Where was I?

[mustangdriver]

My friends and I were lost in Indiana not too far from Indianapolis, and we stumbled across this airfield of some sort. On it it had a garage that had several stalls on it with Army Tanks in it. I remember seeing an A-4 I think and a PBR river rat boat, and of all things a training device for the Apollo program. It looked like more aircraft were in the woods. We have no idea what this is. Any ideas?

[bdk]

http://www.aero-web.org/museums/in/imomh.htm?????

Indiana Military Museum 4305 Bruceville Rd. Vincennes, IN 47591 Telephone: 812-882-8668 Directions: 2 mi south of US 41/150/50 interchange. Open: Daily 8-5. Large collection of vehicles & artifacts from Civil War to present, mostly WWII.

http://www.vcsc.k12.in.us/Alumni/distalum/osborne/Osborne,%20Jim.htm

Could be here as well: http://www.ropkeyarmormuseum.com/tours.htm

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[mustangdriver]

That was it! Thanks. We had no idea where we were as that is not where we were going that day. Very cool place.

[mrhenniger]

Mustangdriver,

I don't have that one in the Locator, although no big surprise as I really haven't researched Indiana yet. Can you help me with an exact location? The address given by Brandon above does not match the rough description of the location.

Mike

[gtokid]

It's definately Ropkey's. He owns the Sherman used in the movie "Tank". The site you found on Indy's west side is the original location. Like you said, there's a small airfield there with a few aircraft, tanks, etc., but most of the armor collection has been moved to a new location in Crawfordsville, IN. Mr. Ropkey's collection has been featured on the History Channel in different shows.

Todd

[mustangdriver]

Mustangdriver,

I don't have that one in the Locator, although no big surprise as I really haven't researched Indiana yet. Can you help me with an exact location? The address given by Brandon above does not match the rough description of the location.

Mike

I am not sure how much help I will be, but I will try. We were lost as hell.

[gtokid]

Mike, the address of the location Mustangdriver saw is:

6424 W 79th St
Indianapolis, IN 46278

Ropkey sold the property for big $$$, hence the move to the Crawfordsville address. Not sure where the aircraft were moved, but Mr. Ropkey himself said the his son has the X-14 aircraft. Bought it government surplus....guess it was going to be scrapped at Ft. Rucker. I believe he also said they had an airworthy PV-2 at one time, but they didn't have the $$$ to keep it flying so they sold it.

[RickH]

I had my hand on the X-14 in Feb. Rick also has a UH-1C, an Antonov, Stearman, Fleet, and an O2. The new place at Crawfordsville is beautiful and has a grass strip. The tanks, jeeps, and the PBR are already there.

[mrhenniger]

Is this the new place?
http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&hl=en&ge ... &z=16&om=1

Should the pointer move north, south, east or west? If so how far?

Mike

[PJ]

What Ropkey had was a P2V-Neptune. What the American Military Heritage Foundation has is a PV-2 Harpoon.
PJ

[RickH]

No, the new place is on the east side of Crawfordsville, Indiana. I found it but am map challenged and don't know how to extract the coordinates.

[gtokid]

What Ropkey had was a P2V-Neptune. What the American Military Heritage Foundation has is a PV-2 Harpoon.
PJ

My bad...got my numbers/letters mixed up. I should have just said Neptune

Mike, the pointer is about right...for the old location, which is now a subdivision.

The new location is 5649 E. 150 North Crawfordsville, IN 47933. The satellite view seems abit older....I don't see the new buildings. When I was there alittle over a year ago, the aircraft weren't there. But the view looks right, it's in the middle of nowhere.....lots of room to expand!

[mrhenniger]

No, the new place is on the east side of Crawfordsville, Indiana. I found it but am map challenged and don't know how to extract the coordinates.

To learn how to find the coordintes go to...

http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/Locator.html#Maps

...and scroll down to...

"How do I use Google Maps to get coordinates?"

Thanks for the help. Street addresses are only approximations in Google.

Mike

[mrhenniger]

EDIT - Double Post

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[Tulio]

Mike:


http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/p ... ght=ropkey


To find the Ropkey Armor Museum, take Interstate 74; either way, exit on HWY 32 and head EAST, for about 1/4 mile.

Make a (L) turn onto 550 EAST road.

Head (N) on 550E for about one mile until you come to a "T" intersection.

This will be 150N road.

Make a (R) turn here, and on the first driveway on your (R) is the entrance to the museum.. It is a white fence, there will be a house on your left, keep driving on the gravel road, and follow it for a very short distance to the museum

And these are the coordinates for the main building:

40 03'33.48" N
86 47'47.73" W


Saludos,


Tulio