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' |