Planes of Fame-part 5

[beaky]

Some more beauties from Chino...

A marvelous flying replica of the Laird-Turner Meteor.

     


This sweet P-51 is one of several WWII planes here bought as surplus after limited Stateside service and painted in tribute to a combat plane.

     


Likewise this early Thunderbolt...

     


This P-39 is not flyable, unfortunately.

     


An original nose salvaged from a B-25 gunship... I like this a lot.

     


Even better, and a rare treat: this is an original Hanriot HD-1, which was brought back from the war in Europe by Charles Nungesser, who  barnstormed in it around the USA and flew it for the movies. It's not airworthy anymore... too bad.

     

     


Another surplus warbird- this P-38J had less than 150 hours on it when it was sold by the government...
a real creampuff.




Next: part 6

[Layne.]

Nice set there rotty
Theres a lot of guns on that B-25 nose and it reminds me of vikings
P-38J Is pretty cool thats my 2nd fave WWII plane

[a1]

The P-51 looks really good. How I wish I could Go to a museum like that one.

[Omag 2.0]

An amazing collection they keep there... wonderfull. Do any of these birds see any action? Or are they stored all year long?

[beaky]

An amazing collection they keep there... wonderfull. Do any of these birds see any action? Or are they stored all year long?

They do flight demos some weekends, and some of them do the airshow circuit. Then there's film and TV stuff... Pearl Harbor, for example.

[RichieB16]

More great photos, thanks for sharing.  I think I would really enjoy this museum.  I love the shot of the Ravorback P-47 (I don't think I've ever seen one of those).  Plus, Charles Nussenger's plane would be a cool thing to see...a real pioneer aviator.