December 4, 2016 at 12:17 pm
In my travels. 1st October 2016.
The Estrella Warbird Air Museum, Paso Robles, California.
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By: AlanR - 4th December 2016 at 22:51
Nice pictures. Even with the weather out there, they must take a lot of looking after.
By: minimans - 4th December 2016 at 22:30
See also the Pacific Coast Air Museum at Santa Rosa airport Ca. Very similar situation. Lots of jet age warbirds and very few visitors………
http://www.pacificcoastairmuseum.org/
By: Keith - 4th December 2016 at 22:14
What i wouldn’t give to have that UH-1 sat on my drive.
Keith.
By: adrian_gray - 4th December 2016 at 20:16
#10 is a Ryan Firebee drone from the 60s….
Thank you!
Adrian
By: trumper - 4th December 2016 at 19:48
A nice collection and a few of the types we have been lucky enough to have seen fly over here.I am not sure whether some of those airframes are in a queue to be reconditioned/painted but if some of those had been in the UK someone would be saying they needed to be bought inside and preserved.
By: Arabella-Cox - 4th December 2016 at 17:55
That’s a fine collection of airframes – and a great set of pics, Mark12.
There seems to be condensation present in many of them, though. That’ll soon wreak havoc with the interiors of the cockpits.
Anon.
By: Mark12 - 4th December 2016 at 17:20
Was the Saab Lansen the one involved in the Tallichet deal which saw a Spitfire PR19 finding its way into the Swedish Air Force Museum?
Yes one of the two flown over to the US.
Mark
By: jeepman - 4th December 2016 at 16:32
Was the Saab Lansen the one involved in the Tallichet deal which saw a Spitfire PR19 finding its way into the Swedish Air Force Museum?
By: J Boyle - 4th December 2016 at 15:31
#10 is a Ryan Firebee drone from the 60s….used for targets and recon.
I saw one outside a state museum in Honolulu years ago, dredged up from the Pacific in one piece.
Anyone note the F-86 is a rare photo recon variant?
Not many made, IIRC, most went to South Korea. Perhaps this one was brought back for conversion into a target drone (the fate of many exported Sabres) which never happened.
By: cdmurray - 4th December 2016 at 15:28
Ryan Firebee
By: ian_ - 4th December 2016 at 15:20
Thanks for the photos, must have been a very enjoyable meander. Is number 10 a pilotless thingamy?
By: Trolly Aux - 4th December 2016 at 15:02
Wowser, thanks Pete and not a Spitfire in sight !!! not like you
By: adrian_gray - 4th December 2016 at 14:08
What on earth is number 10?
Adrian
By: DH82EH - 4th December 2016 at 13:56
Thanks for taking the time to post the images you do MK 12.
Appreciated.
Andy
By: John Green - 4th December 2016 at 13:07
I note that there appears to be no tendency to bury them !
By: Mark12 - 4th December 2016 at 12:18
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