World War II
The controls for the aft turrets on the A-26 Invader; basically a guy sat in teh back and controlled them periscopically.
A-36A Mustang -- the Dive Bomber Version of the P-51.
Ju-88 in Romanian Colors.
B-26 Marauder. Nice to see they mentioned it's role as a torpedoe bomber at midway, etc.
Japanese Balloon Bomb.
Beaufighter. The US actually flew a few of these as night fighters.
Me-163 Komet.
The Most Glorious Bock's Car.
SUPER PLUS GOOD!
Comrade Himm...err Hipper would like to introduce Mrs. Fatman!
Hipper in front of a PR Mosquito (we used them for Photo Recon.
Cold War
B-52 painted in SEA colors. Note the AVROCAR under it's wing.
The museum's B-1B.
B-45C Tornado.
Behold the Mighty F-105.
Self Explanatory.
Formerly top secret information! Now Yours!
F-94A Starfire.
F-94C Starfire.
You know you want to see this one...
Various views of the Cold War Hangar.
Minuteman Emergency Rocket Communication System Satellite.
Pulse Jet Powered Helicopter! Wee!
You can see the doors on the front to insert the fissile material to arm it in flight.
42,000 lb thermonuke. Only the B-36 could carry them.
SNARK SNARK SNARK SNARK SNARK.
Diagram of the RB-52 capsule.
The Presidental and Research Hangars
The B-47 sitting on the flightline on the way to the Research and Presidental Hangar.
The XC-99 Sitting on the flightline on the way to the Research and Presidental Hangar.
Want this?
SAM-26000. Kennedy's Plane.
Ryan Vertijet.
My version of the get together.
The V-6 prototype for the Harrier.
Behold the Valkyrie. 40+ years have not been kind to her.
The turbulence creating "bump" that creates a turbulent area near the bomb bay so that weapons can drop down and separate without being dragged along in a stagnation area.
X-15A2.
X-24B.
X-3 Stiletto Cockpit.
King-Bugatti Engine.
Truman's Plane.
X-10 test vehicle for the Navaho Mach 3 cruise missile.
P-75 Drivetrain.
XF-84 Thunderscreech.
YF-12A Blackbird.
Tactit Blue. Ugh.
Let's all bask in the F-107's glory.
Outdoors Displays
The Hardened Mobile Launcher of SDN World Fame.
Minuteman Rail Garrison Car.
Random Others
The YF-17 painted in the traditional american camouflage scheme -- burnished aluminum.
NIKE Site CD-27L Launcher.
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"If scientists and inventors who develop disease cures and useful technologies don't get lifetime royalties, I'd like to know what fucking rationale you have for some guy getting lifetime royalties for writing an episode of Full House." - Mike Wong
"The present air situation in the Pacific is entirely the result of fighting a fifth rate air power." - U.S. Navy Memo - 24 July 1944
Third photo is nifty.
Tip for next time - disable your flash when shooting through windows/glass, it doesn't help and just makes the distortion worse .
Any more pics upcoming?
Photography Genius is always allowed some leeway, once the hammer has been pried from its hands and the blood has been cleaned up.
To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.
"If scientists and inventors who develop disease cures and useful technologies don't get lifetime royalties, I'd like to know what fucking rationale you have for some guy getting lifetime royalties for writing an episode of Full House." - Mike Wong
"The present air situation in the Pacific is entirely the result of fighting a fifth rate air power." - U.S. Navy Memo - 24 July 1944
"If scientists and inventors who develop disease cures and useful technologies don't get lifetime royalties, I'd like to know what fucking rationale you have for some guy getting lifetime royalties for writing an episode of Full House." - Mike Wong
"The present air situation in the Pacific is entirely the result of fighting a fifth rate air power." - U.S. Navy Memo - 24 July 1944
This reminds me of my visit to the Serbian Air Force museum in Belgrade. They have some awesome WW2 planes. And even pieces of an American bomber they shot down(at least they say so).
Awesome pics...I admit to being a huge YF-12 fanboy, so seeing it there, even with the shot not really capturing much of it, is really cool.
Chronological Incontinence: Time warps around the poster. The thread topic winks out of existence and reappears in 1d10 posts.
Out of Context Theatre, this week starring Darth Nostril.
-'If you really want to fuck with these idiots tell them that there is a vaccine for chemtrails.'
1. I was there the day (19 January) some nutcase took off the nose of the B-26 with the lift (hence why it is under restoration). Didn't see it happen, but was saw it as they were putting up the plastic cover.
2. The rail car is for a Peacekeeper, not a Minuteman. Says so on the sign.
"I believe in the future. It is wonderful because it stands on what has been achieved." - Sergei Korolev
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