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treadigraph

16th Jul 2006 10:12

Beer? Lucky sod, I'm now at work - and PPRuNeing!

The aircraft in question is the Douglas BTD-1 Destroyer!

kluge

16th Jul 2006 10:16

thx pal - looks like an uglier version of a Nanchang cj6 (which is not uglier and infact lovely to fly).

Yes beer and we've run out. Have to send the missus out for some more. Weathercrappy in HK at present.

Nogbad the Bad

18th Jul 2006 22:17

Sorry peeps been away - thanks to those that answered for me :)

brickhistory

14th Aug 2006 20:47

Museum of Aviation Warner Robins, GA

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...y/b07a4a5a.jpg

Caught this bird out of place at the Museum of Aviation located just outside Robins AFB. About 1.5 hours or so south of Atlanta, this is the largest USAF Museum outside of Dayton.

Part of the USAF's Museum program, they've got more than 90 birds on display - a lot inside, most of the bigger ones outside. Inside, a SR-71, U-2 share space with a B-29, B-25, P-51, P-40, etc. Outside, the biggest is the B-52D (wingtip in this photo) and a C-124. Other interesting jets include a B-57A (with the EE type bubble canopy), a WB-57 with the gi-normous wing! and lots of Century-series fighters.

I wonder about the the Lightning F.6 in the distance.

Anyway, great aviation museum in an unexpected location.

ChrisVJ

21st Aug 2006 09:14

On our way back from Havasu acouple of weeks ago we made a detour to take the kids to the Evergreen Aviation Museum atMcMinnville OR. Access by road is terrible but it is worth the trip. The building is new (and the first of five,) and custom built, A new Imax opens soon.

Of course the main even is actually too big to get in a frame:
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...pruceGoose.jpg

Just the scale of her tail is surprising.
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...4GooseTail.jpg

There were lots of other interesting aircraft too,
Like this Gee Bee Sportster replica
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...J/A1GeeBee.jpg

And I love the detail on this Trimotor.
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...11Trimotor.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...rimotorInt.jpg

Well where else would you put theluggage?
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2.../A6Luggage.jpg

There were the usual Spitfire and Mustang but this Bf109 was really tidy too:
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...VJ/A9Bf109.jpg

A mint Beech Staggerwing:
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...taggerwing.jpg

P38, first decent one I have seen:
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...sVJ/A10P38.jpg

These are not quite common as muck over here but I guess they'd be pretty rare in the UK. They have an uncovered renovated model too.
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...VJ/A5Jenny.jpg

No US museum is without a Curtiss of some sort, (or two or three, )
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2.../A3Curtiss.jpg

Altogether worth a visit (Our 1.1/2 hours turned into 3.1/2) if you are near Portland, Oregon.

paulc

21st Aug 2006 09:46

Datangshan Museum - nr Beijing

paulc

21st Aug 2006 09:51

Datangshan nr Beijing

paulc

21st Aug 2006 09:52

PPRuNe Pop

10th Sep 2006 06:32

paulc.

Your pics are too good to be sized the way they are, and as you use photobucket you resize them to 800x600. If you cannot do it - we can.

Great pics all the same.

PPRuNe Pop

10th Sep 2006 06:37

ChrisVJ

Thank you for some great shots.

The thing that strikes me, is that the American museums always go for highly polished/finished floors that then show the aeroplanes off.

Can you possibly name the aircraft please. Some of us don't always know the names. Treadigraph will I expect! :rolleyes:

DC-8	21st Oct 2006 14:27

Fundación Infante de Orleáns

"Fundación Infante de Orleáns" (FIO) is a collection of 30 historical aircrafts still in flight. You can see almost all of them flying every first Sunday of each month (except for January and August) at Cuatro Vientos Airport (LECU), Madrid.

http://www.fio.es/museo/aviones.htm

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1105167/M/
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1080736/M/
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0990453/M/
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0839869/M/
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0379455/M/

DC-8	21st Oct 2006 14:42

Museo del Aire, Madrid

In Madrid you may also visit the "Museo del Aire". It's very close to LECU.

http://www.aire.org/museo/index.htm

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0542489/M/
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0515933/M/
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0057828/M/

DC-8	25th Oct 2006 08:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nogbad the Bad (Post 2925759)

Why the Airliners.net spam ??? Less of it please !

