Air and Space Museum

AVGWarhawk · 11-13-06, 01:53 PM

I went this weekend to the new Air and Space museum Chantilly VA this weekend. They had the F-14 Tomcat from the USS Abraham Lincoln on the floor already. 4 weeks after retirement of the F-14 and there she sat with her new display for her. Really a cool aircraft when you can see it 2 feet away from you.

Konovalov · 11-13-06, 01:59 PM

Any nice pics that you can share with us?

AVGWarhawk · 11-13-06, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Konovalov

Any nice pics that you can share with us?

I do not have a digital camera. My kids spend my money for me.

I had my 35mm but the battery was dead. I purchased a disposible camera. I was definitly cool seeing this plane after watching the Discovery Channel program on the retirment and see them leave the USS Abraham Lincoln for the last time.

11-13-06, 02:09 PM

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I went this weekend to the new Air and Space museum Chantilly VA this weekend. They had the F-14 Tomcat from the USS Abraham Lincoln on the floor already. 4 weeks after retirement of the F-14 and there she sat with her new display for her. Really a cool aircraft when you can see it 2 feet away from you.

Big airplane isn't it? Only four feet shorter than the WWII era B-17.

AVGWarhawk · 11-13-06, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

I went this weekend to the new Air and Space museum Chantilly VA this weekend. They had the F-14 Tomcat from the USS Abraham Lincoln on the floor already. 4 weeks after retirement of the F-14 and there she sat with her new display for her. Really a cool aircraft when you can see it 2 feet away from you.

Big airplane isn't it? Only four feet shorter than the WWII era B-17.

It is a large airplane but not as big as you think when standing next to it. I was so close I could touch the nose. What an awesome aircraft with such a great flying record. It felt like I was in company of greatness. Truly an engineering marvel.

Konovalov · 11-13-06, 02:24 PM

It would be great to get one over here in the UK as I have not had the pleasure of viewing one either flying or static up close and personal. Perhaps I should write to Duxford Aviation Museum? :hmm:

11-13-06, 02:57 PM

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It is a large airplane but not as big as you think when standing next to it. I was so close I could touch the nose. What an awesome aircraft with such a great flying record. It felt like I was in company of greatness. Truly an engineering marvel.

For an aircraft carrier its a huge A/C. The F-15 LOA is 64 feet, F-16 LOA is 49.5 feet, F-18 is 55 LOA and the F-4 was 63 feet LOA.

Space on the floating airfield is very precious.

AVGWarhawk · 11-13-06, 03:01 PM

I tell you something for as big as it is....that plane could move!!!! The air intakes are huge. Just a real state of the art piece of equipment. Sorry to see it go....Space is of a premium on a carrier. No doubt. What to they hold? Something by the way of 70 aircraft in all?

11-13-06, 01:53 PM	#1
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,265 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Air and Space Museum I went this weekend to the new Air and Space museum Chantilly VA this weekend. They had the F-14 Tomcat from the USS Abraham Lincoln on the floor already. 4 weeks after retirement of the F-14 and there she sat with her new display for her. Really a cool aircraft when you can see it 2 feet away from you. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

11-13-06, 01:59 PM	#2
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11-13-06, 02:24 PM	#6
Konovalov Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: High Wycombe, Bucks, UK Posts: 2,811 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	It would be great to get one over here in the UK as I have not had the pleasure of viewing one either flying or static up close and personal. Perhaps I should write to Duxford Aviation Museum? :hmm: __________________ "In a Christian context, sexuality is traditionally seen as a consequence of the Fall, but for Muslims, it is an anticipation of paradise. So I can say, I think, that I was validly converted to Islam by a teenage French Jewish nudist." Sheikh Abdul-Hakim Murad (Timothy Winter)

11-13-06, 03:01 PM	#8
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,265 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I tell you something for as big as it is....that plane could move!!!! The air intakes are huge. Just a real state of the art piece of equipment. Sorry to see it go....Space is of a premium on a carrier. No doubt. What to they hold? Something by the way of 70 aircraft in all? __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road