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ok, ok I know we have done this before but its just too good not to refresh one memory.

What theme, aircraft, etc would you include in your dream museum. If you had the money, etc, to do it?

My current list and I DO think about this often. (dreaming naturally )

Well since I have always been a fan of the USAAC and a fan of pre and early war aircraft. I would involve heavily on rare model aircraft, early paint schemes, and authentic paint and markings. I would also run a reproduction shop for those hard to find aircraft no longer with us. And make 4-5 of each aircraft, sell all of the repros but leave one or two for my museum! That way I would also be bringing in a profit:D All or most of my aircraft would be in flying condition. But keep many on static and rotate static to flying every year.(wow i got too much time on my hands huh?)


My dream collection:

P-40B PH markings
P-40C
P-40D
P-40E 49 FG markings
P-40K
P-36A
P-36C
P-322 Lightening training tri color scheme.
P-38E Od/NG
P-38F od/ng
P-39D
P-400
P-64
BC-1
A-17A NMF
P-26B
A-29 Hudson tri color scheme
B-17E SPacific markings with bendix bottom turret!
A-20A/ or DB-7;)
BT-15 yellow wings and blue fuse.
BT-9 yellow and blue with white side numbers
O-47 OD/NG
O-52 Owl
C-33 or C-39


I know I am forgetting something buts all I can think of. lol


Cheers,
Nathan

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There are a lot that would make my list, but you should all be ashamed of yourselves if you don't include a C-47 on your lists!

It's at the top of my list.

It's the greatest aircraft EVER built and has done more to open aviation up to the world than ANY other aircraft!

After that, it becomes a just a list of favorites...
Blue skies,
Jerry

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I want the Defender in my museum

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It cannot be complete without a Hurricane AND a Spitfire. Even perhaps a Mosquito and a Lancaster !

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Michel C
Thousands of a/c pics at Passion-Aviation

I would have an all Grumman museum:

TBM Avenger (2)- One in Atlantic markings and another in a tri-color PTO scheme
F3F- Pre-war scheme
F4F-3- Pre-war paint scheme with yellow wings
FM-2- USS Shamrock Bay markings
F6F- USS Yorktown markings
F7F-3N with an authentic nose
F8F
Albatross- US Coast Guard
Goose- US Navy Blue-Gray markings
Widgeon- US Coast Guard markings
Duck- Pre-war scheme
F9F Panther (2) one phot recon and another painted like the Air Zoo F9F
F9F Cougar- two seater
F-14 Tomcat
F-11 Tiger
OV-1 Mohawk
S2F Tracker and E-1 Tracer

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Simple, http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id ... 028&size=o

I'll just watch and see if something fly's by.

Regards,
Mike

The Defender would be the best display ever..... I would kill to see that gorgeous piece of machinery in person!

As long as it's a dream...

The remaining P-38s in Greenland
pre war B-17 polished
B-32
B-29 (Texas Doll)
B-29 (Kee Bird)
B-24 (Lady Be Good as found)
B-24 (sharkmouth 14th AF)
PB4Y2
B-25H like Barbie III
B-25B Doolittle survivor as found
P-40C(?) AVG survivor as found
P-40B Pearl Harbor survivor
P-40C ex AVG converted into 14thAF with sharkmouth
A-36 through P-51K (one of each please)
A salvaged cowling panel from Shangri-La (H*ll, since it's STILL a dream, how about the whole d*mn airplane )

The china P-61 and P-47
plus an additional 2 P-61 (ETO and PTO)
5 Razorback P-47s

P-38 (the green dragon)
a single Wildcat, Hellcat and Bearcat

3 FW-190s
Dornier Flying Boat

Zero, Tony
Yammamoto's Betty and one of the P-38s from that mission

13 salvaged B-24 nose art panels, of course recently discovered in a barn near Walnut Ridge

D-day survivor C-47 and C-46
D-day P-47 that crashed on the beach, as found

Dammit, I had another B-17 ready to list, but I woke up...

Is this part of the CAF collection?

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Taylor, I love your signature.

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P: Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a midget pounding on something with a hammer.

S: Took hammer away from midget.

As a Vietnam War Historian and Military Vehicle collector. My goal is to start a 501C museum at my shop that I have not built yet. I call it the rolling line haul museum.
http://linehaulrvn.tripod.com
I have LOTS of militaria about the war and a small building will be attached to the shop.
My museum will be a place where the vet can drive the truck he drove or even work on it if he wanted to. I have been talking to vets for a long time and the Vietnam Veteran is quietly dying each day cause of many reasons. As they die, there history is being lost. So my museum will be a place where their famlies can see what there grand dad or great grand dad did for his country.

Now my dream, to win the lottery and create a museum that would involve all aspects, not just truck transportation.
A large acre facility complete with a firebase. Officers HQ, Baracks, NCO club, motor pool and airstrip.

4,500 ft PSP runway and revetments, the aircraft fleet.

Flying A/C:
UH-1 H need 2
AH-1
Oh-6A
Uh-1M
o-1
o-2
B-26K
AC-119K
AC-47
C-123
Display A/C
B-52 Cockpit display
F-105
A-6
F-4
B-57
A-4
Chinook
Skycrane
Carabou
C-123( Air America)

For the Vietnam Vets on WIX..................WELCOME HOME!

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