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On a recent visit to Washington DC my family and I visited the NMUSMC in Triangle, VA. A fantastic museum and well worth the trip via Metro and Taxi to get there.
Here are most of the aircraft they had on display. Photography was a bit challenging.
DSCF3156 by Bryan Darnell, on Flickr
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F4F-4 Bu12114
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SBD-3 Bu06583?
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TBM-3E Bu85890
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DSCF3176 by Bryan Darnell, on Flickr
IMG_4525 by Bryan Darnell, on Flickr
FG-1A Bu13459
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DSCF3150 by Bryan Darnell, on Flickr
DSCF3199 by Bryan Darnell, on Flickr
F4U-4 Bu97369
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DSCF3221 by Bryan Darnell, on Flickr
DSCF3167 by Bryan Darnell, on Flickr

Post WWII-
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DSCF3187 by Bryan Darnell, on Flickr
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From what I understand, the only aircraft that will be part of the final phase is an F-18

Those are some great displays in a fine looking building.
Thanks for taking the time to post.

Andy

Wow - spectacular photography as far as I'm concerned -- THANKS for posting these! Lotsa great stuff, but the Sikorsky deployment exhibit is especially awesomely done. This is one museum I knew nothing about (and I'm sure there are plenty more) which makes this a particularly interesting post, thanks again.

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A lot more planes than when I was there. Love the SBD's open dive flaps.

For me the most dramatic use of an airframe was the Khe Sanh exhibit.
You enter the room via the ramp of the CH-46- right on to the fire base...
Semper Fi-
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Great photos, thanks. Looks like a real nice museum.

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Wow...!!!!! Very nice...

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Great pics. I was there last September, but only had limited time. I would give it an A+ for museums. The aircraft looked professionally restored or "alive and airworthy" although they aren't. Lots of cool very rare stuff like like an Allis Chalmers "ONTOS" and lots and lots of weapons. Pretty much every thing used by the Marines and their adversaries the last 241 years. Lots of swords and knives used by Marines , pirates, and others going back to the 1700's.
I was there with some former Marines and it felt almost like being on base somewhere. WM's in uniform, an officer receiving some awards in a small ceremony and some new recruits taking an oath of enlistment. A restaurant called "Tunn Tavern complete with active and retired Marines sloshing down beers and burgers. The place is very much alive and real. When you step out of the CH-46 you are standing in a Vietnam era firebase with artillery and the "ONTOS". The tour guide was a Navy Star recipient.
Think I'm going to have to go back.

Great pics. I was there last September, but only had limited time. I would give it an A+ for museums. The aircraft looked professionally restored or "alive and airworthy" although they aren't. Lots of cool very rare stuff like like an Allis Chalmers "ONTOS" and lots and lots of weapons. Pretty much every thing used by the Marines and their adversaries the last 241 years. Lots of swords and knives used by Marines , pirates, and others going back to the 1700's.
I was there with some former Marines and it felt almost like being on base somewhere. WM's in uniform, an officer receiving some awards in a small ceremony and some new recruits taking an oath of enlistment. A restaurant called "Tunn Tavern complete with active and retired Marines sloshing down beers and burgers. The place is very much alive and real. When you step out of the CH-46 you are standing in a Vietnam era firebase with artillery and the "ONTOS". The tour guide was a Navy Star recipient.
Think I'm going to have to go back.

Great pics. I was there last September, but only had limited time. I would give it an A+ for museums. The aircraft looked professionally restored or "alive and airworthy" although they aren't. Lots of cool very rare stuff like like an Allis Chalmers "ONTOS" and lots and lots of weapons. Pretty much every thing used by the Marines and their adversaries the last 241 years. Lots of swords and knives used by Marines , pirates, and others going back to the 1700's.
I was there with some former Marines and it felt almost like being on base somewhere. WM's in uniform, an officer receiving some awards in a small ceremony and some new recruits taking an oath of enlistment. A restaurant called "Tunn Tavern complete with active and retired Marines sloshing down beers and burgers. The place is very much alive and real. When you step out of the CH-46 you are standing in a Vietnam era firebase with artillery and the "ONTOS". The tour guide was a Navy Star recipient.
Think I'm going to have to go back.

Great pics. I was there last September, but only had limited time. I would give it an A+ for museums. The aircraft looked professionally restored or "alive and airworthy" although they aren't. Lots of cool very rare stuff like like an Allis Chalmers "ONTOS" and lots and lots of weapons. Pretty much every thing used by the Marines and their adversaries the last 241 years. Lots of swords and knives used by Marines , pirates, and others going back to the 1700's.
I was there with some former Marines and it felt almost like being on base somewhere. WM's in uniform, an officer receiving some awards in a small ceremony and some new recruits taking an oath of enlistment. A restaurant called "Tunn Tavern complete with active and retired Marines sloshing down beers and burgers. The place is very much alive and real. When you step out of the CH-46 you are standing in a Vietnam era firebase with artillery and the "ONTOS". The tour guide was a Navy Star recipient.
Think I'm going to have to go back.

Loved it so much, he posted 4 times!

(Sorry, just kidding, couldn't resist).

This really does look like a first class memorial to some honourable people.

Andy

Interesting, looks like the replaced the H-19 diorama in the main entry with the H-34 diorama since my last visit. Thanks for posting.

Personally I find some of the aircraft on display there frustrating. Many aircraft hung (some way up high), or mounted above displays and you can only see them by looking straight up, and for many you can't see much, or only one side. I really prefer to see things at ground level. I also prefer a little more representative armament on the jets. Before anyone gets the pitchforks out, please I'm not anti USMC museum, and I realize floor space is at a premium, I just think an aviation wing with most aircraft at ground level would have allowed for much better display.

I liked this also, but really was impressed with the noise and vibration while in the helicopter and the warmer and more humid atmosphere that they physically created once you were in the exhibit. Similar atmosphere was created in the Korean night scene. It was chilly and dark.
Nice effects.
Jerry

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