WANT TO SEE SOME PRETTY PLANES??

[hornet driver]

Deb and I went to the Cavanaugh Flight Museum today for their annual open house. What a first class operation !! The recent bad weather kept a few planes away. There should have been five Corsairs there but sadly only one from outside the museum showed up Saturday and was gone today. The museum's F-4U just got out of restoration last week and It's brand spankin new now!!! We left early and didn't see her fly but the P-51 and P-40 thrilled us before we left!! Here's some pics--this might take a couple posts. Some of these you saw last year , but what the heck...---I'm holding out on you more to come---

 

[hornet driver]

One of , if not the-- Prettiest Mustang I've seen !! I had to devote a page to her !!

 

[Titan II]

Nice selection. The Panther and Fishbed are a couple of my favorites. Thanks.

 

[hornet driver]

And that gorgeous Corsair, P-40, and others-----

 

[grouch]

Haven't been there in years. I miss it. Did you get a shot of the F104?

 

[hornet driver]

Haven't been there in years. I miss it. Did you get a shot of the F104?

YEP !!-- and some Migs-

 

[hornet driver]

A special note.....almost everything is airworthy !!!! The 104--Mig-21 and Mig 17 and 105 are static only as is the F-4 Phantom which is a 99.9% restoration as required by the Air Force !! The Panther and Mig-15 are airshow ready !!

 

[FastCargo]

Been to that museum...their Thud is in sad shape unfortunately. That would be something to see fly again.

FC

 

[grouch]

I was shocked when I saw how big the Thus was in real life. Simply huge.

 

[hornet driver]

Been to that museum...their Thud is in sad shape unfortunately. That would be something to see fly again.

FC

I'm on board with that !! The old girl deserves better. I don't see a restoration to the level of the F-4 but a nice indoor static would be nice as would the 104.

 

[FastCargo]

Unfortunately, I don't know if there is ANY Thud that could be restored to flyable. Unlike the Rhino, where there are enough spares from all over the world to be able to make a flyable version, I think the only operator of the Thud was the USAF, and with all the losses in Vietnam, and the retirements of the others so soon afterwards...

FC

 

[mbauer]

Great photos! Thank you for sharing them!

Mike

 

[tmacklin]

Great pics!

 

[K'Tesh]

Your mission, if you choose to accept it... Upload all of your aviation photos to flickr and provide a link here to them... This message will self destruct in five billion years.

Nice pics!

 

[Onebadhawk]

Wowwww,,
Seriously cool pic's....
Thank you for going to the trouble of posting them.....
Very cool....

Teddy

 

[hornet driver]

One thing that amazed me about the Corsair was the size of the rudder and even the trim tab. They are probably over 80% of the area of the vertical stab assembly:y:

 

[grouch]

Did you go to Discount Model Trains not far from there? That place is seriously cool too.

 

[hornet driver]

Did you go to Discount Model Trains not far from there? That place is seriously cool too.

I didn't even know about it. I just read some reviews....it looks like it might be right up my alley. I think I'll pay them a visit this week---THANK YOU !!!!

 

[hornet driver]

Here's a few more pics I took over 100 but this will be the last of them--I promise?----THANKS FOR LOOKIN !!!

 

[grouch]

I didn't even know about it. I just read some reviews....it looks like it might be right up my alley. I think I'll pay them a visit this week---THANK YOU !!!!

You are welcome and I am sorry all rolled into one. I live that store even though I don't have a layout. One day though….one day.

 

[gna]

Here's a few more pics I took over 100 but this will be the last of them--I promise?

NO! More, Please!

More F4F and I've always loved the WWI string bags, too.

 

[Onebadhawk]

Wow,,
Super cool pic's..
I love checking them out..
Thank you so much for going to the trouble of uploading them,,
I know that can be a pain..
I'd love to see more of them if you have the time to upload...

Teddy