Warbird Information Exchange

Here are some pictures I shot at the Selfrige ANG Base Museum a few weeks ago. I was very impressed with the museum. Unfortunately the only plane that is inside is a Spad replica, but they had a very good crew of volunteers giving tours and answering questions. The planes were reasonably well maintained for static displays outdoors. Kudo's to the P-3 Orion and C-130A crew members giving tours - GREAT JOB!

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Bill Gorin
Vintage Flying Museum
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Cool pics. It's nice to see a Spad that doesn't have a "hat in the ring".

for such harsh michigan winters, those planes are very well maintained!!

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!

They do look pretty good. This is one display in the area that I haven't had the chance to see yet... looks like that needs to change. Is the B-57 painted? It looks like it's natural metal from the pic, which is always nice to see.

I also like the F-4 and F-106. I'm planning on modeling aircraft in those markings in 1/48 scale at some point over the next 50 years...

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Matt

How many Beech 18 variants are displayed at the park? The Locator has three listed, but I suspect at least two of these are duplicate aiframes.

Mike

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Mike R. Henniger
Aviation Enthusiast & Photographer
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Do you want to find locations of displayed, stored or active aircraft? Then start with the The Locator.
Do you want to find or contribute to the documented history of an aircraft? If so then start with the Airframes Database.

I was there a few months ago, and can only recall seeing two examples.

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Chris Henry
EAA Aviation Museum Manager

I believe the last Corsair on outside display.

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Keep Em' Flying,
Christopher Soltis
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Chicks Dig Warbirds.......right?

Sad!

There are only two Beech 18 variants there, one SNB-5 and one C-45B according to my memory and the website.

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Bill Gorin
Vintage Flying Museum
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My favorite is that B-57A. The bubble canopy is much cooler looking than the later fore-and-aft design that Martin used.

Scott

Neat photo's. Thanks for sharing.

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David
1953 M38A1 jeep owner
& Student Pilot soloed 09/09/06
USAF 1984-1986