Anything in Seoul or Pusan Korea?

[pilot06]

I'm taking a business trip to Seoul and Pusan Korea in two weeks I wanted to know if there are any spots worth seeing? I've heard of a Stang on Stick but not much else.

Cheers,
Patrick

[bax101]

i think there is an air museum in Seoul. You should be able to find it on google.

[warbird1]

There is the War Memorial in Seoul:

You'll have to cut and paste this address, as I couldn't figure out how to hyperlink the entire thing, including the parenthesis:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Memorial_(Seoul)

I went there a long time ago, after it just opened up. They have a nice collection of aircraft indoors, including a Mustang, and various jets from the Korean war era and later. It's a first class museum and pretty awesome! There is a "battle experience" room, where they simulate one of the ground battles from the '50-'53 war. It's a room, complete with everything sensory related to war, including the smell of gunpowder.

Don't pass up on this museum, as it is first class and well worth seeing!

[muddyboots]

A looong time ago on Cheju Island there was a little airstrip. I doubt you can get on it, but it was a japanese airstrip from WWII. I've brough tth esubject up here before and reieved stone silence, but if you can sneak out there you'll be shocked at what you find. If it's still there

[bdk]

A looong time ago on Cheju Island there was a little airstrip. I doubt you can get on it, but it was a japanese airstrip from WWII. I've brough tth esubject up here before and reieved stone silence, but if you can sneak out there you'll be shocked at what you find. If it's still there

About 1/3 of the island is in high resolution satellite imagery on Google earth. So where is this strip on the island?

[muddyboots]

Not sure, dude. But it;'s the old Japanese strip we took over after the war, and I'm pretty sure you can see the bunkers from the air. I believe there were two strips on Cheju, it would be the smaller one I think. Google Earth it


looking to try and figure it out

[bdk]

Not sure, dude. But it;'s the old Japanese strip we took over after the war, and I'm pretty sure you can see the bunkers from the air. I believe there were two strips on Cheju, it would be the smaller one I think. Google Earth it

I did. There is an international airport there with planes on the runway but I have no idea where the other strip might be. If I had an extra 12 hours I might be able to find it, but I don't.

[muddyboots]

I THINK it was the one to the east of the mountain, but I can't figure out what the hell I'm lloking at. Not really good at satelite imagery, but there are two runways, one large and one skinny and short. The short one was the old Japanese runway, we added the bigger one later. SOME damned where near there (I think it was downslope of the mountain) where sevreal old bunkres. And in those bunkers...I dunno what the hell they were. A single engine plane like a zero with a single float pushed up against it, engine on the ground, plane on oil barrels. And the other bunkers had zero looking birds in them, again, in disrepair, the engine on the ground in front. But they looked doable to me. The koreans are pretty anti Japanese so if you walked up witha pictur of them they'd still deney it, but they were there in 94. I'm certain of that.



EDIT

to the SE end of the little runway there is a building. What is that at the bottoim right of the building? Could it be?

[muddyboots]

AR HAR HAR!

http://bp3.blogger.com/_lxap4y0S1as/SBS ... ld+one.jpg

take THAT WIXER's! Now somebody needs to fly their ass over tehre and find my planes!

Only I got the runway wrong. It was near Jeju airport evidently. The old runway is gone and I thought it had been taken over by the US afte rthe war. The bunkers are to the east of it. I remember being closer to the mountain that that, but wtf. Been a while.

http://populargusts.blogspot.com/2008/0 ... sland.html

[Andy Marden]

Patrick,
There are a number of interesting places to visit in Seoul. Below you can find an edited extract of the relevant entries from my book "World Military Out of Service". Apologies for the formatting which will not come out correctly.
Regards,
Andy Marden

Seoul
Some 2 km north of the National Cemetary, Boramae Park can be found West of the Han River in the Dongjak-gu district. It is within easy walking distance of subway line 7 (Boramae station). Displayed are:
38734 Bell UH-1B Oct07 Apr08
10834 Cessna O-2A Oct07 Apr08
31687 Cessna T-37C Oct07 Apr08
40622 Fairchild C-123K Oct07 Apr08
70666 Lockheed T-33A Oct07 Apr08
40948 McD F-4D Oct07 Apr08
52-5483 NA F-86F Oct02 Apr08
42117 Northrop F-5B Oct07 Apr08

