This is the place where the majority of the warbird (aircraft that have survived military service) discussions will take place. Specialized forums may be added in the new future
Sun Mar 04, 2007 2:17 pm
The biggest giveaway that it's an SBD is the machine gun butts in the cockpit.
I'm at my girlfreind's place right now, but I've got some pics of the CAF Helldiver cockpit at home..I'll try to remember to scan and post them (I really need to get a scanner that does negs.)
SN
Sun Mar 04, 2007 3:33 pm
Lockheed PV-2C
Sun Mar 04, 2007 4:52 pm
Lockheed Lodestar I took in Sweden last Summer:
Sun Mar 04, 2007 5:49 pm
Glenn,
I have a two year old print of a website I ran across via PBY@yahoo of a fellow who's collecting phots of US military cockpits.
I don't know if it's still current, I pulled a page out of a binder of interesting stuff that grabs me.
email
gacman@hotmail.com and give him a shot.
Canso42
Sun Mar 04, 2007 6:39 pm
Here's one you don't see everyday....
The Curtiss XP-55 Ascender (recently restored and placed on display in the Kalamazoo Air Zoo.
SN
Sun Mar 04, 2007 6:42 pm
B-17E "My Gal Sal." I couldn't actually get inside, but there was a ladder next to the copilot's window.
SN
Sun Mar 04, 2007 6:49 pm
Another from my collection, the Kalamazoo Air Zoo's Hispano Ha-1112 (Spanish-built, Merlin-engined Bf-109.)
SN
Sun Mar 04, 2007 7:27 pm
Hey Steve, do you volunteer at the Air Zoo? I love their new facility, and the museum is getting better and better everytime I am through.
Mon Mar 05, 2007 12:46 am
AD5 Skyraider
AD5 Skyraider
Mon Mar 05, 2007 2:34 am
Hey Steve, do you volunteer at the Air Zoo? I love their new facility, and the museum is getting better and better everytime I am through.
I have volunteered as a docent in the past, and may go back in the future. Frankly, I find the museum's new "info-tainment" concept a turn-off. Since they quit flying the warbirds (a regrettable necessity due to skyrocketing operating costs) they've focused on simulators and kiddie rides..the airplanes seem to have almost become window dressing.
I understand they have to adapt to the times in order to get the video game generation interested..I guess I'm just an old stick-in-the-mud.
SN
Mon Mar 05, 2007 8:28 am
No not a stick in the mud at all. I could do with out the sims, although the B-17 theatre in the Nissen hut was pretty cool, as it gives an example as to why we should honor or veterans. I love the collection, and the new facility it self.
Mon Mar 05, 2007 9:42 am
F-80 1952
Mon Mar 05, 2007 3:16 pm
Stearman in the house...
And I found a shot of a Sopwith Camel 'pit online
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