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January 30, 2008 at 9:50 pm in reply to: Museum owning an Arado 196 instrument panel wanted! #1285339

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The Finns and Romanians also operated the aircraft. Perhaps one of their archives might have information? Any Finns or Romanians out there that have any ideas on where to look?

January 30, 2008 at 1:51 pm in reply to: Interesting Wreck Photos #1286160

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WOW! Quite a collection of wreck photos. Would have liked more info and captions at LEAST! But the internet is free!:D

January 30, 2008 at 12:45 pm in reply to: Museums with Axis equipment #1286180

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Marcus
Here are a couple sites to add to your USA list

National Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola FL
Zero A6M-2,NIK2-J George, N1K Rex
http://www.navalaviationmuseum.org

Flying Heritage Collection
Fiesler Storch, FI-103, Bf109-E, Mitsubishi Zero, FW190-A, Me262, V-2
http://www.flyingheritage.com/

January 29, 2008 at 5:21 pm in reply to: The F-84 Mystery!! #1287280

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Correction….US Navy ran out of B-17’s to use as target drones and used F-84s:D

January 29, 2008 at 4:55 pm in reply to: The F-84 Mystery!! #1287442

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A little digging, looks like 80 F-84s were converted and used as drones

F-84kx converted

F-84B, US Navy target drone conversions.
Assigned BuNo. 142269 / 142348.

January 29, 2008 at 2:11 pm in reply to: The F-84 Mystery!! #1287660

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Lack of spares…ties into the current running thread of why aren’t more museum types flying……can’t get parts! The early days of jets had a very short “shelf life” Changing technology was making “new” jets nearly obsolete by the time they reached production. A few older types did hang around a bit, but to keep them flying now IS a matter of spares and overtimed airframes. They are retiring F-15s that are worn out and they still have parts available for those.

Could have sworn I had seen a clip of the bird being blasted by missiles, but then again…blurry black and white film shot from miles away…..:o

January 29, 2008 at 1:34 pm in reply to: The F-84 Mystery!! #1287680

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Air Force ran out of B-17s to use as target drones?:rolleyes:

January 28, 2008 at 4:40 pm in reply to: Museum Aircraft-flyable? #1288920

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Aircraft are VERY complex bits of machinery. This means, more things likely to be a problem the longer it has sat around. Rubber seals, joints, hoses and tubing break down, metal corrodes and stresses. Say you take a car and just “park it” for 30 years. Do you think you can just top off the fuel, change the oil, put in a battery add some new tires and off you go? More likely, change all the belts and hoses as well, check for corrosion IN the engine, carefully disassemble and reassemble EVERYTHING that moves. Then test drive it. If there is a problem, pull over and call a truck. With aircraft, multiply every complexity by at least 10, and then again, you can’t just pull over and wait for a tow!

Lots of time and LOTS of money can make almost anything fly. Spares are a problem and custom parts would have to be fabricated. Last but not least, find someone brave enough or Crazy enough to test fly it!

January 27, 2008 at 11:22 pm in reply to: F104 Starfighter project #225895

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WOW!!! Wonderful detailing.

January 27, 2008 at 11:04 pm in reply to: I'm being spoiled :) #1289617

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Watched “The War Lover” last night myself. Great clips of the B-17, especially the ones buzzing the field at under 10′ altitude!!! Wow!! Good candidate for low flyers category! Lots of clips of 109’s and 190’s whizzing past as well. Good blend of real footage with movie footage. Well done.
Robert Wagner and Steve McQueen….both VERY young!

January 25, 2008 at 2:08 am in reply to: Deactivated Guns #1292929

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Just in the news today, a live rocket round in a museums collection. Someone is in trouble!!

Cumberland, Maryland – History could have come to life in very much the wrong way at a veterans’ museum where a rocket on display for two years was discovered to be live.

After Allegany County authorities were notified Wednesday that the Mark 1 rocket on display in Cumberland might be live, the state fire marshal’s office and the FBI confirmed it was. Bomb experts removed the ordnance and rendered it safe.

The 122-centimetre-by-7-centimetre rocket was similar to those used on helicopter gun ships during the Vietnam War, said Deputy State Fire Marshal Joseph Zurolo Jr. A local veteran donated it to the museum, which is in a chapter of the Vietnam Veterans of America, Zurolo said.

Authorities are investigating how the man came to possess the live ordnance. – Sapa-AP

January 23, 2008 at 4:28 pm in reply to: Blenheim Mk. IV "BL-200" #1294673

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Really shaping up. Great job done! Such a rare bird, good to see it getting attention.
Thanks for the updates and translations

January 22, 2008 at 10:11 pm in reply to: p-40 #225984

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Here is a link to a web page with a good handful of different make and model kits

http://aviationtrivia.homestead.com/P40aircraft.html

January 22, 2008 at 3:52 pm in reply to: Where is this Museum? #1296057

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At least it appears that the cameraman was shooting from outside the fence and NOT breaking in. Or at least he did not include any :rolleyes: shots!

January 22, 2008 at 3:46 pm in reply to: Birds on poles #1296067

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Here is my contribution. 1-Blue Angel at rest stop on the interstate I-10 rest stop Pensacola, FL.

2-USN Aviation Museum Pensacola
3-Bodo Air Museum Norway
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