Awsome video of planes being put on display

[Planebeach]

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=0e3_1357341202

[maxum96]

Neat video! Thanks for sharing.

[Jerry O'Neill]

Pretty cool video! Too bad the Corsair didn't have a correct cowling installed before it was lifted up. Display looks great tough!

[Brenden S]

That is a pretty good video and good to see how they assemble the plane indoors and no doubt some of the tricks used.

[Sgt13Echo]

Great video and I can't wait to visit it in person. Also, a little torn about these aircraft never flying again, but its better to make sure we have them safe for generations rather than lost forever.

[Warbird Kid]

Pretty cool video! Too bad the Corsair didn't have a correct cowling installed before it was lifted up. Display looks great tough!

Was the majority of that Corsair a -4? I know it was a real parts project. Well given the way they painted it, like a F4U-1D, I'd rather have seen it with a three blade prop. But ultimately that plane is incorrect. Kind of disappointing. Seems like the museum is more interested in getting stuff done NOW instead of taking the extra time to ensure the aircraft are configured / painted more accurately. You'd think they would have painted her in a 1944-45 plain all blue scheme.

[cooper9411]

Cool video. Can't say I agree with all of them suspended but I don't make the decisions there! At least they are safe and secure

[Thomas_Mac]

Their ceiling resembles my bedroom when I was a kid
Does anyone have the info on where they acquired all these birds?

[Steve Nelson]

There's a whole thread on the B-17 "My Gal Sal," where I posted a link to this video the other day. She was never restored with the intent of being a flyer..she looks great cosmetically, but she was always intended to be a static restoration, so much of the structural work (the entire forward fuselage was rebuilt) was done to non-airworthy standards.

Watching the video, it also appears that the Mustang is a fiberglass replica rather than a real aircraft. I assume the SBD came out of Lake Michigan, but I don't know where the B-25, Corsair or TBM came from.

[Warbird Kid]

Corsair came from the Vought Retirees Club out of Dallas. Bit of a cobbled aircraft with alot of unairworthy parts, so perfect for this application but i still don't think an authentic tricolor scheme looks right on a -4 frankenstien.

[WIXMOD-Charlie]

Planebeach, Video links belong in the "Base theater" thread at the top of the front page.

[cwmc]

Thanks Planebeach, if you'd have put it where the mod says I'd have never seen it.
Chris...

[bdk]

Never mind... No value added.

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[Pat Carry]

Their ceiling resembles my bedroom when I was a kid
Does anyone have the info on where they acquired all these birds?

The B-25 is 44-29812. I can not remember now just where it came from but something tells me it was on outside display in Minnesota at one time.

[Pat Carry]

I just found the B-25 info on Scott Thompson's excellant site. check http://www.aerovintage.com/b25news10.htm scroll down to Sept 2010