Formation Flight.
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  • Lt. Col. Chris 'Hans' Knehans, 7th Fighter Squadron commander, inspects his F-117A aircraft with the assistance of the F-117 Demo Team prior to the Silver Stealth Formation Flight.
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  • Carrier Air Wing Eight returns home following a six-month deployment aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt during Operation Enduring Freedom 2005-2006
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  • Carrier Air Wing Eight returns home following a six-month deployment aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt during Operation Enduring Freedom 2005-2006
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  • AJ600, An E-2C 2000 Hawkeye from VAW-124, is about to trap aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71.
    cvn71_vaw124_e2c_6689.jpg
  • Lt. Col. Chris 'Hans' Knehans, 7th Fighter Squadron commander, inspects his F-117A aircraft with the assistance of the F-117 Demo Team prior to the Silver Stealth Formation Flight.
    silver_stealth06_pilot_798_0898.jpg
  • Lt. Col. Chris 'Hans' Knehans, 7th Fighter Squadron commander, inspects his F-117A aircraft with the assistance of the F-117 Demo Team prior to the Silver Stealth Formation Flight.
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  • Lt. Col. Chris 'Hans' Knehans, 7th Fighter Squadron commander, greets the crew of the F-117 Demo Team prior to the Silver Stealth Formation Flight.
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  • Airmotive Specialties hosts a gathering of P-51 Mustangs during the 2017 California International Airshow with guest speaker,  WWII Triple Ace, Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson.
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  • Airmotive Specialties hosts a gathering of P-51 Mustangs during the 2017 California International Airshow with guest speaker,  WWII Triple Ace, Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson.
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  • Airmotive Specialties hosts a gathering of P-51 Mustangs during the 2017 California International Airshow with guest speaker,  WWII Triple Ace, Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson.
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  • Airmotive Specialties hosts a gathering of P-51 Mustangs during the 2017 California International Airshow with guest speaker,  WWII Triple Ace, Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson.
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  • Airmotive Specialties hosts a gathering of P-51 Mustangs during the 2017 California International Airshow with guest speaker,  WWII Triple Ace, Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson.
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  • Airmotive Specialties hosts a gathering of P-51 Mustangs during the 2017 California International Airshow with guest speaker,  WWII Triple Ace, Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson.
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  • Airmotive Specialties hosts a gathering of P-51 Mustangs during the 2017 California International Airshow with guest speaker,  WWII Triple Ace, Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson.
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  • Airmotive Specialties hosts a gathering of P-51 Mustangs during the 2017 California International Airshow with guest speaker,  WWII Triple Ace, Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson.
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  • Airmotive Specialties hosts a gathering of P-51 Mustangs during the 2017 California International Airshow with guest speaker,  WWII Triple Ace, Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson.
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  • Airmotive Specialties hosts a gathering of P-51 Mustangs during the 2017 California International Airshow with guest speaker,  WWII Triple Ace, Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson.
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  • Airmotive Specialties hosts a gathering of P-51 Mustangs during the 2017 California International Airshow with guest speaker,  WWII Triple Ace, Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson.
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  • Airmotive Specialties hosts a gathering of P-51 Mustangs during the 2017 California International Airshow with guest speaker,  WWII Triple Ace, Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson.
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  • Airmotive Specialties hosts a gathering of P-51 Mustangs during the 2017 California International Airshow with guest speaker,  WWII Triple Ace, Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson.
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  • Airmotive Specialties hosts a gathering of P-51 Mustangs during the 2017 California International Airshow with guest speaker,  WWII Triple Ace, Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson.
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  • Airmotive Specialties hosts a gathering of P-51 Mustangs during the 2017 California International Airshow with guest speaker,  WWII Triple Ace, Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson.
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  • Airmotive Specialties hosts a gathering of P-51 Mustangs during the 2017 California International Airshow with guest speaker,  WWII Triple Ace, Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson.
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  • Airmotive Specialties hosts a gathering of P-51 Mustangs during the 2017 California International Airshow with guest speaker,  WWII Triple Ace, Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson.
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  • Airmotive Specialties hosts a gathering of P-51 Mustangs during the 2017 California International Airshow with guest speaker,  WWII Triple Ace, Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson.
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  • Airmotive Specialties hosts a gathering of P-51 Mustangs during the 2017 California International Airshow with guest speaker,  WWII Triple Ace, Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson.
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  • Airmotive Specialties hosts a gathering of P-51 Mustangs during the 2017 California International Airshow with guest speaker,  WWII Triple Ace, Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson.
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  • Airmotive Specialties hosts a gathering of P-51 Mustangs during the 2017 California International Airshow with guest speaker,  WWII Triple Ace, Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson.
