A few airplane pics from vacation

[Ztex]

I stopped by the Texas air Museum - Slaton branch (just south east of Lubbock ie; BFE) The gates were closed early Saturday morning but you could see the yard fairly well.











A few that were outside the fence.




And a Park Guard in the Village of Melrose NM (Really BFE)




And a little bird I saw flying outside the window...

Last edited by Ztex on Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:25 pm, edited 1 time in total.

[Vital Spark]

Not to be too pedantic. But is it not spelled Sabre

[RareBear]

"Sabre" is correct.

Walt

[mazdaP5]

Thanks for the pics. It's a shame the condition that cougar is in though.

[Former Member]

And a little bird I saw flying outside the window...

Ummm...what model is this flyer?

John

[Steve Nelson]

B1RD!

[Former Member]

B1RD!

Hmmm...it's pretty small, looks like a large insect, and has spots like a tiger so I was going to say "Tigermoth".

See the resemblance??

John

[bax101]

what kind of A/C is the N551JC?

[bdk]

what kind of A/C is the N551JC?

DeHavilland Dove DH104

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0912565/M/

Say, what's this propane tank for? Are they trying to gas the gophers????

[Obergrafeter]

Propane tank? I thought it was a Japanese one man suicide sub! What else would it be doing in a Museum?

[PhantomAce08]

I'm guessing it is a training module?

[K5DH]

Quick! Alert the U.S. Government! That museum has an F-14 Tomcat, and it's all in one piece! It must be confiscated immediately and destroyed so that the Iranians don't smuggle it out of the country and use it to destroy freedom as we know it!

Sorry, it's late, and I'm tired and cranky. . .

[Ztex]

I'm guessing it is a training module?

I am thinking it was a "Boilerplate Model" capsule test article of some kind. I have seen a few of them around the country. NASA even launched a few of them. I don;t know anything specific about this one.

Z

[Tulio]

I drove through Melrose, NM on July 27th, and the F-100 had had the paint removed; they evidently finished the paint job very quickly!

Looks nice.

Saludos,


Tulio

[Connery]

WOW!!! I've been driving through Slaton for years either when I lived in Lubbock or when I was going to visit my kids in Lubbock and never knew those aircraft were there.