Where is this museum located?
Sat Aug 08, 2009 5:56 pm
I just got through watching R. Lee's new show 'Lock and load'. In the episode on tanks at the end they ran over an old Cadillac (next time, call me first, I could have used some parts off it for my every day beater) behind what looks like a pretty cool aviation museum. I saw an F-89, F-102, C-130 in camo, and some others too small to identify. Where is that museum? Is it Palm Springs 'cause I know they shoot a lot of stuff in the Mojave for the show.
Sat Aug 08, 2009 7:04 pm
Not Palm Springs, none of the listed airplanes there, i didn't see the show though.
Sat Aug 08, 2009 7:08 pm
Palm Springs doesn't have an F-89, F-102/106 or C-130.
Could it be Castle. That might be a bit too far north. March Field could be a candidate, but I don't think they have a C-130. I don't think Castle does either.
I don't think there are any F-89s or F-102s in around Mojave.
Could be it be in Arizona?
Mike (humble creator of the Locator... http://www.AerialVisuals.ca/Locator.php)
Could it be Castle. That might be a bit too far north. March Field could be a candidate, but I don't think they have a C-130. I don't think Castle does either.
I don't think there are any F-89s or F-102s in around Mojave.
Could be it be in Arizona?
Mike (humble creator of the Locator... http://www.AerialVisuals.ca/Locator.php)
Sat Aug 08, 2009 9:30 pm
The airport buildings in the frame looked like your average, small town paved field, white aluminum sides and medium blue roofing of aluminum, not a big facility like Pima or Castle, just Podunk Airfield-'it's gittin' weirder an' weirder' 
Sat Aug 08, 2009 9:34 pm
Area 50 ?
it is so secret that no one knows about it, but everyone knows the base that replaced it, Area 51
it is so secret that no one knows about it, but everyone knows the base that replaced it, Area 51
Sat Aug 08, 2009 10:27 pm
Minnesota Air Guard Museum, at the MSP airport.
Sun Aug 09, 2009 1:34 am
b29flteng wrote:Minnesota Air Guard Museum, at the MSP airport.
I'm pretty sure I saw a P-51 in there as well, and that would fit.
Sun Aug 09, 2009 2:12 am
Ya know, I was wondering about the location myself while watching the show last night. I didn't recognize the location, but it was obviously somewhere cold.
What surprised me was the fact that some of the restored civilian-owned tanks actually had functional main guns! (although the shot where the Stewart blew up the oil drums was obviously done with pre-set pyro charges.)
SN
What surprised me was the fact that some of the restored civilian-owned tanks actually had functional main guns! (although the shot where the Stewart blew up the oil drums was obviously done with pre-set pyro charges.)
SN
Sun Aug 09, 2009 8:23 am
The mustang was a US Army Cavalier P-51 with tip tanks when the Minn. ANG Museum aquired it. The buildings are the old alert hangars that where used again for a while after 9-11-01. The M60 tank may still be in the Army as that area is an Army Reserve site, next to the USAF Reserve base. Check it out on Google.