Evansville, IN

[Lynn Allen]

I'll be there for a couple of days soon and wanted to ask if there are any Warbirds around there??

Lynn

[Pat Carry]

I know a lot of warbirds were made there. check Mike Henniger's site for warbirds in that area. www.aerialvisuals.ca/Locator.php LST 325 on display there is worth checking out. www.lstmemorial.org

[JimH]

You can still see the compass rose behind the P-47 plant.

Jim

[Lynn Allen]

Cool, I'm looking forward to it...

Thank you

[JohnB]

What is the P-47 factory used for now?

Also, Grumman subcontracted Albatross (SA-16/UF, HU-16) fuselage to Plymouth, IIRC, in Evansville. Is that factory still around?

[kalamazookid]

This page has some info on the current use of the factory buildings:

http://www.warbirdsandairshows.com/Airs ... e-2014.htm

[Lynn Allen]

My IH M1 Grand was built there during the Korean War...

[JOMiller]

Check and see if LST-325 is going to be in prort or intransit
on the MS. I know it's not a warbird, but it's cool. As for
"Sarge" and tell him Owen sent you. He does a helluva
Gen Patton impression. He's the guy who got one of our
Quad 40s working off gas and propane....for free.

Owen

[Jeremy S]

+1 on visiting the LST 325 museum. The tour is well worth it!

Is this place open? http://freedomheritagemuseum.org/

[Lynn Allen]

Check and see if LST-325 is going to be in prort or intransit
on the MS. I know it's not a warbird, but it's cool. As for
"Sarge" and tell him Owen sent you. He does a helluva
Gen Patton impression. He's the guy who got one of our
Quad 40s working off gas and propane....for free.

Owen

Roger that...

[Vagabond]

The gallery of our 2009 visit to LST - 325 is here:
http://www.vgbimages.com/NavalMuseums/L ... nsville-IN



Also - The Indiana Military Museum in Vincennes, IN is about an hour North of Evansville and is worth the trip.

Since our visit I believe they've added an A-4 Skyhawk, F-18 and MiG-17 to the collection.

You can take a look at our gallery of photos from the museum here:
http://www.vgbimages.com/AFV-Photos/Ind ... m-Vincenne

[Pat Carry]

Nice collection!

[Chris Brame]

Great photos, Paul - would it be OK to pass the T-33 photo (properly credited) along to Nathan Decker for his T-33 page? He doesn't have a shot of it yet.
Also, when did they get their Phantom? 66-7626 was last reported to be at Wright-Patterson.
Thanks for posting!

[Vagabond]

Thanks Chris!

It's ok with us to pass the T-33 photo on - thanks for asking and thanks for the credit as well.

Our visit was on 5/12/14 so the Phantom was there by then.

[Lynn Allen]

Work didn't allow us any field trip time. We're off to Benton Harbor, MI tomorrow and wanted to ask if there is anything left at the Kalamazoo Museum??