Museum of Flying/Santa Monica Pictures ( 56K beware)

Sat Jan 05, 2008 5:19 pm

I have been sorting out pictures from my collection, more to come!

Sat Jan 05, 2008 5:28 pm

Nice Photos, what zackley is the first one?

Sat Jan 05, 2008 5:32 pm

Good question Gary, I always wondered myself!
This is what I got off the N#
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNumSQL.asp?NNumbertxt=19131&cmndfind.x=17&cmndfind.y=11

Sat Jan 05, 2008 5:53 pm

cg51, I looked it up, check this out....Aviation is an exciting field, I'd love to have been in my early 20's back then

http://inventors.about.com/od/dstartinv ... _goose.htm

Sat Jan 05, 2008 6:07 pm

I never new what that airplane was, It was parked just west of the Museum on the north side of the field, I never seen it fly! I spent a few summers on the airport during the time my dad was head of the restoration team on the Bearcat and Zero. Thanks for the link

Sat Jan 05, 2008 9:12 pm

Here are a couple of shots of the Bearcat Bu# 95255, N58204 during the restoration, that is my dad (the sheet metal wizard) standing by the right main gear in the first shot. The Bearcat in now with Rod Lewis

Sat Jan 05, 2008 9:23 pm

ack! That is an ugly sabre. Give me bare metal any day.
Great pics though, love the Brit mustangs.

Sun Jan 06, 2008 12:04 am

Interesting, looks like that Clark Duramold plane has had a number of different engines over the years: http://lisar.larc.nasa.gov/IMAGES/SMALL ... 00186.jpeg
http://www.aerofiles.com/fair-46a.jpg (Ranger power?)

And in the other pictures already in this thread, it looks like it's had the nose of a BT-13 grafted on.

Sun Jan 06, 2008 5:13 pm

Please, I will appreciate any assistance identifying the P51 B or C (picture #3).
Many thanks,
John

Sun Jan 06, 2008 5:17 pm

That P51C is now flying as Princess Elizabeth with Jim Beasley

Sun Jan 06, 2008 8:11 pm

As always you have posted some great stuff. Thanks

I love the older pics.
Robbie

Sun Jan 06, 2008 8:29 pm

Where is Miss Fit these days???

TIA,

Lynn

Sun Jan 06, 2008 9:13 pm

Miss Fit is now with Charles Osborne flying as Shangri-La. I got my first Mustang ride in Miss Fit back in 1992

Sun Jan 06, 2008 9:19 pm

Here a few shots from the 1991 Museum of Flying Auction.

Mon Jan 07, 2008 11:22 pm

cg51 wrote:Miss Fit is now with Charles Osborne flying as Shangri-La. I got my first Mustang ride in Miss Fit back in 1992

Roger that and thanks, I have some shots of her at Reno when she was The Jackie C in 78th colors...

Lynn