New England Air Museum Photos

[Subnuts]

I went with my aunt Barbara to the New England Air Museum yesterday, the first time I'd been in about three years. She hadn't even been there in 40 years, and much to my surprise, she really enjoyed it, and wants to go back sometime in the next couple years. I took 123 pictures in total, but unfortunately, my batteries died before I could take any pictures of the outdoor exhibit. I'll start with some photos from the military aviation hangar.

Model aircraft hanging in the entrance hall:


F-100 Super Sabre:


JB-2 "Loon" drone with A-4 in backgroud:


An F-14A Tomcat, a newer display that first appeared in 2006:


An F-86F Sabre (because bare metal is cool!):


An F6F Hellcat, which survived the war in the Pacific, a gears-up landing, the 1979 tornado that destroyed the old museum, and almost a decade left rotting in the field:


This B-25 Mitchell isn't messing around. Note the 75mm cannon in the nose, used for shooting at merchant ships:


XF4U-4 Corsair:


The F-105 Thunderchief is so big, I couldn't take a decent picture of it!


A museum volunteer demonstrates how the P-47 was flown to a visitor. Yes, the control surfaces still respond to the movements of the control column and rudder pedals. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to stick around, since my wheelchair-bound Aunt ran into a guy on crutches, and the two engaged in a long conversation about healthcare:

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This plane was used by the Civil Air Patrol during World War II. There's a small bomb under the fuselage, if you look closely:


Looking up at the bow of the Sikorsky VS-44 "Excambian" flying boat:


Moving around to the side, here's a good look at the first quarter of the fuselage:


Looking down the plane to the rear:


The rear quarter of the VS-44:


Would you fly one of these?:


This Lockheed Electra was only three places down the production line from the one that Amelia Earhart disappeared in:


A gondola from a USN ASW dirigible that's been undergoing restoration for almost 15 years. This thing is as big as two story building!


A replica Gee Bee Model R Super Sportster, which Barbara loved so much I'm thinking of putting in a marriage proposal for her:


This is the closest I came to getting a good view of the entire VS-44:

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More from the civil hangar, and the 58th Bomb Wing Memorial.

Marcus-Bromberg R-3 Racer:


A Burt Rutan composite ultralight from the mid-1970s:


An ASW drone helicopter from the 1960s (can't remember what it's called):


Looking up the rear end of a DC-3:


B-29A "Hack's Jack". This plane was severely damaged during the tornado, left outside until 2000ish, and was completely restored in 2003:


As you can see, it's impossible to take a picture of the entire plane all at once:


One would assume that they chose to paint their B-29 in these markings simply because they were the least offensive ones imaginable:


This is me trying to make my subject look big and imposing. Did I succeed?

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Odds and Ends.

Closeup view of the turret of a TBM-3E Avenger:


16-inch shells used by the Iowa-Class battleship:


Interior of the E-1B 'Tracer' cockpit simulator. You can climb inside and mess around with all the switches and knobs.


A Midget Racer from the 1940s:


An RL-10 rocket, the same kind used in the upper stage of the Saturn 1:


1936 Indian motorcycle:


Oh the humanity! Parts of the Hindenburg!


A tractor tug used to move aircraft during World War II:


The only picture I could take of the outdoor exhibit:



Bullet-riddled propeller blades from an RAF A-20 Havoc shot down during WWII:

[Platapus]

Never get tired of visiting aerospace museums.

[SUBMAN1]

Awesome pics!

I should do one from out here too. We have a flying B-29 this side. Last flying B-29 I know of.

-S

[Blacklight]

I live about a half hour away from that. It's been years since I've been there. I actually offered to take my wife up there the other day actually coincidentally. She flatly refused stating how much she hates air/space museums (That's all her dad used to take her to CONSTANTLY when she was little).
I'm with her dad. You can never get enough air/space museums !

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by Blacklight

I live about a half hour away from that. It's been years since I've been there. I actually offered to take my wife up there the other day actually coincidentally. She flatly refused stating how much she hates air/space museums (That's all her dad used to take her to CONSTANTLY when she was little).
I'm with her dad. You can never get enough air/space museums !

That's right, you can never get enough!

[Subnuts]

I've uploaded all 121 images taken during my visit to this site:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/2741763...7605513023519/

Hope you like them!

[PeriscopeDepth]

Thank you for the pictures!

PD

[HunterICX]

Great pictures,

thanks for sharing

HunterICX