Confederate Air Force showing historical aircraft at an air show (Airsho '76) in Harlingen Texas. United States fighter planes of World War II in show. B-17 and B-24 bomber planes in flight. Formation of three B-25 planes. Lead B-25 (tan) is the "Laden Maiden," one of many aircraft owned by John Stokes and flown down from San Marcos, Texas, to support Airsho '76. Formation consisting of F4U Corsair and F6F Hellcat in flight. B-29 Superfortress in flight piloted by Paul Tibbets drops a simulated atomic bomb complete with mushroom cloud. Tibbets was the pilot of the Enola Gay that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima Japan. Following this air show, the U.S. government apologized to Japan for the re-enacted bombing. P-38 Lightning and P-47 Thunderbolt taxiing. B-17 and B-24 bomber planes landing and taxiing, including "Texas Rangers" and "Diamond Lil," the latter carrying a full "crew" looking out as the aircraft taxis past.
Confederate Air Force showing historical aircraft at air show (Airsho '76) in Harlingen Texas. United States fighter planes of World War 2 in show. Curtiss P-40 fighter planes in flight. B-29 Superfortress takes off. Texas International DC-9 in foreground. Replicas of Japanese planes Zero fighter, Val dive bombers, Kate torpedo bombers taxiing. SB2C-5 Helldiver taxiing. A jeep and men seen in background.
Confederate Air Force showing historical aircraft at air show in Harlingen Texas. Reenactments of Pearl Harbor attack during World War 2. Japanese planes (torpedo bomber) Kate's replica and (fighter plane) Zero's replica remade from U.S. aircraft are used in the show. Zero and Kate Japanese planes in flight. Explosions seen. Smoke rises in the sky.
Confederate Air Force showing historical aircraft at air show in Harlingen Texas. United States fighter planes of World War II in show. P-40E fighter aircraft and P-39 Airacobra fighter plane take off. Reenactment of Pearl Harbor attack with B-17 bomber aircraft simulated emergency landing. B25 bomber take off. SB2C Helldiver bomber aircraft seen. P- 40 fighter aircrafts in flight. B-24 bomber take off. P-39 Airacobra in flight.
Confederate Air Force showing historical aircraft at air show in Harlingen Texas. United States fighter planes of World War II in show. B-17 bomber aircrafts take-off. TBM Avenger in flight. B-29 Superfortress heavy bomber takes off. It is piloted by famous B-29 pilot Paul Tibbets. Skydivers descending. B-17 bomber aircrafts, B-24 bomber planes, B-25 bomber plane in flight. B-29 Superfortress piloted by Paul Tibbets makes simulated drop of Atomic bomb (for which the U.S. Government later issued an apology to Japan, following complaints from the Mayor of Hiroshima and other Japanese representatives). Mushroom cloud seen. B-29 Superfortress in flight.
Confederate Air Force showing historical aircraft at air show in Harlingen Texas. United States fighter planes of World War II in show. Curtiss P-40 fighter and bomber plane taxiing and turning. The Curtiss P-40 parked. Astronaut Colonel Joe Engle leaves the cockpit of Curtiss P-40, gets down on the wing and then on the ground. He returns back to the cockpit of Curtiss P-40.
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