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  • Airmotive Specialties hosts a gathering of P-51 Mustangs during the 2017 California International Airshow with guest speaker,  WWII Triple Ace, Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson.
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  • Airmotive Specialties hosts a gathering of P-51 Mustangs during the 2017 California International Airshow with guest speaker,  WWII Triple Ace, Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson.
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  • Airmotive Specialties hosts a gathering of P-51 Mustangs during the 2017 California International Airshow with guest speaker,  WWII Triple Ace, Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson.
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  • Airmotive Specialties hosts a gathering of P-51 Mustangs during the 2017 California International Airshow with guest speaker,  WWII Triple Ace, Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson.
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  • Airmotive Specialties hosts a gathering of P-51 Mustangs during the 2017 California International Airshow with guest speaker,  WWII Triple Ace, Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson.
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  • Airmotive Specialties hosts a gathering of P-51 Mustangs during the 2017 California International Airshow with guest speaker,  WWII Triple Ace, Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson.
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  • Airmotive Specialties hosts a gathering of P-51 Mustangs during the 2017 California International Airshow with guest speaker,  WWII Triple Ace, Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson.
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  • Airmotive Specialties hosts a gathering of P-51 Mustangs during the 2017 California International Airshow with guest speaker,  WWII Triple Ace, Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson.
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  • Airmotive Specialties hosts a gathering of P-51 Mustangs during the 2017 California International Airshow with guest speaker,  WWII Triple Ace, Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson.
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  • Airmotive Specialties hosts a gathering of P-51 Mustangs during the 2017 California International Airshow with guest speaker,  WWII Triple Ace, Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson.
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  • Airmotive Specialties hosts a gathering of P-51 Mustangs during the 2017 California International Airshow with guest speaker,  WWII Triple Ace, Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson.
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  • Airmotive Specialties hosts a gathering of P-51 Mustangs during the 2017 California International Airshow with guest speaker,  WWII Triple Ace, Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson.
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  • Airmotive Specialties hosts a gathering of P-51 Mustangs during the 2017 California International Airshow with guest speaker,  WWII Triple Ace, Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson.
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  • North American B-25J Mitchell bomber, "God and Country"<br />
<br />
God And Country  is a “J” Model North American B-25 Mitchell, and was built in 1944 at North American's Kansas City plant and was accepted for service in the AAF in early 1945 which was too late to see combat.  She came out of storage in 1946,  and beginning in 1949, served as VIP transport in the new US Air Force until 1958 when she experienced a gear-up landing and was declared as salvage. <br />
<br />
She was bought in 1962 by Tallmantz Aviation of Long Beach, CA and began the next chapter of her life as a photo ship for Hollywood.  Pacific Prowler has participated in over 80 Hollywood feature films including:<br />
  Catch 22 <br />
  Around The World in 80 Days <br />
  For Whom The Bell Tolls <br />
  Disney's 360 Degree 'Circle Vision' movies<br />
<br />
In the 1960s, this plane flew to all four corners of the world to film the Seven Wonders Of The World at low level for Disney Studios for use in their 360 degree videos as seen at the Disney Parks.  In the mid-1980s she was sold to Universal Aviation and was operated by Aces High in the UK (as 'Dolly') - being employed specifically to film The Memphis Belle in 1989.  She retired from movie-work in the mid-1990s and went into a serious restoration period.  In 1996, while owned by World Jet of Florida, her camera nose was removed and the traditional military nose replaced From 1996 to 1999 she only flew 60 hours, mostly to air shows as "Girls Rule".   By the early 2000s she was renamed "Top Secret", and under the operation of 99th Street Inc. of San Antonio, TX, she hardly flew at all; rather, she languished in disrepair in a falling down hangar.  In late 2002/early 2003, Jim Terry purchased the aircraft and renamed her "Pacific Prowler". The plane spent the first several months in Tulsa OK, where students at the Tulsa Tech Center and volunteers got the plane airworthy.  For the next 10 years, Pacific Prowler flew the airshow circuit flying just over 1,000 hours while being based in Ft. Worth TX.
