Castle Air Museum Needs Some Help

[mrhenniger]

While doing my homework for a potential CA trip I game across a notice on the Castle Air Museum site...

http://www.elite.net/castle-air/index.htm

They have acquired 4 airframes. Two of which are at the museum and they need help with the costs associated with the move of the other two.

Mike

[bdk]

The F-102 is the ex- Planes of Fame example.

[CorsairFreak]

What about the F-100? Where did it come from?

[Tulio]

I visited Castle back in early 2002:




Their B-36 was nice to see.

If you can visit, Merced and Madera also have gate guardians.

And I believe that there was a B-17 on Hwy 99, near Castle AFB.

Also, possibly in Lodi, on an airfield close to Hwy 99, there were several DC-3s.


Saludos,


Tulio

[Roger Cain]

Castle has a B-17 but the one that Tulio mentions along Highway 99 is much further south past Fresno near the town of Tulare. It is at an airfield called Mefford Field. I've attached a link with some interesting info on the field: http://www.ghostbase.org/mefford/

PS. The B-17 has been broken twice by semi trucks running off of the highway into the plane.

[CorsairFreak]

Surprising that no one has got to that B-17 and restored it to flying. Someone's been slacking off!