I thought I remembered seeing a P-3 during an Open Depot Day back in 2011, but could be mistaken. If so, thanks for the correction.

Bob

It looks like I got the idea there would be a P-3 from an architect’s concept photo. My apologies.

http://www.cgarchitect.com/2012/05/nationaal-militair-museum-soesterberg-nl

Stirring up trouble :dev2:

There is no P-3 Orion at Soesterberg (yet).

And indeed, those hanging aircraft have caused some controversy among Dutch enthusiasts.

As far as they are concerned the National Military Museum is a step backwards.
Apparently there is less room now to display aircraft, and the storage area has now also become rather limited.

I thought I remembered seeing a P-3 during an Open Depot Day back in 2011, but could be mistaken. If so, thanks for the correction.

I agree, there are probably fewer aircraft on display than in the old museum. We will all probably miss favorites; I didn’t see the F-86 or F-86K in the flybys. But the display halls at the old Militaire Luchtvaartmuseum were dark and very crowded. The aircraft on display in the new building (even though hanging) will be much more visible and accessible than the old halls (I hope).

The preview video looks good; I’m looking forward to seeing the real thing in a couple weeks.

Hope to see you there!

Bob

I believe this Trojan horse of a trailer was discussed here weeks ago…at the time it drew plenty of comments from the usual suspects here about how the Yanks were going to tell everyone how they won the war.
How many times have we heard that?
And it’s not even the real trailer….

My apologies for posting the link, folks. Obviously, as Rick Blaine said to Captain Renault “I was misinformed.” Must admit, though, that I was a bit underwhelmed by this, especially by the B-17 wingover.

To redeem myself, I only just recently watched “Angels One Five,” which I thought a terrific film, despite some of the clunky use of models in some of the aerial combat scenes. Of course, I’m always on board with almost any film with Jack Hawkins (except maybe Dr. Phibes). My favorite bit was the lecture to the defaulter: “Christmas daisies! Where’s my crib!” In many ways it was a worthy miniature predecessor to “The Battle of Britain.”

Have a good week,

Bob