In the Geumcheon-gu district of Anyang, there is a T-33A within a military complex, which can be seen from the left side of a plane when on a north-westerly approach to Gimpo Airport. GPS: 37 27 47.33N 126 53 40.87E.
Lockheed T-33A Oct06

The National Cemetery is south of the river, just SW of Dongjakdaegyo bridge. Displayed outside the memorial building are:
149258 Grumman S-2E 98 Apr08
52445 NA F-86D 98 Apr08
202 NA T-6G 98 Apr08

The National Science Museum in the Hyehwa-dong district, close to both Seoul University Hospital and Hyehwa subway station (line number 4). A Sabre is displayed on the roof:
55352 NA F-86D Oct05 Nov05

An OH-23 and O-1 are on display within the grounds of the ROK Army College:
11679 Cessna O-1 Oct02
Hiller OH-23 Oct02

The War Memorial of Korea is at 8, Yongsangdong 1-ka, Yongsan-ku, I’Taewon Gi. Located within the Institute of Military Strategy near the I’Taewon shopping district (Stop 28 on Subway line 4, Samgakji). Open daily except Monday: Mar-Oct 0930-1800, Nov-Feb 0930-1700. Entrance 3000 Won (Oct05). Website: <http://www.warmemo.co.kr>.
The aircraft outside can be seen when the museum is closed. Unfortunately false marks are in vogue here!
Outside:
29066 Bell AH-1J Mar05 Apr08
62-12542 Bell UH-1B Jun96 Apr08
Bell OH-13H Jun96 Apr08
55-0105 Boeing B-52D Apr94 Apr08
112517 Cessna O-1A Jun96 Apr08
21366 Cessna T-37C Nov05 Apr08
10541 Curtiss C-46D Aug94 Apr08
116837 DHC U-6A Jun96 Apr08
O-72740 Douglas C-54D Aug94 Apr08
3199 Fairchild C-119G Apr94 Apr08
10389 Fairchild C-123J Aug94 Apr08
6595 Grumman S-2A Aug94 Apr08
3131 Harbin Y-5 91 Apr08
KTX-1(-02) KAI KTX-1 Nov00 Apr08
35129 Lockheed T-33A Jun96 Apr08
40766 McD F-4C Jun96 Apr08
205 NA TF-51D Feb87 Apr08
18502 NA F-86D Jun96 Apr08
24308 NA F-86F Jun96 Apr08
17830 NA T-28A Aug97 Apr08
89046 Northrop F-5A Feb07 Apr08
207 Shenyang F-6 Jun96 Apr08
34425 Sikorsky HH-19B Aug94 Apr08
492007 Sikorsky H-5H Jun96 Apr08
770301 Sud Alouette III Oct07 Apr08
Inside:
16954 Cessna O-1G Aug97 Apr08
15205 Hiller OH-23G Jun96 Apr08
128 Mikoyan MiG-15UTI Aug97 Apr08
82536 NA T-6 Aug97 Apr08
59203 Stinson L-5G Jun96 Apr08
Yakovlev Yak-18 Aug97 Apr08

[Swiss Mustangs]

allright

F-51 #205 is, as previously mentioned, at Seoul



TF-51 #669 is at Goseong



TF-51 #053 is at Chongju



TF-51 #030 is at Muan



HTH
Martin

[mrhenniger]

Here are some locations I have noted...
http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/Locator.php ... TheResults

I'll see if I can add anything later today.

Mike

[pilot06]

Guys,

Thanks for all the posts. Assuming I have some spare time, it will be a lot fun finding these aircraft.

Patrick

[Robbie Roberts]

And if you make a trip up north, be sure to visit the US Navy's only captured warship- the USS Pueblo, which was captured in 1968(Hijacked) and is still carried on USN rolls- and listed as home ported in Pyongyang, NK. It is a museum there...

Robbie
(Just to clarify- I am not advocating North Korean tourism! Just pointing out we have a ship there... We should get it back before we take them off the terrorist list!)