Castle Air Museum- A****er, CA 2-2-13 (Image Heavy)

Had the good fortune to head to Castle Air Museum while out in California visiting a friend. Decided to go to the museum on super bowl Sunday, which meant we had the place to ourselves (helps that the 49er's were playing). Enjoy!

B-17G
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B-24M
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Avro Vulcan B.Mk 2
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DHC L-20 Beaver
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Curtiss C-46D
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Boeing B-52D
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Lockheed P-80B
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8235/8...25fbb91f_b.jpg

North American F-86H
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Republic F-84F
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Northrop F-89J
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McDonnell F-101
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8251/8...f457f305_b.jpg

Vought RF-4G
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Convair F-106
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8374/8...2628925e_b.jpg

Convair F-102
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8093/8...f989500f_b.jpg

And some more...

Consolidated RB-36H (only RB-36 left, anywhere)
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Republic F-105 THUD
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8519/8...22ba0c6e_b.jpg

Boeing KC-135A
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8523/8...bec8facb_b.jpg

Kaman HH-43B
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8101/8...6eeac94e_b.jpg

Grumman SA-16
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8234/8...6094dd45_b.jpg

Avro-Canada CF-100
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8102/8...093f0534_b.jpg

Boeing B-29
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8526/8...665cb845_b.jpg

Lockheed SR-71
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8506/8...22ba3254_b.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8390/8...8c9def7b_b.jpg

Very nice set of some vintage birds. Awesome light as well.

Looks like they have quite the collection there! Nice work!

Best part of this thread: the censored name of the town! Good thing no one ever tries to talk about former HW Bush political adviser Lee A****er (oops!) or the architectural flourishes of the A****er Metro station in Montreal (eek!), or A****er Village, a pretty cool neighborhood in LA just east of Hollywood (yikes!).

Yeah, the collection is pretty extensive, lot's of rare birds from all eras. The B-36 is the highlight seeing as how only 3 are left on display anywhere in the world, and Castle has the only RB-36 left. Well worth the $10 admission.

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Originally Posted by Mateo

Best part of this thread: the censored name of the town! Good thing no one ever tries to talk about former HW Bush political adviser Lee A****er (oops!) or the architectural flourishes of the A****er Metro station in Montreal (eek!), or A****er Village, a pretty cool neighborhood in LA just east of Hollywood (yikes!).

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For a minute I had no idea what that was all about....spelled it out in my head and realized.

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Originally Posted by cowens727

Yeah, the collection is pretty extensive, lot's of rare birds from all eras. The B-36 is the highlight seeing as how only 3 are left on display anywhere in the world, and Castle has the only RB-36 left. Well worth the $10 admission.

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Castle has an awesome collection, and a few times a year they have an open cockpit day. They don't let you go through the tunnel in the B-36 though. :(

A t w a t e r, what's the big deal? :tongue: TERRIFIC set of pictures, great collection!

What the heck did the 22 people on the B-36 do? that is a huge crew...

1 guy to make the coffee...

Also, for how massive the Peacemaker is, that tunnel looked pretty small from the bomb bay.

Pretty diverse collection.

I am biased but the Beaver and the Canuck are beautiful ;)

Nice catalog of relics there. Have to put it on the list of museums to visit.

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Originally Posted by lijk604

Nice catalog of relics there. Have to put it on the list of museums to visit.

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If you're out in the SF area and decide to go to Yosemite it is on the way. Only about a 2 and a half hour ride. Yosemite is spectacular, btw.

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Originally Posted by cowens727

Also, for how massive the Peacemaker is, that tunnel looked pretty small from the bomb bay.

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Yeah, the tunnel is not for the claustrophobic. I wonder if they used to measure the shoulders of potential crews to make sure they would fit....