Here are some photos from a recent visit to the Military Aviation Museum in Virginia. I was amazed
at the amount of rare warbirds present. And almost all of their arircraft are in flyable condition.
Curtiss Commando C-46 flyover
Yak-3
This Fairchild PT-19A took up a passenger despite high crosswinds
Never seen one of these before, a de Haviland DH-82 “Dragon Rapide”
FG-1D Corsair
Aichi D3A Val replica
Boeing P-26 Peashooter
Lavochkin LA-9
P-51D Mustang - Double Trouble Two
Supermarine Spitfire Mk 1Xe - note the shadow of the unique elliptical wing shape
Superb attention to detail on the Spitfire machine gun
Hawker Hurricane
Focke Wulfe FW-190 kicks up some dust
North American-T28-D Trojan
Junkers Ju 52 - interesting corrugated construction
B-25 "Wild Cargo"
PBY 5-A Catalina
Cockpit of the Catalina
Boeing B-17G "Chuckie"
B-17 Control yoke - years of wear shown here.
B-17 Bombardier view - the best view in the plane
One thing I learned from this trip is that I need a fisheye lens!!!
Thanks for looking...
Isaac
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