Planes of Fame Museum, Chino, CA. Image heavy...
I finally had some time to go through some photos from the summer. While on a family vacation in California, we spent some time at the Planes of Fame Museum in Chino.
I had seen some of their aircraft at air shows over the years and decided that when the opportunity arose, I would visit their museum. They have a wonderful collection of warbirds, many of which are in flyable condition. One of the highlights for me was the the only flying Mitsubishi Zero with the original Sakae engine. Also, they had a huge collection of model aircraft located in display cases in some of the hangars. You'll see them in the background of some of the photos.
They regularly fly aircraft from their collection and on the day we visited, they flew an Avenger and a Dauntless.
I wanted to share some of the photos, hope this is not too many...
Bell P-39N Airacobra
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G_0442_800.jpg
P-51A Mustang
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G_0449_800.jpg
Mitsubishi A6M5 Zero
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G_0506_800.jpg
Yak 3
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G_0516_800.jpg
Mitsubishi J2M3 Raiden
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G_0518_800.jpg
Messerschmitt Me163 Komet
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G_0535_800.jpg
Messerschmitt Ff109 awaiting restoration
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G_0540_800.jpg
Heinkel He-162
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G_0544_800.jpg
Focke Wulf Fw109D
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G_0556_800.jpg
Mig 21R
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G_0579_800.jpg
Gloster Meteor Mk.4
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G_0593_800.jpg
Distinctive gun ports on the F-86 Sabre
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G_0614_800.jpg
F-100D Super Sabre
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G_0620_800.jpg
F-86 Sabre
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G_0622_800.jpg
North American FJ-3 Fury
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G_0504_800.jpg
Douglas A-4L Skyhawk
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G_0664_800.jpg
Republic RF-84K Thunderflash
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G_0673_800.jpg
Lockheed F-104G Ex German Air Force
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G_0682_800.jpg
The Lockheed P-38J Lightning had it's own hangar
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G_0661_800.jpg
It was undergoing an engine change at the time, beautiful plane though...
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G_0652_800.jpg
Northrop Flying Wing N9MB
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G_0701_800.jpg
North American B-25J Mitchell
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G_0709_800.jpg
In the restoration hangar, a Bell YP-59A Airacomet is being restored back to flight.
It was America's first jet aircraft... can't wait to see it fly
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G_0713_800.jpg
Thanks for looking
Isaac
