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Spent some time at the USAF Museum in Dayton, Ohio and wanted to share just a few of the many aircraft and artifacts on display. I also had the pleasure of meeting up with and exploring the museum with fellow iModeler Mr. Tom [...]
The other museum near me is the one located at Hamilton. They are amazing in that their mandate is to fly not just to display. They are currently rebuilding several warbirds and have a impressive amount of birds. Including A PBY, B-25 and [...]
On the way back from Ottawa we stopped in to visit the only restored Halifax in the world. An interesting museum with a lot more than I thought.
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I recently went to the National Air and Space Museum in Chantilly Virginia, and saw a lot of historical aircraft; P-40, P-51, P-47, P-38, B-29, Ho229, Do335, F4U, SR-71, Concorde, Ar-234, Me163, Fritz X, F-14, F-35, MiG 15BiS, F-100, MiG [...]
Basically shots of more modern aircraft, that weren't in the main section. The actual name plate off the now scrapped Forrestal, and the memorial plaque honoring those that perished in the fire off Vietnam, it used to hang in the hangar [...]
Checked off an item from my bucket list, last weekend. Limited photos of the outside ramp, Jaime Carreon covered the other areas recently. One note, the C-130 is supposed to be the one that flew onto and of the Forrestal in the early [...]
In 1989, I was an instructor pilot flying the T-37 trainer at Randolph Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. Although I had a previous assignment in Oklahoma teaching basic students to fly in the T-37, this tour was different because we [...]
Spent the morning enjoying the annual Portuguese AF day at AF Base 1 near my house and home of the Airforce Museum.
Only show the outdoor pictures, where you can see some of the museum inventory that is kept outdoors (the Neptune sure [...]
Just a few of the photos taken from Cosford, Newark, and Doncaster aircraft Museums here in the UK.
I'm no photography expert, so please be nice ?
OK, I think think some of you now have understood a bit what makes me tick when it comes to modelling and the original machine. Details. Weird ones.
Sometimes one is struck by how unrefined some machines are, how close they actually look [...]