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

[cowens727]

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


B-24M


Avro Vulcan B.Mk 2


DHC L-20 Beaver


Curtiss C-46D


Boeing B-52D


Lockheed P-80B


North American F-86H


Republic F-84F


Northrop F-89J


McDonnell F-101


Vought RF-4G


Convair F-106


Convair F-102

[cowens727]

And some more...

Consolidated RB-36H (only RB-36 left, anywhere)








Republic F-105 THUD


Boeing KC-135A


Kaman HH-43B


Grumman SA-16


Avro-Canada CF-100


Boeing B-29


Lockheed SR-71

[Zee71]

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

[steve1840]

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

[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!).

[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.

[cowens727]

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!).

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

[clear_prop]

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.

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. :(

[gonzalu]

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

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

[cowens727]

1 guy to make the coffee...

[cowens727]

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

[Ychocky]

Pretty diverse collection.

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

[lijk604]

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

[cowens727]

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

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.

[clear_prop]

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

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....