N6123C Sywell 23-06-24 - a photo on Flickriver

            The Flying Bulls North American B-25J Mitchell ,N6123C, prepares for its display slot at the Sywell Airshow 2024.

Named in honour of General Williams 'Billy' Mitchell – father of the US Air Force – the B-25 was a WWII workhorse. The twin-engine, medium bomber was used in every WWII theatre and with most Allied air forces. In production between 1941 and 1945, nearly 10,000 B-25 variants rolled out of the NAA factories in Inglewood, California, and Kansas City, Missouri.
The -J designation was the final mainstream model produced and accounted for the largest percentage of B-25s, with 4,318 manufactured. The Flying Bulls' model was one of the final B-25s produced in Kansas in 1945. It never went to war, but it has had a lively career nonetheless. Originally, the aircraft functioned as an R&D platform for testing electronics, before being mothballed at the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona – aka 'The Boneyard'.  

The arid Sonoran climate obviously suited Red Bull's B-25 as it came out of retirement in the 1970s, with the intention of turning it into an aerial fire-fighting platform. It was never actually used in that role, but instead it was purchased by a flying club back in Kansas City, where it flew until 1994, when it was bought for the Flying Bulls.
As it approached its 50th birthday, the aircraft was beginning to show signs of its age. Before being transferred to Hangar 7, in Salzburg, it received a comprehensive overhaul in the US. It was converted to civilian specifications, with a rather more comfortable interior.
For the last two decades it's lived in Austria and is a familiar sight above Salzburg as it makes its way around Europe on a busy schedule of air shows.
   

Taken in: UK / England / Wellingborough District / Sywell (show map)

Taken on: June 23, 2024

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Camera: Sony ILCE-7M3, f/14.0, 1/200 sec, 198mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony ILCE-7M3
Lens:	FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS
Aperture:	f/14.0
Exposure Time:	0.005 sec (1/200)
Focal Length:	198mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	ILCE-7M3 v4.01
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