I don't know the reason of that. Maybe it was because I inserted the pictures with the Insert Image tool and that is not allowed as the pictures have copyright. I've removed the pictures and inserted the full links, so I think the problem is already solved.

Loki	30th Dec 2006 15:02

My effort at Seattle; the learfan previously mentioned

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k2...21/Learfan.jpg

Another view of the main hall

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k2...1/MainHall.jpg

Starfighter
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k2...i_021/F104.jpg

Mig21

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k2..._021/Mig21.jpg

Not part of the museum, but parked just over the fence was this delightful Waco(?) "Miss Sonya"
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k2...i_021/Waco.jpg

However, this Mig 17 was part of the museum
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k2..._021/Mig17.jpg

skiddyiom

8th Jan 2007 18:58

I took my son to Castle Air Museum in California in 2003 where we found a friendly, well laid out selection of aircraft which were pretty easy to picture and see.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y13...SCN0752-PP.jpg
Boeing B-17G 43-38635 "Virgins Delight"
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y13...SCN0783-PP.jpg
Grumman HU-16B Albatross 51-7613
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y13...SCN0775-PP.jpg
Boeing B-47E Stratojet 52-0166
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y13...SCN0776-PP.jpg
NA F-86H Sabre 53-1230 (as old as me! :\ )
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y13...SCN0763-PP.jpg
McDonnell F-101B Voodoo 57-0412
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y13...SCN0769-PP.jpg
Lockheed F-104D Starfighter
We found it very easy to get to from Merced and it is well worth a visit!! More pics in the next batch!!
skiddy

transilvana

17th Jan 2007 18:51

Pima Air Museum, Tucson, Az

How do I upload photos from my computer?

PPRuNe Pop

17th Jan 2007 19:38

Two posts that are most welcome. Thanks guys, some very good pics indeed, and very interesting.

PPP

skiddyiom

18th Jan 2007 18:57

Managed to shrink some more pics, this time from Hill AF Museum in Utah, USA. Another nice museum with lots of access to the aircraft, although the inside is pretty cramped.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y13...7579_small.jpg

B-29E Superfortress, 44-86408

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y13...7571_small.jpg

Douglas C-54G Skymaster, 45-0502

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y13...7585_small.jpg

Martin RB-57A Canberra

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y13...7566_small.jpg

Fairchild C-119F Flying Boxcar, 52-2107

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y13...7559_small.jpg

Piasecki CH-21B Work Horse

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y13...F_DSC_7547.jpg

Douglas C-124C Globemaster, 53-0050

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y13...7540_small.jpg

Northrop F-89H Scorpion, 54-0322

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y13...7554_small.jpg

Sikorsky SH-34J Seabat, 148943

Hope this doesn't bore you all. I have quitte a few that I would be happy to show.

skiddy

Loki	19th Jan 2007 20:01

Anchorage

Apologies for the so-so quality of these.....the light was fairly poor. These were taken on a trip in August 2006.

Waco
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k2...1/Tavelair.jpg

A grumman Teal? or Widgeon...I can never remember

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k2...21/Grumman.jpg

And this Beech

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k2...21/Beech18.jpg

Since all the aeroplanes featured have floats, it`s not surprising to find that the museum is on the shores of Lake Hood, this Piper sitting just outside the museum:

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k2..._021/piper.jpg

The road to the museum is also a taxiway for the outlying areas of Ted Stevens International Airport; 50 yards away was this

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k2...ranchorage.jpg

Was it worth the $10 admission fee? Not the best museum I`ve been to, but on a wet afternoon in Anchorage not a bad way to spend some time.

Their website is quite good (the photos being better for a start)

http://home.gci.net/~aahm/

621andy

23rd Jan 2007 09:52

Defence services museum, Yangon, Myanmar

Lots of interesting stuff in here, including Dakota, Spitfire, Piston Provost etc. Plus also some Slingsby glider products: Dart, Swallow and Capstan.
-All in MAF colours.
I took some pictures there in 2003, but got my ar5e kicked for doing so! However I now have a better understanding of how the country works, and will have a go at asking first with a 'present' for the guide...
I'll be there in a week or so.

Loads of other interesting stuff there, but very badly lit and only some English captions.

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