RapidFireWeb Albuquerque, National Museum of Nuclear Science and History, 601 Eubank at Southern Blvd. (505) 245-2137. (Author Photo) (Jack Gilbert Photo) (Balon Greyjoy Photo) Boeing B-29 Superfortress (Serial No. 45-21748), C/N 13643. According to David Hoover, Curator and Collections Manager for the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History, this B-29 did not have a name. … Read more
Alamogordo, Holloman AFB, NM, 88330-5000. Tel. 505-475-6511, Historian, DSN 572-7903. Capt Kanning, DSN 572-3434. (Rich VanderWoude Photos) Convair F-106A Delta Dart (Serial No. 56-0454). (Rich VanderWoude Photos) Lockheed F-80B Shooting Star (Serial No. 45-85575), painted as (Serial No. 61-0041). (Rich VanderWoude Photos) (Louis DePaemelaere Photo) Lockheed F-104C (Serial No. 56-0866), C/N 383-1174. (Staff Sgt. Andy … Read more
Montana Warplanes (TSgt. Fernando Serna, USAF Photo) General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon (Serial No. 81-0772) from the 186th Fighter Squadron, Montana Air National Guard, escorts a Soviet Su-27 Flanker aircraft to the Canadian border after an air show, 1990. (USAF Photo) North American F-51D Mustang (Serial No. 44-73526), Montana Air National Guard, ca 1947. (USAF … Read more
Mississippi Warplanes (Bill Larkins Photo) Curtiss SOC-3 Seagull, SON-1 (BuNo. 1166), built by the Naval Aircraft Factory for use on battleships and cruisers. This Seagull was assigned to Observation Squadron Three on the battleship USS Mississippi. Photo taken at Oakland, California, Feb 1940. (USN Photo) USS Mississippi (BB-41) operating at sea during the later 1930s. … Read more
Nebraska Warplanes (National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photo) The first airmail field used by the Post Office Department in Omaha, Nebraska was known as Ak-sar-Ben Field (or Nebraska, spelled backwards). The field was part of the transcontinental flyway between New York City, New York to San Francisco, California. The airfield was the site of … Read more
Warplanes preserved in Montana Bozeman, 600 West Kagy Boulevard, 59717. Pietenpohl B4-A Aircamper, Reg. No. NC12752. Butte (Trisepia Photos) North American F-86L Sabre Dog (Serial No. 53-0997), C/N 201-441, mounted on three concrete pylons. Dutton, American Legion Freeborn Post 64, 122 1st Ave, 59433. (BruceS Photos) Lockheed F-104 Starfighter (Serial No. 57-1332), mounted on a … Read more
Warplanes preserved in Missouri Branson, Veterans Memorial Museum, 1250 West 76 Country Music Boulevard, 65616. (kjfishman Photo) Lockheed P2V Harpoon (Serial No.), mounted on a pylon display at the Lost Treasure Mini Golf. North American P-51D Mustang (Serial No. 44-60356), F-JH, replica, “Donna K”, mounted on a pylon. Cape Giradeu, Regional Airport. (Carmelo Turdo Photos) … Read more
St. Paul, Minnesota Air National Guard Museum, Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport, 1 Scanlan Piaza, 55111-0592. Beechcraft C-45J Expeditor (BuNo. 51338), Reg. No. N5766. (Robert Dilley Photos) Beechcraft C-45G Expeditor (BuNo. 52-10884). (Robert Dilley Photos) Bell UH-1H Iroquois Helicopter (Serial No. 65-10077), C/N 5121. Bell UH-1H Iroquois Helicopter (Serial No. 64-13882), C/N 4589. Boeing C-97G Stratofreighter … Read more
Warplanes preserved in Mississippi Bay St. Louis, John C. Stennis Space Center, Hancock County Welcome Center, 39529. Gates Lear Jet 23, Reg. No. N566NA. Jupiter C-2 Rocket. LTV A-7B Corsair II (BuNo. 154474), 101. Lunar Lander. Mercury Redstone Rocket. Saturn V Moon Rocket. Biloxi, Keesler AFB, 39534-5000. (Adrian Brooks Photo) Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star (Serial … Read more
Granite Falls, The Fagen Fighters WWII Museum, 2450 540th Street, 56241. (Historic and Classic Aircraft Sales Photo) Bell P-39D Airacobra (Serial No. 41-6951), “Erminie“, previously with the Beck Military Collection in Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. 41-6951 was the first USAAF fighter to land on New Guinea during the Second World War, on 5 April 1942. 41-6951 … Read more
