Lone Star Flight Museum - December 28, 2007
First aircraft is not a B-24 but a Navy Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer
And the PB4Y-2 has a single vertical tail?
It was a post-WW2 Electronics-countermeasures platform
Stephen checks to see if the bomb is live
Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless Dive Bomber
The hero of the Battle of Midway sinking 3 of 4 Japanese carriers
It was then replaced by the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver in July, 1944
Supermarine Spitfire LFXVIe w/markings of Texan Lance Wade's aircraft
He scored 23 aerial victories w/Royal Air Force in the Mediterranean Theater
This Hawker Hurricane MkIIB crashed in 1944 while flying in Canada
Recovered in the 1960's, restored over 15 years, & flew again on May 12, 2006
Rolls Royce Merlin engine used in Spitfires, Lancasters, Hurricanes, & P-51s
AT-6/SNJ Texan was built 1940-1950 & used as a trainer until 1995 in S. Africa
This Lone Wolf has a larger engine & 4ft shorter ingspan than standard AT-6s
My first encounter with a Republic P-47D Thunderbolt, it is big!
At 10K pounds, the largest and heaviest single engine fighter of WW2
1943 Boeing PT-17 Stearman WW2 trainer
Available for flight experiences, $225 for 25 mins.
The LSFM's B-25 Mitchell is painted as one of Jimmy Doolittle's Raiders
In 1942, sixteen B-25's raided Tokyo from the USS Hornet
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress, Thunderbird, flew . . .
Grumman Bearcat F8F-2, last of the WW2 'Cats'
Entered service in May, 1945 & just missed WW2
N3N, navy trainer used from 1934-1950's
TBM-3U Avenger torpedo bomber same as what President Bush flew
Nakajima B5N1 carrier Torpedo Bomber (Kate)
It is actually an AT-6/SNJ Texan painted to look like a Kate
Was modified for the 1970 Tora Tora Tora movie
Grumman F6F Hellcat had a 19-1 kill ratio in WW2
Vought F4U-5N Corsair carrier based fighter
Another AT-6/SNJ Texan
With nice checkerboard paintjob
1941 Chevrolet Pickup
Production was halted during WWII until 1946
1964 Beechcraft H18 Twin Beech with nose landing gear
Beech AT-11 Kansan bombardier and gunner trainer
Cessna AT-17/T-50 Bobcat, the "Bamboo Bomber"
A rare 8 gun 'Hard Nose' on this Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon Navy transporter
The PV-2 was developed from the Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar transport
First flown in the 1930's, the Douglas DC-3 created
. . . commercial passenger travel as we know it today
Grumman F3F-2, last biplane fighter, in service 1 year before replaced
Stinson L-5 Sentinel was built as an eye in the sky for every branch of service
Convair TB-58 Hustler, only supersonic strategic bomber in squadron service
The B-57 dwarfs the B-29 (when the B-29 is a 1/50th scale model)
She can really hustle for 1,420 mph at 65,000 feet
Each engine (when installed) give 15,500 lbs/thrust
Pratt-Whitney R-4360 powered the B-50 Superfortress & B-36 Peacemaker
Junkers Jumo 004 engine that powered the Me-262
What is that intercepting the B-58 Hustler?
It is a Wright Flyer replica w/Orville himself
The RAF's DeHavilland DH-82A Tiger Moth trainer
Consolidated PBY-5A 'Catalina'
Gear retracts into the hull above the water line
So many aircraft inside the hanger that they seem triple stacked
Toys take up the last remaining space between the aircraft
Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka rocket kamakazi aircraft
PBY's distinctive parasol mounted wing
Gotta check it out with my kite glider
Hall of Fame displays inductee's experiences & contributions to aviation
Lady Be Good B-24 found in the Libyan Desert 16 years after bombing Naples
USS Hornet model loaded with sixteen Army B-25 bombers
Used for a daring Tokyo raid in April, 1942
71 of 80 crew members survived the raid
NASA awards: Outstanding Leadership, Distinguished & Exceptional Service
Make sure to visit the the Museum on your next Galveston visit!
Look for the North American F-100D 'Super Sabre' on display right outside the museum building