Quonset Air Museum

Pat Carry · **Posted:** Thu Nov 17, 2016 10:39 am

Is the museum still open? Their website is not working and I know during the summer there was talk about it closing.

phil65 · **Posted:** Thu Nov 17, 2016 4:41 pm

I believe it's closed.

Phil

Rogue · **Posted:** Mon Dec 19, 2016 3:24 pm

http://www.independentri.com/independents/ind/north_kingstown/article_d1db6c61-de26-55d4-9ac4-34783136dc70.html

Noha307 · **Posted:** Mon Dec 19, 2016 4:09 pm

I believe they are planning to move to the JFK Museum if the ship's transfer is approved.

seabee1526 · **Joined:** Fri Sep 26, 2008 6:18 pm **Posts:** 459

Sounds like the collection is will be moving to other locations...I hope scrapman isn't too busy.

G_MAN400 · **Joined:** Sun Aug 07, 2016 8:24 pm **Posts:** 19

Didn't they have a F6F they were restoring to airworthy?

Noha307 · **Posted:** Mon Dec 19, 2016 9:46 pm

G_MAN400 wrote:

Didn't they have a F6F they were restoring to airworthy?

According to a trustworthy source, the Navy will be keeping the F6F.

dusttinbound · **Posted:** Mon Dec 19, 2016 9:55 pm

Does anyone have any contacts there that I may use to get in touch with?

Kevin

Russ Matthews · **Posted:** Mon Dec 19, 2016 10:27 pm

Noha307 wrote:

I believe they are planning to move to the JFK Museum if the ship's transfer is approved.

It seems that Portland, Maine effort is actually defunct as of late 2011, but the Newport, Rhode Island group is still forging ahead ... http://www.ussjfkri.org/

Russ Matthews · **Posted:** Mon Dec 19, 2016 10:29 pm

G_MAN400 wrote:

Didn't they have a F6F they were restoring to airworthy?

It was a salt water recovery and I believe was always intended as a static restoration.

Cherrybomber13 · **Posted:** Tue Dec 20, 2016 10:16 pm

I have the same info on the F6f USN is picking it up.

Woodsy Airfield · **Posted:** Wed Dec 21, 2016 7:14 am

Any news on the F2H-3 Banshee which is a major reskinning project?

Jerry O'Neill · **Posted:** Fri Dec 23, 2016 6:04 pm

Woodsy Airfield wrote:

Any news on the F2H-3 Banshee which is a major re-skinning project?

Not just re-skinning, but searching for the elusive fuselage panels. The later, "long" Banshee, is quite different from the earlier birds, and so far they have been unsuccessful in locating the many missing access panels.
Jerry

Cherrybomber13 · **Posted:** Sat Dec 24, 2016 1:13 pm

Jerry O'Neill wrote:

Woodsy Airfield wrote:

Any news on the F2H-3 Banshee which is a major re-skinning project?

Not just re-skinning, but searching for the elusive fuselage panels. The later, "long" Banshee, is quite different from the earlier birds, and so far they have been unsuccessful in locating the many missing access panels.
Jerry

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