Airplanes

[hangar401]

In car off season I work on restoration of WWII aircraft.At present is 1946 Lancaster Bomber and Mosquito Bomber.The Lancaster never saw action.The Mosquito is all wood aircraft powered by 2 Rolls Royce Merlin engine at1600hp each.We also fly a 1942 Stearman biplane an a Harvard(Texan).I have been putting in time on these planes since 2003.I do not pilot myself but loved planes as a kid.

 

[KCP]

My dad started his military career as aircraft-/hydraulics- and jet-engine technician when the post WWII German Luftwaffe was established in 1956. Even after his retirement from the Luftwaffe he had some great contacts that got on a lot of Huey and Transall flights as a kid.
Couple pics I shot at the Imperial War Museum in Duxford on this years travel to the UK. We managed to get there on a flight show day with a lot of WWI and WWII fighter planes and bombers in the air.

 

[Michael Watts]

We have one air museum at Boeing Field in Seattle and two at Paine Field near Everett Washington. with a variety of aircraft ,Including an SR-71 Blackbird.

 

[ssn696]

Wright-Patterson Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio. As a boy, I spent Saturdays there with my Dad and my brother. My Mom loved it.

 

[clean8485]

The Mosquito was a very versatile aircraft. As fast as many fighters of that era, but able to carry a good bomb load as well. They served in many different roles during the war. There was a variant that was modified to carry a 6lb rapid fire cannon for anti-submarine duty. The loading mechanism was designed by a guy who designed cigarette machines during peacetime.
The Lancaster was the king of heavy bombers during WW2. Near the end of the war, it was modified to carry a 10 ton bomb for certain targets. The bomb would gather speed during its fall, and bury itself deep in the ground upon impact before detonating. The resulting explosion would create a "mini" earthquake, which would cause the collapse of any structure nearby.

 

[tc1959]

The Pima Air Museum in Tucson has a great restoration hanger. and you can take a tour of the huge "Boneyard" across the road. they have thousands of aircraft. great way to spend a Saturday.

 

[Sundancer]

Wow, now that's a real deal hobby.
I have always been fascinated by planes and helicopters. Whenever I can and when I travel, I always go to different aviation museums. Last week while on a business trip, I stayed in Washington, D.C. an extra day just to go visit the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum again.

 

[TURNA]

We have Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn that has a small display of planes in one of the hangers

The Cradle of Aviation Museum at Mitchell's Field

The American Air Power Museum in Farmingdale

We also have the Intrepid Air Craft Carrier that has a ton of planes and the Enterprise Space Shuttle

And a couple of outside displays and the old Grumman sights in Bethpage and Caverton


You would never think a place like NY would have such a huge display of Military equipment
being run by a bunch of .............................................

 

[Turbolq4]

I really like aircraft. Been to the museum at Boeing field twice. It's got an incredible variety of planes. There is a museum outside Tillamook Oregon that is great as well. In a huge wooden hangar that is supposed to be the largest clearspan wooden building on earth. Used to house Navy blimps that patrolled the coast. They have a good chunk of the place set up showing engines including a Pratt and Whitney R 4360. Incredible engineering right there. Been to the Evergreen Aviation Museum in McMinnville Oregon where the Spruce Goose is kept. The size of that thing just boggles the mind. They have a bunch of random stuff sitting outside that you can get right up next to. F14s, MiGs, tanks, 747, etc. We have a small WWII museum here in Nampa called the Warhawk Air Museum. P40s seem to be their bird of choice. They restore and fly a bunch of the planes they have. We get to see these old birds flying over the house regularly. I enjoy stopping whatever it is that I'm doing to watch them cruise around.

 

[hangar401]

My dad started his military career as aircraft-/hydraulics- and jet-engine technician when the post WWII German Luftwaffe was established in 1956. Even after his retirement from the Luftwaffe he had some great contacts that got on a lot of Huey and Transall flights as a kid.
Couple pics I shot at the Imperial War Museum in Duxford on this years travel to the UK. We managed to get there on a flight show day with a lot of WWI and WWII fighter planes and bombers in the air.

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Our museum is in an original WWII Hangar.Was used to train pilots for the fight in Europe,hanger EFTS7 was Elementary Flight Training School 7.This one in Windsor,Ontario Canada.As a kid I used to ride my bike to

My dad started his military career as aircraft-/hydraulics- and jet-engine technician when the post WWII German Luftwaffe was established in 1956. Even after his retirement from the Luftwaffe he had some great contacts that got on a lot of Huey and Transall flights as a kid.
Couple pics I shot at the Imperial War Museum in Duxford on this years travel to the UK. We managed to get there on a flight show day with a lot of WWI and WWII fighter planes and bombers in the air.

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the airport and spend the day hanging around the Windsor Flying Club and later as a Toolmaker and involved with our Lancaster Bomber since 2003.