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[vtrelut]

Ha, Ha Jude!

Well actually in most of these museums on the US West Coast you can touch the planes, go under them, etc. You can touch the Fw-190 at the Planes of Fame (a flying replica unless I am mistaken), a lot of the planes on the aircraft carriers, at the Palm Springs Air Museum, etc.

I also believe you can climb in the B-17 at Palm Springs, and also at Chino's Planes of Fame.

But you expected that didn't you?

BTW California is not so far from Japan... and whenever you come to Paris, be my guest, not only for a beer...


Cheers,

Vince

[FlatSpinMan]

Just saw this again, Vince.
That sounds so good. I'm in no hurry to visit America again (left my appendix there last time I went!) but those museums do sound great.
And as for Paris, you'll be sorry you ever offered... me and my girls are a handful (them more so than me).

[jeanba]

Great pictures, as usual, vincent

[razor1uk]

Your a lucky SOB Vtrelut and/but thanks for posting some truely great shots there, hoping more of them to come - for those of us economicaly unable to visit them ourselves

[vtrelut]

BTW there are fabulous museums in the UK too!

[HundertzehnGustav]

this topicn is pure torture.
yet, it is a Joy at the same time.
*sigh*

[naki27]

There's a great flight museum in Washington state where you can climb in a real B-17 F.  They have a bunch of fighters that actually fought in the war, as well as several world war one replicas and two real, preserved WW1 fighters (!)  I took a bunch of pictures, and I might post some later if I can find them.

[Slikk]

Awesome pics vtrelut, thanks for posting them.

Slikk

[The_Alaska_Man]

a tour of the hornet during the bf3 lan party. simon and lewis from the yogscast are here to show you around 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7ri_cfO-fA&feature=relmfu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roEzbosDCGg&feature=relmfu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-vDbYozwZg&feature=relmfu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYU938rihyo&feature=relmfu

[vtrelut]

I had a lot of fun watching your 4 videos.

Thank you!

The weather you had in October was apparently superb, like the one I had in May.

BTW the actual Apollo 11 capsule is on display at the NASM in Washington, at the National Mall... what you saw inside the Hornet is a test capsule.
But yes the real one was recovered by USS Hornet!

See here:
http://www.nasm.si.edu/exhibitions/gal100/apollo11.html

and more here on other stuff:
http://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,12484.msg131876.html#msg131876

[wheelsup_cavu]

Amazing pictures vtrelut. I see the planes and vehicles at Planes of Fame every Saturday but I haven't been to any of the other museums even though all of them except the Hornet are fairly close. Of course they are all much closer to me than Paris. 


Wheels

[vpmedia]

the pictures are very good, thanks!