Warbird Information Exchange

Just got back from an Alaskan cruise and took a few days in Wa and Ore to visit Tillamook, Evergreen and Olympic air museums. Great stuff and each of the staffs were very cordial and professional. Jack or any of the other guys from the Pacific Northwest may jump in on this thread to answer questions about the planes since you guys have more knowledge than I do about them. Gives me a chance to learn some things too. By the way, Brad Pilgrim, you HAVE to post the "Honey Bucket Blues" story on this site if you haven't already. I laughed till I cried. HILARIOUS!!!!!
Evergreen today.

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Great shots! Thanks for posting them.
Do you have an ID on that DC-3?
Thanks.
Jerry

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Wow, fantastic photos! I have to get out there one of these days. If you want email a photo of the Hellcat to Scott. He is currently updating the Hellcat registry and I believe he needs a photo of the USMC Hellcat there at Evergreen.

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Wow, very cool photos!!

How much of that WWII stuff still flies?

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most of the Evergreen stuff still flies. Jack Cook could probably give you better info than I can. I'll post Tillamook tomorrow and Olympic on Thursday on the same thread so it will go back to the front page in case anyone has missed anything.

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Hey, what's that grey thing in the background of every picture?

Just kidding.

Great shots. I found it hard to get good pictures in that building, but then again I'm an amatuer photographer with a little digital camera.

Cheers,

David

I think most people would disagree with this statement. Nearly all of their stuff is airworthy, but the vast majority of their stuff does NOT fly.

Jack, can you tell us which, if any of their planes still fly on a regular basis?

Hey Daveymac. I'm right there with you on the amateur photog stuff. I.m not sure there is any way to get a picture of the entire Spruce Goose. I walked every inch of the museum to see if I could but I didn't want to get tossed out on my ear either for climbing on something I wasn't supposed to. All I can say is that if any of you have never been there, GO!

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Wow, where in the world did they get a Mig-29? Is that a real one or a mock up? I didn't think any Mig-29's were in private or non-military affiliated museums.

from their giftshop there was a pretty good view of the Spruce Goose. But yes, very difficult to take.

When I was there a couple summers ago they mentioned that they are not currently flying their airplanes due to insurance and fuel costs. Most, from what I understand are in flying condition, but like other planes we know of, that doesn't mean they are flown.

Cheers,

David

The Evergreen museum is right up there with the Smithsonian.
I was there about 5 years ago and I know I did not take enough photos.
Any trip to the northwest requires a stop there.

I was thinking most of the stuff had to be static owing to the complete absense of drip trays & oil stains etc..

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Those who possess real knowledge are rare.

Those who can set that knowledge into motion in the physical world are rarer still.

The few who possess real knowledge and can set it into motion of their own hands are the rarest of all.

Thats probably a much more accurate statement ZRX. Insurance and fuel are beginning to ground otherwise flyable aircraft. How about this, most are flyable if the funding were available to fly them?

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I'll agree with that. Airworthy and actively flying aircraft are two entirely different things. As an example, nearly all of the restorations accomplished by the Yanks Air Museum are done to FAA, airworthy standards. Yet, except for maybe 3 or 4 of their aircraft, none are flown and probably never will. Saying that Yanks Air Museum is a "Flying Museum" is very misleading.

A lot of aircraft restorations are done to an airworthy state, but are never flown!

Just trying to set the record straight!