Warbird Information Exchange

I've been not talking about this group at Lancaster Municipal (KLNC) much in the past year or so because the museum's not been officially open, but wh have launched a new website and the museum is now open on Saturdays during basically the same hours as the CAF's hangar on the north end of the field so I feel comfortable saying something.

The Cold War Air Museum is a non-profit educational institution whose mission is to exhibit, educate, and eternalize the role that Cold War aircraft, pilots, and other personnel had during this conflict.

In addition to flying aircraft, related artifacts, artwork and library resources are used to perpetuate the history of this period.

A portion of the 45,000 sq. ft. museum is a working restoration facility which is actively returning many Cold War era aircraft to flying status.

The museum is located on the south end of the Lancaster Municipal Airport (KLNC) located East of Lancaster, TX, and is the home of 4 Mi-2 "Hoplite" helicopters, 4 L-39 "Albatros", 4 L-29 "Delphin", 2 Nanchang CJ-6A, a Fouga CM.170 "Magister", a MiG-21UM "Mongol-B", a MiG-23UB "Flogger", an AH-1S "Cobra", and 2 Mi-24D "Hind" aircraft. The cornerstone of the museum is the 2 Mi-24D Hinds which, to our knowledge, are the only pivately owned, publically displayed aircraft in the United States and one is in final preparations for flight and will be the only privately owned and operated Mi-24D in the world.

Full information on the museum and our fleet can be found at our website, www.cwam.org.

Here's a picture of our Mi-2s from March 1st when we ran 3 1/2 of them (one engine on the one on the far right wouldn't start, but that was why we were running them):

http://www.cwam.org/wiki/index.php/Imag ... ry_003.jpg

A few more photos here,

http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=9066&highlight=

Bill.

Looks like a great museum and collection.

It is nice to see some "Red" aircraft being preserved and operated.

I've always like the Hind, really an interesting looking aircraft, its nice to hear one will be flying.

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Cool! Looks very interesting, cant wait to check it out.

Just as an aside- One day in the mid 1990s I was driving up Point Lookout Rd, just south of St. Mary's City, Md, and I saw, at low level, moving slowly, something that gave me a "Red Dawn" moment- a Hind-D helicopter! Freaked me out slightly for a few minutes until I did the mental math- I lived at the time in southern Md., right around Patuxent River NAS, and its adjunct field I can't recall the name of directly at the moment... I finally realized it was probably one they'd acquired and were testing... At the time, I was a 19D-HMMWV Cavalry Scout with the MDARNG, so I knew my helicopters.(This was in my pre-USAF days)

Robbie

Robbie, you probably actually saw one of the ones being operated by the US Army out of Fort Hood. After they picked them up, they flew them all over the US for opposing forces training with other branches and units. We have copies of some of their manuals which is a huge help since they've been translated into conversational English so they're not hard to understand.

Could be- If I recall correctly, I think it was still in Soviet paint... But that was around 10 years ago... Man. 10 years ago...(shaking head)

RR