Aviation BS and Photo Thread

I thought they had dismantled that.

 

Saw it many years ago in Long Beach. Very impressive.

 

Wow. Thank you Sir

 

Awesome video

 

They took it apart when it got evicted from Long Beach, then it sat unassembled in Oregon while the museum raised money for a new facility to properly display it. It's a pretty cool setup and worth the detour off I-5 if you find yourself traveling south of Portland.

Absolutely worth stopping at, also make sure you go up Mt Hood to Timberline Lodge

 

Tbh my fave museum in the area is Powerland. Go during steam up.

Also evergreen has a F117 now as well.

 

If you’re headed to the Tillamook factory, then add on the Tillamook Air Museum. It’s only a 10 min drive away and is one of the few remaining WWII blimp hangars. Despite the enormous hangar, the museum isn’t that big. You can easily spend several hours, but it wouldn’t be an all day event either.

For me, I really liked that you are allowed to walk up into the Mini Guppy they have on display. On the inside you can see a little bit of how they pieced it together, from the original B377 Stratocruiser airframe to what it is today.

 

I found this at a Surplus store years ago and have had it in every vehicle I have owned since.

 

That's way nicer than the ones we get now. The current ones are so flimsy they end up as one time use items, they tossed after one life cycle.

 

Did it get flown in?

 

Anyone have one of these? This was a gift from my CFI upon return from passing my PPL check-ride at Dutchess County Airport, Poughkeepsie, NY. (A 200 mile flight from my home base field at the time.)

 

Beginning of October had some wonderful night skies.

 

Quite unlikely, it doesn’t have exterior coating or even leading edge panels. It’s currently a bare metal hangar queen.

 

That's going to be quite the restoration project!

 

Trucked afaik.

 

I forgot to share my northern lights from October. First time seeing it from the air like this!

 

Caught this driving into work 7 Oct:

 

My aunt found this watch that my uncle had back in the USAF in the 60’s. She’s giving it to my son to carry on in USAF flying.