More NAS OLATHE photos

Thu Jun 25, 2009 11:48 am

Thu Jun 25, 2009 11:51 am

Nice pics! It always struck me as funny the Navy facilities out in the middle of the Great Plains! I knew someone who was trained as a sailor with a plywood ship! I guess not everyone in the Navy even sees water!

Thu Jun 25, 2009 12:00 pm

Awesome Pics !!!!

Thanks for sharing!!!

Thu Jun 25, 2009 12:14 pm

Great pics. More please!

Thu Jun 25, 2009 1:13 pm

AWESOME PHOTOS!!!!

Man, no kidding, those are just freakin' fantastic... do you have these in a larger size, perchance?

Thanks for sharing these, please feel free to flood the board with this stuff!

Cheers-

Lynn

Thu Jun 25, 2009 1:28 pm

Nice, love the Ford (Skyray) pics!

Thu Jun 25, 2009 1:43 pm

I only scanned a few of the million photos that are at the Combat Air museum in Topeka, KS - about an hour from Olathe. The Olathe NAS museum shut down in 2004 and gave most of their stuff to Topeka. I was blown away by the types flown out of Olathe - Helldivers, Avengers, hellcats, Corsairs, bearcats, PB4Ys, Neptunes, Skyrays, Skyhawks, Corair IIs, and even Crusaders! Lots of pics of all the types. I will be scanning more soon.

Thu Jun 25, 2009 2:20 pm

gotta love those F4Ds!! Another type I'd love to see flying again but never will.

Tom P.

Thu Jun 25, 2009 4:00 pm

What is the story of the Cosair found just south of the base in a barn near Gardner,Ks. I was told it was a birdcage corsair and went to NZ. Any truth to it?

Thu Jun 25, 2009 8:07 pm

Do you have any pictures of PV-2 Harpoons? I know they were stationed at Olathe. Thanks.

PJ
PV-2 Harpoon "Hot Stuff"
www.amhf.org

Thu Jun 25, 2009 8:11 pm

I saw a few Harpoon photos, but I did not scan them.

Fri Jun 26, 2009 8:19 am

Most Excellent - thanks!

Bring on the rest of the scans

Enjoy the Day! Mark