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California Dreams...
vtrelut:
During the last few months I travelled several times to California, and visited 2 aircraft carriers and 4 air museums. Here are a few memories from these wonderful places.
First of all, from North to South, the USS Hornet at Alameda, San Francisco, who recovered Apollo 11's crew in 1969:
Volunteer staff is very nice and available to guide visitors inside the carrier:
The F-14's TARPS reconnaissance pod:
Apollo test capsule:
Thank you USS Hornet!
Next: Planes of Fame museum, Chino.
vtrelut:
Now, the Planes of Fame museum, at Chino, East of Los Angeles. An incredible collection of warbirds, racers, jets and experimental aircraft from all countries, including a Northrop flying wing, and the world's only flying A6M Zero with an original Sakae engine...
When I went there I met two 8th AF veterans, one gentleman was a ball turret gunner on a B-17, the other one was a top turret gunner also on a B-17; both flew over 20 missions over Europe and were showing to visitors a B-17G undergoing restoration, a very nice and moving encounter.
Wildchild:
Chino is also suppost to have PB4Y-2 there, but im not sure if they sold it or not.
vtrelut:
They have so many things at the Planes of Fame... next to it, still in Chino, is the Yanks Museum. For American aircraft only, what a treat! Fantastic airplanes, very well maintained and displayed, with a restoration workshop accessible to visitors:
A magnificent F-106B Delta Dart:
What a nose!
A - very - rare North American FJ-1 Fury:
P-47M:
A recon Lightning:
P-39 and P-63:
A Taiwanese Tiger-II:
More here:
http://s233.photobucket.com/albums/ee281/vtrelut/Yanks%20Museum%20-%20Chino/
Like at the Planes of Fame, many of Yanks aircraft are airworthy.
http://www.yanksair.com/Collection.html
Bottom line when in California near Los Angeles: go to Chino, a must-see with two world-class aircraft collections in one single location! :-*
Next: further South... Palm Springs Air Museum 8), and then... :P
vtrelut:
At Palm Springs, right by the airport, a very nice collection of warbirds and military jets, maybe the most comprehensive collection of Grumman aircraft that I'll ever see:
More here:
http://s233.photobucket.com/albums/ee281/vtrelut/Palm%20Springs%20Air%20Museum/#!cpZZ1QQtppZZ36
And here, the museum's site, another museum where warbirds live and fly!
http://palmspringsairmuseum.org/
Next, 2 gorgeous museums in downtown San Diego... :P ::) :-*
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