TAM Museum in Brazil

[AirJimL2]

The TAM Museum in Brazil is finally open. Good to see some long lost warbirds are out in public view again.

http://webkits.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/439603841/m/6411060471/p/1

[Dan K]

Thanks for the heads-up, James.

I still get sick seeing that F4U as a static though.

[gregv]

wow, very cool collection, thanks for the pics.

are the main wheels on the P-47 standard, or something from a later aircraft? They look like something from an early jet, possibly.

Must be hard to take flash photos with all that shiny paint though

cheers

greg v.

[woofaero]

Good layout with room to grow & fresh looking aircraft.

Mike

[PhantomAce08]

I still get sick seeing that F4U as a static though.

Wow! That really is a nice one!

[cg51]

Nice to see the Ex David Price/MoF spitfire again, my dad made a new cowling for it in 1992,
Shot was taken before getting repainted

[Dan K]

Wow! That really is a nice one!

Sorry, I don't mean to piss & moan. It's just hard for me to watch a flyable birdcage get turned into another pigeon perch.

http://www.warbirds.co.nz/images/tbm-f4u.jpg

Now tell me this isn't a beautiful scene.

[Rob Mears]

Wow! I'm extremely impressed with the look of the completed museum. Certainly a top notch operation.

I do agree that a Stateside investor would do himself well to work a trade for that Corsair though. Since Brazil has no real historical affiliation with the type, a clean F4U-4 model might do them just as well. Anything to get that early model back in the air!

This collection was originally supposed to be a flying museum. With the death of its founder, I figure those intensions have probably passed though.

What's the story on the excellent looking Bf-109?

[gregv]

on the '109, from preserved axis aircraft:

"Under assembly at Museu Asas De Um Sonho. It is said to consist of a newly built fuselage that has been fitted with original wings of unknown identity."

cheers

gv

[Pat Carry]

Which P-47 is that and what is the Bu # of the Corsair? hanks

[Dan K]

Corsair is Bu # 17995

[Amado Aguiluz F.]

Corsair is F4U-1A BuNo. 17995 (built 14 Aug 1943), ex-N9028S, ex-ZK-FUI (New Zealand).

Messerschmitt Bf 109G-2, serial unknown, painted in identical color scheme of aircraft used by German ace Hans-Joachim Marseille.

Cheers,

[Amado Aguiluz F.]

The Thunderbolt is believed to be WWII veteran P-47D-25-RE, 42-26760.

Cheers,

[Elwyn]

Wow! Look how well lit everything is!

[Pat Carry]

The lighting is great. I wish museums here in the states would take a lesson from this and brighten up their facilities. The Natl Museum of the USAF is one of them that needs to turn some lights on!!