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1 posted on 06/05/2005 6:12:37 AM PDT by Budgie
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To: Budgie

Thanx for sharing!

And welcome to FR


2 posted on 06/05/2005 6:14:31 AM PDT by nuconvert (No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR) [there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
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To: Budgie

Oops, the graphic I mentioned above is here


http://aam.iwm.org.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.1105


3 posted on 06/05/2005 6:14:54 AM PDT by Budgie
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Pong


4 posted on 06/05/2005 6:15:09 AM PDT by nuconvert (No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR) [there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
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Welcome to FR Budgie! Thanks for posting these great pictures.


5 posted on 06/05/2005 6:15:44 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Budgie

Looks like my bedroom ceiling when I was a kid, (at least the prop planes) :)

Great pics.


7 posted on 06/05/2005 6:17:43 AM PDT by Vinnie
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Welcome to FR.

Looks rather claustrophobic....
8 posted on 06/05/2005 6:18:11 AM PDT by MikefromOhio (www.huntershope.org)
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Wow! Thank you for posting this. I had no idea that there was an American air museum anywhere outside of the US. It looks like their collection of more "modern" airplanes rivals that of the Wright Patterson AFB museum! I didn't expect to see either a B-52 or an SR-71. And having more than 1 B-17 is most impressive!

Mark

9 posted on 06/05/2005 6:19:25 AM PDT by MarkL (I've got a fever, and the only prescription is MORE COWBELL!!!)
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To: Budgie

Neat! Thanks.


10 posted on 06/05/2005 6:21:17 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (Grant no power to government you would not want your worst enemies to wield against you.)
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To: Budgie; Aeronaut; Criminal Number 18F

Ping (love that shot of Habu).


12 posted on 06/05/2005 6:26:03 AM PDT by Archangelsk (Handbasket, hell. Get used to the concept.)
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Much thanks,

The picture of the suspended F-100 resurrected an old memory from a deployment to Tyndall AFB in Florida with our F-4c's.  Some of our old F-100s had been converted to drones.  As one of them taxied out some of the older crew chiefs stopped what they were doing and just stared.  Some of the pilots who had flown that bird were still with us and you can imagine what they were thinking when they lined up on it. 

14 posted on 06/05/2005 6:26:13 AM PDT by Racehorse (Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.)
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Thanks. It was good to see the B-24 like my dad flew out of England in WWII (the Lucky Lady Bett). Love this stuff!


15 posted on 06/05/2005 6:27:03 AM PDT by Laserman
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To: MS.BEHAVIN

ping to aircraft photos.


16 posted on 06/05/2005 6:27:07 AM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Budgie

Great photos, welcome and great name for an aviation buff...;-)


19 posted on 06/05/2005 6:53:19 AM PDT by Khurkris (I need a new tagline..let me work on it a while.)
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To: Budgie

Bigger and better than when I was at Duxford in '86. It also had a nice collection of heavy tanks at that time. The active airstrip was a nice surprise to me at the time. I remember that a P-40 and a Spit came in while I was taking my lunch.


20 posted on 06/05/2005 7:02:07 AM PDT by SampleMan
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To: Budgie

Great pics. Thanks.


21 posted on 06/05/2005 7:07:03 AM PDT by RckyRaCoCo ("When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk!")
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To: Budgie

Great photos. Reminds me of the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, FL. Beautiful place. I heard it got hit pretty hard during Hurrican Ivan. Hope they didn't lose too many aircraft.


24 posted on 06/05/2005 7:21:36 AM PDT by Drew68 (IYAOYAS! Semper Gumby!)
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Looks to be a great collection of aircraft.

The USAF museum in Dayton Ohio is a treasure also and well worth a visit. Please drop some cash in the box there for gifts as it is not taxpayer funded.


25 posted on 06/05/2005 7:24:54 AM PDT by RicocheT
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Thanks very much for the pictures. I visited Duxfore twice in 1992, and they didn't have all of those aircraft then, such as the SR-71.

I know they keep as many of the aircraft in flight condition as possible, but I doubt even the Imperial War Museum has the funds to keep an SR-71 or a B-52 flyable.


26 posted on 06/05/2005 7:28:55 AM PDT by jimtorr
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Thanks for the great photos! My Dad was a C-47 pilot.
27 posted on 06/05/2005 7:30:16 AM PDT by Tuba Guy (' Only YOU Can Prevent Hillary! ')
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Great Pictures! If anyone has an interest in the SR-71 or Stealth fighter, I highly recommend "Skunk Works" by Ben Rich (just finished reading it). Rich worked at Skunk Works for most of his career and was in charge of it for over 20 years. It is an amazing read. I never realized how "old" the stealth fighter & SR-71 really are and that stealth technology actually came from a Russian scientist!


32 posted on 06/05/2005 7:39:53 AM PDT by DollarBill
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