Closed air museum in Amarillo, Tx

[GARY HILTON]

Late last month I stopped in Amarillo, I can't remember the name of the major airport there, but on the north-west side of the airport I noticed some Viet-Nam vintage a/c outside....I parked my rig and went inside..I was informed by some people there that this museum was closed and were in the process of moving out all the aircraft... Still there was....DeHaviland Caribu.....UH-1 Slick.....Bell Cobra.....F-84....Mohawk.....F-100.(it is to be mounted on a pole off I-40 on the East side of town)....F-8 Corsair???(jet)....CRS is setting in, but I believe there were 1or 2 more....Inside there was a rocket engine from a Titan missle...bound for a museum in New Mexico...lots of different types of a/c parts...a (shaky-Jake) Jacobs off a Cessna U-78....and lots of Cobra parts....I did'nt know this museum existed......wonder what the fate of the rest of the a/c will be....The people there told me that the Caribu had been started about a year ago....but it looks like it probably will be scrapped on location....what a shame...Gary

[bax101]

on my why to oklahoma i noticed that place as well when i was on the high way i could see all the helicopters outside. I just thought it was an Army base.

[GARY HILTON]

I think there is military on the field, when I was there I saw a commercia airliner land, and a twin Commander doing some "crash-and-dashes"....Somebody told me that the Osprey is built there at the airport too, maybe this was the choppers that you saw?...............Gary

[mrhenniger]

Thanks for the report Gary!

I did'nt know this museum existed......

It is listed in the Locator...

http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/Locator.php ... ,Type=F-84

I have just included a new entry to note the possibility of the F-84 being mounted. If you happen to be back in the area and note anything new please let me know.

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Regards,

Mike

[b17engineer]

I was on a tour stop there with Setimental Journey a couple of years ago and they had some pretty cool stuff to look at. Nice pople too. I'm sorry to hear they are closed.

RICK

[b17engineer]

D'oh!!!!!!! hat should be Sentimental Journey.

RICK

[GARY HILTON]

Shoot, Rick....I'm an ole hillbilly.....If you hadn't on mentined it, I would never half sien yer miss steak! Gary