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cadet77
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Just a few photos from the Planes of Fame airshow today at Valle Arizona.

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nice photos I've got some too but I havnt uploaded them yet.so good shots from my ford tri-motor ride also at valle.
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Those are nice :D What else was there :?:
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Great photos, looks like awesome weather

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Its Arizona man :D , its always great weather there :!:
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If only that Val and Corsair could be brought this way to set up a new wing for POF.

The POF Really really EAST!

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some of the inside collection...

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and outside aircraft on display

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Field Maintenance Display
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The weather was great this year and the airshow was well attended.
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What are the big pieces of behind the T-33

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KC-97 wing center section and engines
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These major parts may with much work go with the B-50A fuselage in Chino?
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It's a Kc-97 wing. Kc-97 wing + B-50 fuselage =complete B-50
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I like the way they utilize the old Phantom nose to hold up the display case for the models. Pretty clever.

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Great photos, is that a T-6 fuslage on a saw horse?

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Great photos, is that a T-6 fuslage on a saw horse?

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Looks like a BT-13 to me

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If only that Val and Corsair could be brought this way to set up a new wing for POF.

The POF Really really EAST!


There used to be a POF East Museum, but it dissolved, once Mr. Pond took his collection to California and started the Palm Springs Air Museum.
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