Air Mobility Command Museum, Part 1

[OldAirmail]

It's been a while, so here I go again.

Actually, it's there I went, to the Air Mobility Command Museum in Dover, Delaware.



They have more than 30 aircraft, and every third Saturday of the month, between March and November, they have an open cockpit day.

And, yes, it is as much fun as it sounds.

You get to climb up into some pretty impressive planes, and check out the cockpits. In some all you can do is bend over a plexiglass barricade to take a picture. In others you can sit in the pilot/co-pilot seats.


Unfortunately, these are my pictures. But hopefully you'll enjoy the pictures anyway.

For now, I'll start with a few engines, and some simulators.











A Link, F-106, and T-38 sim trainer.









And a couple of training aircraft.

[Jetranger]

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Hangers below are what I'm trying to get built see Foto's !

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I designed and programed that Sucker myself

Matter of FACT - it took all my Money too

[OldAirmail]

Mr Jet, I'm very confused.

I sent you my winning lottery ticket.

I even marked it in big block letters (red ink too);
IMPORTANT - WINNING LOTTERY TICKET
DO NOT FOLD, BEND, SPINDLE, OR MUTILATE.

I didn't sign it so you could use it all yourself for this important project of yours.

Don't know when I might win again, so you might want to go to the post office and see if it was delivered somewhere else.


Signed
Now Penniless and Living in the Streets

[Shadowcaster]

Lovely set of pics, that Wasp Major is really is a brute of a motor.

Cheers
Rich

[OldAirmail]

Thanks, Rich.


Yeah it does have a little bit of power.

Horsepower: 2650 normal, 3800 take off
Cylinders: Four rows of 7 cylinders

What a feat of engineering!

[Shadowcaster]

I always though that the Wasp was the biggest piston engine, your pics piqued an interest so I went surfing and found this The Lycoming XR-7755 http://www.aviation-history.com/engines/xr-7755.html .




I'll bet that made a bit of a racket

[OldAirmail]

My immediate question on seeing that monster was "How long, and how many people, does it take to service that"!