Airpower Museum Labor Day Visitors
As mentioned in the FRG thread, we have two special visitors in town ahead of the upcoming Labor Day weekend. "Barbie III", a B-25H, arrived Thursday afternoon, and will be in town for about two weeks. The Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation C-54 arrived today, and will remain through next weekend.
The B-25H is the rare "gun nose" version. In place of the glass nose and bombardier station, it has a solid nose with 4 50-caliber guns and a 75mm cannon. It was used primarily for ground attack and against Japanese shipping. They are offering flights in her next weekend.
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The C-54 is an airborne museum, commemorating the Berlin Airlift. It will be parked at the museum all week, but will only be open to visitors during the holiday weekend.
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Here are a few shots from Friday's ceremonies, commemorating the Berlin Airlift and the WASP program.
Elke Mariotti, now a Huntington resident, was a young child growing up in Berlin during the airlift. Here she talks with two Air Force veterans of the airlift.
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Eleanor Collins Faust prepares for a flight in the museum's WACO. Ms Faust was a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) Program, and learned to fly in a WACO in 1944. Now 87, she took three flights in the aircraft on Friday.
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WCBS-2 reporter Jennifer McLogan prepares a report for the station.
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On the left is Guenter Bier, museum docent and native of Germany. With him is a representative of the German Consulate, and three AF veterans of the Berlin Airlift.
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Great stuff!
That C-54 will be at the Wings and Wheels Expo at TEB next weekend. Hope to see some of you guys there.
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