Pima Air & Space Museum 11/07/12

[bilwor]

Mil Mi-24D Hind D B4002 LSK406 96-21

[Warbird Kid]

Yes ver nice but..... WHAT ABOUT THE P-39?!?!

[bilwor]

photos later today of P-39 and more
bill word

[12XU2A3X3]

do they own their Marauder or what? Tried to see it last time I was there, no dice.

[APG85]

Arrhhh, the KB-50 is right there.....

[12XU2A3X3]

wasn't that, at some point slated for dover?

[Pat Carry]

wasn't that, at some point slated for dover?

As I recall the B-50 at McDill AFB was slated to go to Dover. I dont know if that ever happened.

[jamesintucson]

do they own their Marauder or what? Tried to see it last time I was there, no dice.

IIRC, they don't own the Marauder or the A-20 being restored there, I think both are owned by Tallichet organization, Military Aircraft Restoration Corp. Confirmation? Maybe Bill Word or jamesintucson can also confirm that the restoration of both of these at Pima is still on hold now - reasons?

Both of those are on loan to us from MARC. Neither is currently being worked on since we presently do not have room to display them indoors and we don't want to put all that work into them only to have to leave them outside.

James

[PbyCat-Guy]

I go into Tampa often and we fly over Mcdill at 2,600 feet and I've noticed what I thought it is a B-29, but now I know. Anyone have close ups of it?

[bilwor]

Bell P-39 Airacobra - ID unknown





Boeing KB-50J Superfortress 49-0372


bill word

[lowpass]

Love the B-50!

[APG85]

I go into Tampa often and we fly over Mcdill at 2,600 feet and I've noticed what I thought it is a B-29, but now I know. Anyone have close ups of it?

I believe that is a KB-50J s/n 49-0389 that was at the NMUSAF for a long time and then was moved to MacDill in the late 80's, early 90's. There was talk of moving to Dover due to corrosion issues but it never happened to my knowledge...

Pictures of the plane at MacDill on the link below...

http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM22 ... erfortress

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[C VEICH]

The Airacobra is going to make a very nice companion to the beautifully restored Kingcobra already on display. Thanks for the pics Bill.

[PbyCat-Guy]

I bet that doing a engine swap or any sort of engine work on either the king or air cobras was a pain the rear.

[bilwor]

Avro 696 Shackleton M.R.2-AEW.2 Mr McHenry RAF WL790-8 N790WL Pima Air & Space Museum 11/07/12
The Shackleton carried the “Orange Harvest” radar warning receiver (RWR) an ESM (Electronic Support Measures for detection and classification). . This could give the bearing of any radars which illuminated the Shackleton; the receiver for “Orange Harvest” looked like a giant spark plug and sat on top of the fuselage.



Hawker Siddley TAV-8A Harrier USMC 159384 KD04 VMAT-203 Hawks MCAS Cherry Point, NC



Northrop F-5B Freedom Fighter 72-0441
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