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  • North American B-25J Mitchell bomber, "God and Country"<br />
<br />
God And Country  is a “J” Model North American B-25 Mitchell, and was built in 1944 at North American's Kansas City plant and was accepted for service in the AAF in early 1945 which was too late to see combat.  She came out of storage in 1946,  and beginning in 1949, served as VIP transport in the new US Air Force until 1958 when she experienced a gear-up landing and was declared as salvage. <br />
<br />
She was bought in 1962 by Tallmantz Aviation of Long Beach, CA and began the next chapter of her life as a photo ship for Hollywood.  Pacific Prowler has participated in over 80 Hollywood feature films including:<br />
  Catch 22 <br />
  Around The World in 80 Days <br />
  For Whom The Bell Tolls <br />
  Disney's 360 Degree 'Circle Vision' movies<br />
<br />
In the 1960s, this plane flew to all four corners of the world to film the Seven Wonders Of The World at low level for Disney Studios for use in their 360 degree videos as seen at the Disney Parks.  In the mid-1980s she was sold to Universal Aviation and was operated by Aces High in the UK (as 'Dolly') - being employed specifically to film The Memphis Belle in 1989.  She retired from movie-work in the mid-1990s and went into a serious restoration period.  In 1996, while owned by World Jet of Florida, her camera nose was removed and the traditional military nose replaced From 1996 to 1999 she only flew 60 hours, mostly to air shows as "Girls Rule".   By the early 2000s she was renamed "Top Secret", and under the operation of 99th Street Inc. of San Antonio, TX, she hardly flew at all; rather, she languished in disrepair in a falling down hangar.  In late 2002/early 2003, Jim Terry purchased the aircraft and renamed her "Pacific Prowler". The plane spent the first several months in Tulsa OK, where students at the Tulsa Tech Center and volunteers got the plane airworthy.  For the next 10 years, Pacific Prowler flew the airshow circuit flying just over 1,000 hours while being based in Ft. Worth TX.
    MAFM17_TVR_B25_Mitchell_0939.tif
  • North American B-25J Mitchell bomber, "God and Country"<br />
<br />
God And Country  is a “J” Model North American B-25 Mitchell, and was built in 1944 at North American's Kansas City plant and was accepted for service in the AAF in early 1945 which was too late to see combat.  She came out of storage in 1946,  and beginning in 1949, served as VIP transport in the new US Air Force until 1958 when she experienced a gear-up landing and was declared as salvage. <br />
<br />
She was bought in 1962 by Tallmantz Aviation of Long Beach, CA and began the next chapter of her life as a photo ship for Hollywood.  Pacific Prowler has participated in over 80 Hollywood feature films including:<br />
  Catch 22 <br />
  Around The World in 80 Days <br />
  For Whom The Bell Tolls <br />
  Disney's 360 Degree 'Circle Vision' movies<br />
<br />
In the 1960s, this plane flew to all four corners of the world to film the Seven Wonders Of The World at low level for Disney Studios for use in their 360 degree videos as seen at the Disney Parks.  In the mid-1980s she was sold to Universal Aviation and was operated by Aces High in the UK (as 'Dolly') - being employed specifically to film The Memphis Belle in 1989.  She retired from movie-work in the mid-1990s and went into a serious restoration period.  In 1996, while owned by World Jet of Florida, her camera nose was removed and the traditional military nose replaced From 1996 to 1999 she only flew 60 hours, mostly to air shows as "Girls Rule".   By the early 2000s she was renamed "Top Secret", and under the operation of 99th Street Inc. of San Antonio, TX, she hardly flew at all; rather, she languished in disrepair in a falling down hangar.  In late 2002/early 2003, Jim Terry purchased the aircraft and renamed her "Pacific Prowler". The plane spent the first several months in Tulsa OK, where students at the Tulsa Tech Center and volunteers got the plane airworthy.  For the next 10 years, Pacific Prowler flew the airshow circuit flying just over 1,000 hours while being based in Ft. Worth TX.
    MAFM17_TVR_B25_Mitchell_0821.tif
  • North American B-25J Mitchell bomber, "God and Country"<br />
<br />
God And Country  is a “J” Model North American B-25 Mitchell, and was built in 1944 at North American's Kansas City plant and was accepted for service in the AAF in early 1945 which was too late to see combat.  She came out of storage in 1946,  and beginning in 1949, served as VIP transport in the new US Air Force until 1958 when she experienced a gear-up landing and was declared as salvage. <br />
<br />
She was bought in 1962 by Tallmantz Aviation of Long Beach, CA and began the next chapter of her life as a photo ship for Hollywood.  Pacific Prowler has participated in over 80 Hollywood feature films including:<br />
  Catch 22 <br />
  Around The World in 80 Days <br />
  For Whom The Bell Tolls <br />
  Disney's 360 Degree 'Circle Vision' movies<br />
<br />
In the 1960s, this plane flew to all four corners of the world to film the Seven Wonders Of The World at low level for Disney Studios for use in their 360 degree videos as seen at the Disney Parks.  In the mid-1980s she was sold to Universal Aviation and was operated by Aces High in the UK (as 'Dolly') - being employed specifically to film The Memphis Belle in 1989.  She retired from movie-work in the mid-1990s and went into a serious restoration period.  In 1996, while owned by World Jet of Florida, her camera nose was removed and the traditional military nose replaced From 1996 to 1999 she only flew 60 hours, mostly to air shows as "Girls Rule".   By the early 2000s she was renamed "Top Secret", and under the operation of 99th Street Inc. of San Antonio, TX, she hardly flew at all; rather, she languished in disrepair in a falling down hangar.  In late 2002/early 2003, Jim Terry purchased the aircraft and renamed her "Pacific Prowler". The plane spent the first several months in Tulsa OK, where students at the Tulsa Tech Center and volunteers got the plane airworthy.  For the next 10 years, Pacific Prowler flew the airshow circuit flying just over 1,000 hours while being based in Ft. Worth TX.
