Hi All,
I don’t post here regularly, well OK hardly ever (not that I felt unwelcome, but rather I can hardly keep up with WIX), but when I last did I posted some pics taken in the U.S. and Canada. There seemed to be an interest in photos from this side of the pond. So… I am duplicating a post that appears on WIX with links to some new albums (see below).
Regards,
Mike
As you probably remember from my recent posts, I was on a business trip to Seattle, WA recently. The work hours were long, and I was working 7 days a week, but I did have a number of my mornings free where I could get out and about, and I did. I got my pics back from the photo lab and have picked through them to select the best and clean those up. The links are given below.
PLEASE NOTE… None of these photos may be published or reproduced without my permission, and that of the museums of the aircraft featured.
First is the Museum of Flight…
http://community.webshots.com/album/253372192pgVPax
The highlight of this visit was the new Personal Courage Wing. The displays were very well presented, and the MoF have proven that they have a world class facility. Even though photography is diffucult, with very dark displays and uneven lighting (a tripod is a must), I still managed to get some decent shots. I found that editting the photos to remove spot light glare, etc. improved the presentation 100%.
Secondly is the Olympic Flight Museum…
http://community.webshots.com/album/251653542srqNsu
Not a large museum, but a friendly museum. The light is very good. The displays are informal, but you can walk right up to the aircraft. In addition there are a few aircraft displayed outside that are awaiting some TLC. It is certainly worth a visit if you are in the area.
Thirdly is an album for a few sighting around Boeing Field…
http://community.webshots.com/album/253390407nkruRB
Boeing field is a very interesting place to go aircraft spotting. Everything operates out of there, from Cessna 170s, to new 737s in bare metal and primer coming to the print shop, to E-3 Sentrys (AWACS) operating out of the Military Flight Center of Boeing.
This one should get some attention, the Me-262 project…
http://community.webshots.com/album/252241500mKdjee
Only the airframes that have not been sold are featured here, as these are the only airframes I was allowed to photograph.
Another interesting location go go spotting is Paine Field…
http://community.webshots.com/album/251700713HpSKAU
I managed to get a picture of the Me-262 replica White 1 out in the open. It is from a long distance and you can’t see much.
Finally there is the Museum of Flight Restoration facility…
http://community.webshots.com/album/252127163gDNhxT
There are a number of interesting projects here. The volunteers workings on the projects are quite friendly and willing to talk.
Of course it is probably just as easy to go to my Webshots community page at…
http://community.webshots.com/user/mrhenniger
…to get to all of thes albums.
I am looking forward to your comments. I am also looking for any information you may have to share since there are a few unidentified airframes in the albums.
Enjoy!
Mike
By: J Boyle - 19th January 2005 at 20:06
F-80 identification…
The F-80 you saw, 3841 is really 33841 which would make it the 21st of 50 F-80Cs bought by the Navy in 1948 as advanced trainers…obviously to give some pilots some jet time.
They had no arrester gear and were not carrier capable. A few were used by the Marines to equip a fighter squadron, VFM-311, in late 1948. Their Navy designation was TO -1 (Trainer Lockheed – 1)later changing to TV-1 when the Navy changed Lockheed’s ID letter from O to V.
Later the navy bough standard T-33s as the TV-2…and an extensively modified carrier equipped version as the T2V-1.
Nice photos, I’ll have to cross the mountains and have a look…
By: LaurentB - 19th January 2005 at 18:49
A guess on your unidentified turret – top turret from a B-24?
That turret is a late model of the Martin 250 CE, more here:
http://www.twinbeech.com/martin_250ce_upper_turret.htm
Laurent
By: Tigercatno1fan - 19th January 2005 at 18:29
I have recently just come back from the states and one of our stop offs was Seattle (man I loved that city) and I have to agree the Museum of flight especially the PCW was excellent. 🙂
By: Arabella-Cox - 19th January 2005 at 17:28
Won’t be B29, as it’s clear perspex. 29’s were solid due to being remote controlled.
I’m not a turret expert, but it just looks ‘low-profile’ enough to be from a B24, B17 turrets seem to stand a bit taller. Difficult to explain exatcly what I mean…
By: mrhenniger - 19th January 2005 at 17:11
I thought it might be something like that. I don’t know different turrets well at all, but I was thinking B-25, since it does not appear very tall at all.
The thing is, they don’t have a B-24 or B-25 in their collection. They do have a B-17 and B-29.
Mike
By: Arabella-Cox - 19th January 2005 at 16:55
Some excellent photo’s there Mike, thanks for posting them up.
A guess on your unidentified turret – top turret from a B-24?
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