Warbird Information Exchange

While on a trip to meet my girlfriend's family, we went over to the museum. I had never been there, and was impressed by the size of the museum, and the restorations. I thought you guys might like to see some pics.


Here is the Mig killer F-4 that used to be on a pole at Wright Patt.

















We saw this place on the drive back at the end of the week.

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Chris Henry
EAA Aviation Museum Manager

And you shall forever be known as "The Traveler" Chris. You get around to more museums in one month than most people in a year!

As always, great pics. Did you say you met the girlfriend's family? Oh uh, things are gettin serious....

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Nice pictures, thanks.

They are indeed. She is a great girl. I met her Uncle who was a Seabee win WWII and her grandfather who flew B-29's. I do my best to travel as much as possible. I love it. The people at this museum where all so very nice.

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Chris Henry
EAA Aviation Museum Manager

Hurray for you Chris! Congrats! Great museum pics too! I always liked that museum. As I recall they had a pretty extensive petting zoo outdoors in the late '90s but seems I remember they built more indoor exhibit space??

Thanks buddy. THere is still a good bit outside, but not as much as before. They just finished the WWII building, and are still moving aircraft inside, and putting them through restoration. But they are on the right track. The B-29 looks great.

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Chris Henry
EAA Aviation Museum Manager

Chris, check your PM's

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I will tell you how great she is. She knows what a big Dukes of hazzard fan I am, and found out that her uncle lives in Covington where the original show was shot, and actually took me there after the visit, just to look around. Then she took me to the Dukes of Hazzard museum in Nashville.

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Chris Henry
EAA Aviation Museum Manager

Great pics as always Chris! You're right, that does look like a pretty cool museum. Sorry never got back to you the other day, things got a little crazy around here.

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Chris,

Did the B-29 have the outboard wings installed (last 26 feet of the wing on either side). I was there in Sept of last year and it had the outboard wings off, sitting outside. I am guessing they had just removed them to move it around...

Yeah, I have some pics of it at home. It was all together, but the rudder was off of it. Really a great looking plane. They seem to be moving most of the rare and older stuff indoors.

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Chris Henry
EAA Aviation Museum Manager

Good Stuff!!! Thanks for the Pics

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Great photos Chris. You really get around. They have done a great job of getting planes inside.

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Note the paint on the C-124 at Robbins. I spoke with the people in their restoration shop about the paint's condition the last time I was there. They said it was water base and that streaking was the result.

Also, Chris, am I correct in that there was at one time a C-124 at Mercer? I recall seeing a picture some one took of another aircraft with a partial view of a C-124 in the background. I remember it was at some small museum in Georgia, maybe, Mercer.

I am aware of the nine C-124 that remain. However, the picture that I saw with the C-124 in the background has always been a mystery to me.

I think that someone said that the C-124 at the Museum of Aviation is the one that was at Mercer years ago.

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Chris Henry
EAA Aviation Museum Manager