Aviation MegaThread!!!!

[tattewell]

Looks amazing.

Munich has a 262 and 109 as well... and a whole lot of other cool stuff, nothing like that though... Plus a WW1 U-boat in the basement.

[ttpete]

Kalamazoo MI has the Air Zoo: http://www.airzoo.org/

And everyone should experience the annual fly-in at Oshkosh WI: http://www.airventure.org/
Figure on camping. The organization and facilities at the site are tremendous, and it'll take several days to see everything. There's an air show every afternoon.

[Beemer Bob]

I volunteer at Sun 'n Fun every year for the whole week. I always have a great time, even when the tornado came through 2 years ago.

[Renner]

Originally Posted by Trixie

Last I was there, they had a larger cargo/transport type plane they had just received. ... Any sightings while you were there?

Might it have been this Curtiss C-46?



I just found better images here:
http://www.williammaloney.com/Aviation/USAFMuseum/index.htm
from http://www.williammaloney.com/Aviation/Aviationindex.html

such as:



great displays

[Lornce]

[Trixie]

Not a 46, much bigger, w/ 4 engines.

[Shadow10]

Originally Posted by dorkpunch

Just a little to the left, please...

Ah huh.... I reckon there would be a T-38 hiding somewhere.

[Heyload]

Originally Posted by chazbird

Every bit of it is excellent, even the non-hardware parts. You can spend hours or more in the very first area - which includes the Wright Brothers home made wind tunnel and all sorts of WWI era flight suits, patches and squadron insignia. It isn't just Army Air Corps/USAF inventory either - as an example I doubt you'll ever see a ME/BF 109 and a ME262 in the same place either. I haven't seen a C5 there though, but its been a few years since I've been so maybe there's one now...perhaps they other USAF have aircraft inside it.

No C-5's are currently on display. They are either still being used, or are in the boneyard being stripped for parts for the remaining fleet.

[ttpete]

Originally Posted by Trixie

Not a 46, much bigger, w/ 4 engines.

There's a C-124 Globemaster there. http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/fac...eet.asp?id=289

[Trixie]

Originally Posted by ttpete

There's a C-124 Globemaster there. http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/fac...eet.asp?id=289

I do believe that's it, although it looks much better in that photo. It was missing quite a few parts when I saw it (torn down for restoration)

[wannaklr]

Originally Posted by Heyload

No C-5's are currently on display. They are either still being used, or are in the boneyard being stripped for parts for the remaining fleet.

They could use a C-5 as a new building to house the smaller planes.

[XR650L_Dave]

Originally Posted by Heyload

No C-5's are currently on display. They are either still being used, or are in the boneyard being stripped for parts for the remaining fleet.

A little mercury spritzed around in one would fix that situation...

[batoutoflahonda]

Got some of these hanging around too. A 737 with attitude. There is cheesy UTube video of it if want to buy one.

[Renner]

Originally Posted by Shadow10

Ah huh.... I reckon there would be a T-38 hiding somewhere.

The F-5 and/or T-38 in one of my favorites.
...but I lost count of my favorites on display here.

[JamesG]

That is still such a sexy little jet.

With all the hopla and gnashing of teeth over the Next Advanced Trainer, they ought give the T-38 design a refresh and knock out a few more to replace the worn out airframes...