Yanks Air Museum upgrades (satellite photos)

[Rob Mears]

I hadn't realized that Yanks Air Museum had added a hangar and given a facelift to the entrance of the facility.

http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=33.979271&lon=-117.646439&z=19.1&r=0&src=msa

If you toggle between 'Google Maps' and 'Microsoft VE' you can see the obvious changes. I've been seeing the same Google Earth maps since around 2001. Not sure when the Microsoft VE images were recorded.

Unfortunately, the border of the more recent satellite imagery stops just west of Yanks Air Museum's property line. Beyond that, it''s the same images from Google's database, thus no new images of the rest of the Chino Airport are available.

[bdk]

This area is now paved ramp:

http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=33.977407&lon=-117.641385&z=18.1&r=0&src=ggl

There are new "country club" hangars in this area:

http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=33.978846&lon=-117.637784&z=18.1&r=0&src=ggl

Yanks has also taken over this hangar and is using it for storage:

http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=33.980414&lon=-117.64668&z=19.1&r=0&src=msa

THey've also moved their Convair to the west side of that hangar.

Planes of Fame has a parking lot here now:

http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=33.98222&lon=-117.639322&z=19.1&r=0&src=msa

The roof has yet to be installed on the new hangar (which has been occupied for at least a year- jets & air racers):

http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=33.982487&lon=-117.639641&z=19.1&r=0&src=msa

And this is the location of the P-38 Association hangar which was dedicated at last year's air show:

http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=33.98284&lon=-117.639975&z=19.1&r=0&src=msa