If you could start a Museum

[dj51d]

I guess a lot depends on what you'd consider available. My list would be:

B-29
B-26
F8F
P-61
Harvard IV
BT-13
C-123
F-86

[O.P.]

B-17
B-25
F6F
P51D
T28C
Stearman
C47
F86

You left out attack aircraft..

SBD

[Tony C]

List slightly modified for those on the right hand side of the pond.

Bomber Heavy = LANCASTER (of course)
Bomber Medium/Light = BLENHIEM Mk.1 (well Bolingbroke reverse engineered)
Naval Fighter = FAIREY FIREFLY Mk.1
RAF Fighter = SPITFIRE/HURRICANE (can't really chose between the two, so can I add Fighter-Bomber to the list to allow the Hurri to be included)
Trainer Retrack Gear = HAVARD
Trainer Fix Gear = MAGISTER
Transport = HASTINGS
Any Type of Jet = TSR.2

[TimAPNY]

Here goes

B-24
B-26
F4U-1
P-39
SNJ
PT-22
R4D
F9F Panther
&
A-20

[Jeff]

Bomber Heavy B-24

Bomber Medium/Light vengeance or beaufort

Naval Fighter firefly

USAF Fighter P-38

Trainer Retrack Gear wirraway

Trainer Fix Gear winjeel

Transport beaufreighter

Any Type of Jet pika

[B-24WillowRun]

B-24 / Halifax
B-26
Grumman F7F-3N
P-47 / Hurricane You really are limiting with the forceing of USAAC (USAAC) stuff.
Spitfire mk. IV
Tiger Moth
Transports are hard, C-53 but if could get a Ju-52 (I think they are some still flying)
F9F

Now we have the start of what would be a place of education, rides, and some skydiving!

[Rob Mears]

Hmmm. I've always wanted to see a museum based around a single type of warbird.

For instance:

F4U-1
F4U-1D (FG-1D)
F4U-4
F4U-5NL
F4U-7
F2G-1

I'd also like to see one for the P-51 variants, as well as P-47, Spitfire (big museum!), or P-40.

I'd REALLY like to see a Night Fighter museum with night fighting variants of the various WWII Allied planes (P-61, F6F, P-38M, F4U-2, F4U-5N). I've always wondered why Doug Champlin didn't (previously) take advantage of the history of his P-38M and restore it as such. The overall black & red P-38 was a real standout amongst the various Lightning configurations. It's a shame he separated the unique canopy, etc from the rest of the plane. Maybe MOF in Seattle will look into this one day.

[Ollie]

Let's see :

Bomber Heavy : Lancaster

Bomber Medium/Light : Mosquito

Naval Fighter : Seafire

USAF Fighter : None

Trainer Retrack Gear : Two-seat Spit

Trainer Fix Gear : Chipmunk

Transport : Does the two-seat Spit counts here?

Any Type of Jet : Arrow

[rudie]

Bomber Heavy - B-24M (in 461st BG markings, of course...)

Bomber Medium/Light - Mosquito

Naval Fighter - F4F

USAF Fighter - F4

Trainer Retrack Gear - T6

Trainer Fix Gear - PT19

Transport - Gigant (there's gotta be one SOMEWHERE!)

Any Type of Jet - Vampire

[Don Martin]

Are we looking at just WWII or any era airplanes?
My list would be;
Bomber B-29, PB4Y-4 or B-52
Transport C-54 or C-141
Lt Bomber B-26
Navy Fighter F3-F or F8U
USAF/USAAF F-82 or F-89
Trainer(ret) T-37
Trainer(fixed) PT-22
And for a little variety maybe a Hurricane, Gladiator , one of the V Bombers or an English Electric Lightning.

[Ollie]

You said 'museum', not private collection!

And my museum would be 100% RAF/RCAF.

But my private collection is another story altogether!!

[Scott Rose]

Bomber Heavy - Tu 95 Bear

Bomber Medium/Light - Pucara

Naval Fighter - F6U Pirate

USAF Fighter - F-105 Thud

Trainer Retrack Gear - T-6G

Trainer Fix Gear - BT-13

Transport - Beverly (so ugly it's beautiful)

Any Type of Jet - RA-5 Vigilante

[Scott Rose]

Scott,

What NO Whale your Dad will be some upset

True, but you didn't have an attack or EW catagory, If I had my own museum I'd have a EP-3 and and EA-3 in the mix. And an A-10 just cuz I like them.

[Warhawk]

You MUST Pick ONE each and must be aviable right now No DREAMING Allowed.

Well, since I don't have a list in front of me for whats currently available, please excuse me while I do a little dreaming.

1. Heavy Bomber: B-24 Liberator (any model, I'm not fussy.)

2. Bomber medium/light: A-26 Invader (Korean black scheme)

3. Naval fighter: F6F Hellcat (for my friend Mitch)

4. USAAF Fighter: P-40 Warhawk (Duh, what did you think I'd say)

5. Trainer (retractable gear): T-28 Trojan

6. Trainer (fixed gear): N3N yellow peril

7. Transport: C5 Galaxy (can double as a conferance hall and party venue, weddings etc... bringing in extra revenue for my "museum")

8. Any type of jet: B-52 Stratofortress (just because I think they are cool)

9. Observation aircraft: OS2U Kingfisher

10. Helicopter: Ch 54 Tarhe ( I remember those things flying overhead when I lived in Conn. Very impressive.)

[Jagan]

1. Heavy Bomber: (have a Lib over here - so...) Avro Lancaster

2. Bomber medium/light: Vultee Vengeance

3. Naval fighter: Corsair

4. USAAF Fighter: P-36 Mohawk

5. Trainer (retractable gear): Harvard

6. Trainer (fixed gear): Tigermoth

7. Transport: DHC4 Caribou

8. Any type of jet: F-86 Sabre

9. Observation aircraft: Stinson Sentinel

10. Helicopter: Westland Seaking (Its Huge!)