    MAFM17_TVR_B25_Mitchell_0729.tif
  • North American B-25J Mitchell bomber, "God and Country"<br />
<br />
God And Country  is a “J” Model North American B-25 Mitchell, and was built in 1944 at North American's Kansas City plant and was accepted for service in the AAF in early 1945 which was too late to see combat.  She came out of storage in 1946,  and beginning in 1949, served as VIP transport in the new US Air Force until 1958 when she experienced a gear-up landing and was declared as salvage. <br />
<br />
She was bought in 1962 by Tallmantz Aviation of Long Beach, CA and began the next chapter of her life as a photo ship for Hollywood.  Pacific Prowler has participated in over 80 Hollywood feature films including:<br />
  Catch 22 <br />
  Around The World in 80 Days <br />
  For Whom The Bell Tolls <br />
  Disney's 360 Degree 'Circle Vision' movies<br />
<br />
In the 1960s, this plane flew to all four corners of the world to film the Seven Wonders Of The World at low level for Disney Studios for use in their 360 degree videos as seen at the Disney Parks.  In the mid-1980s she was sold to Universal Aviation and was operated by Aces High in the UK (as 'Dolly') - being employed specifically to film The Memphis Belle in 1989.  She retired from movie-work in the mid-1990s and went into a serious restoration period.  In 1996, while owned by World Jet of Florida, her camera nose was removed and the traditional military nose replaced From 1996 to 1999 she only flew 60 hours, mostly to air shows as "Girls Rule".   By the early 2000s she was renamed "Top Secret", and under the operation of 99th Street Inc. of San Antonio, TX, she hardly flew at all; rather, she languished in disrepair in a falling down hangar.  In late 2002/early 2003, Jim Terry purchased the aircraft and renamed her "Pacific Prowler". The plane spent the first several months in Tulsa OK, where students at the Tulsa Tech Center and volunteers got the plane airworthy.  For the next 10 years, Pacific Prowler flew the airshow circuit flying just over 1,000 hours while being based in Ft. Worth TX.
    MAFM17_TVR_B25_Mitchell_0760.tif
  • North American B-25J Mitchell bomber, "God and Country"<br />
<br />
God And Country  is a “J” Model North American B-25 Mitchell, and was built in 1944 at North American's Kansas City plant and was accepted for service in the AAF in early 1945 which was too late to see combat.  She came out of storage in 1946,  and beginning in 1949, served as VIP transport in the new US Air Force until 1958 when she experienced a gear-up landing and was declared as salvage. <br />
<br />
She was bought in 1962 by Tallmantz Aviation of Long Beach, CA and began the next chapter of her life as a photo ship for Hollywood.  Pacific Prowler has participated in over 80 Hollywood feature films including:<br />
  Catch 22 <br />
  Around The World in 80 Days <br />
  For Whom The Bell Tolls <br />
  Disney's 360 Degree 'Circle Vision' movies<br />
<br />
In the 1960s, this plane flew to all four corners of the world to film the Seven Wonders Of The World at low level for Disney Studios for use in their 360 degree videos as seen at the Disney Parks.  In the mid-1980s she was sold to Universal Aviation and was operated by Aces High in the UK (as 'Dolly') - being employed specifically to film The Memphis Belle in 1989.  She retired from movie-work in the mid-1990s and went into a serious restoration period.  In 1996, while owned by World Jet of Florida, her camera nose was removed and the traditional military nose replaced From 1996 to 1999 she only flew 60 hours, mostly to air shows as "Girls Rule".   By the early 2000s she was renamed "Top Secret", and under the operation of 99th Street Inc. of San Antonio, TX, she hardly flew at all; rather, she languished in disrepair in a falling down hangar.  In late 2002/early 2003, Jim Terry purchased the aircraft and renamed her "Pacific Prowler". The plane spent the first several months in Tulsa OK, where students at the Tulsa Tech Center and volunteers got the plane airworthy.  For the next 10 years, Pacific Prowler flew the airshow circuit flying just over 1,000 hours while being based in Ft. Worth TX.
    MAFM17_TVR_B25_Mitchell_0655.tif
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