Steven F. Udvar Hazy Center Pictures

“Great photos…’Sunsetter’ never looked better (the Corsair)…wish they would drop the flaps and set her up like she was landing on a carrier…”

I believe she already is set up this way,the Corsair pilots always had to make a curved landing appraoch so they could see over the long nose.

Strange thing the internet. I actually met and worked with an F-15 pilot named Bong from Eglin in 1998 when they deployed here. I had to ask. He was in fact a nephew! So typing in “F-15 Eglin Bong” in Google this turned up:

http://www2.acc.af.mil/accnews/jun03/03196.html

Best Regards

Thank you for sharing. A good friend of mine went to “Kill Devil Hills” on 17’th of December and took in the new museum on the way back. Spoke very favourably about it. Here is the only Arado Ar 234 in existence. Flew out of here on 5’th of May 1945 (Danish Liberation Day) for Stavangar Sola in Norway.

(Photo Copyright Knud Larsen, FLYV)

Great photos…’Sunsetter’ never looked better (the Corsair)…wish they would drop the flaps and set her up like she was landing on a carrier…
From what I hear, the museum has NO WHERE near the amount of planes in it it will have when all is said and done, about 350 of them if I recall correctly, or 80% of all the planes the NASM/Smithsonian have in their possession….it looks like one hell of a museum, I saw the old one but hope to get to see this one soon.

mark

Great pictures of what looks like a fascinating museum.

Moggy

Is this the answer to the National Air and NO Space museum?

I guess it is an historic aircraft as it is in a museum ! If you go to the museum, make sure that you have plenty of film or plenty of memory for you camera ….

Thanks for the link SRP,it appears she was flown by both Ben Kelsey and Richard Bong amongst others! That’s one historic machine. 🙂

Thanks for the info!

The JSF on display at Hazy is the Marine version with the lift fan.

Here’s a link to all of the airplanes on display. I was at the museum a few weeks ago, and the P-38 definately looks like it has never been touched. It’s right below the Enola Gay.

The museum still has a long way to go. Nice Hurri, but no Spit yet.

http://www.nasm.si.edu/museum/udvarhazy/artifacts_air.cfm

Aero, did you happen to notice if the Joint Strike Fighter prototype was on display (X-35), and if so which version?

Beautiful pics Aero,thanks for posting them.That P38 looks absolutely gorgeous with the wear & tear,I presume it’s in it’s original unrestored condition.Do you happen to know anything of its history?As you probably already know,it’s quite rare to find a weathered and unrestored machine on museum display.:cool:

More pictures….

Great pics !!! Thanks !!
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Nice – makes me wish that I could get there !

Thanks for sharing these

Excellent shots – thanks for posting