On December 28th, 2007 The Lone Star Flight Museum is in Galveston, Texas, next to Moody Gardens & Schlitterbahn Waterpark |
 What is single vertical tail doing on a B-24? |
 It is a Navy Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer |
 A post-WW2 Electronics-countermeasures platform |
 Stephen checks to see if the bomb is live |
 Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless Dive Bomber |
 Sank 3 of 4 Japanese carriers at Midway |
 Replaced by the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver in July, 1944 |
 Supermarine Spitfire LFXVIe whose markings represent those of Lance Wade, a Texan, . . . |
 who scored 23 aerial victories while flying with the Royal Air Force in the Mediterranean Theater |
 This Hawker Hurricane MkIIB crashed in 1944 while flying Canadian maritime patrol |
 Recovered from swamp in the 1960's, restored over 15 years, and flew again on May 12, 2006 |
 Rolls Royce Merlin engine used in Spitfire, Lancaster Bomber, Hurricane, P-51 Mustang & some P-40s. |
 AT-6/SNJ Texan trained allied pilots for combat This one has a larger engine & 4ft shorter wingspan |
 Republic P-47D Thunderbolt. At 10K pounds, the |
 . . . largest & heaviest single engine fighter of WW2 |
 1943 Boeing PT-17 Stearman WW2 trainer |
 Available for flight experiences, $225 for 25 mins. |
 B-25 Mitchell, best known for Jimmy Doolittle's . . . |
 . . . raid on Tokyo in 1942 from the USS Hornet |
 Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress, Thunderbird, flew . . . |
 . . . 112 bombing missions for the 303rd Bomb Group |
 I crawled through the Thunderbird in October, 2004 |
 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 Pres. Bush flew |
 Nakajima B5N1 carrier Torpedo Bomber (Kate) |
 It is actually an AT-6/SNJ Texan painted up |
 Looks real during Pearl Harbor attack reenactments |
 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 |
 1964 Beechcraft H18 Twin Beech w/nose gear |
 Beech AT-11 Kansan bombardier & gunner trainer |
 Cessna AT-17/T-50 Bobcat, the "Bamboo Bomber" |
 A rare 8 gun 'Hard Nose' on the museum's . . . |
 . . . Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon Navy transporter |
 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 one year then replaced by the F4F Wildcat |
 The Stinson L-5 Sentinel was built as an aerial jeep, the eye in the sky for every branch of service |
 Convair TB-58 Hustler was the only supersonic strategic bomber to enter 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 Corsair & B-36 |
 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 |
 Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka rocket kamakazi aircraft |
 PBY's distinctive parasol mounted wing |
 Gotta check it out with my kite glider |
 Texas Aviation Hall of Fame addition houses inductee's experiences & contributions to aviation |
 Lady Be Good B-24 found in the Libyan Desert 16 years after bombing Naples, Italy on April 4, 1943 |
 USS Hornet model loaded w/16 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 Medal, Distinguished Service Medal, & Exceptional Service Medals |
 Visit the the Museum on your next Galveston visit |
 Outside North American F-100D 'Super Sabre' |