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10-28-2005, 02:09 AM
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#1 | | Senior Member
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| around the world trip planning
For my year out i am planning to go around the world for a year. I am looking for any infomation on air museams like old warden, flying planes of a simmiler age, jets dont interest me or individual aeroplanes in the following countrys:
· Usa
· Canada
· Peru
· New Zealand
· Australia
· Beijing
· Moscow
· Ste Petersburg
· Spain
· Denmark
· Czech Republic
I would prefer to go and visit little known collections rather than huge ones. Even individual Aeroplanes. Any help/suggestions i would greatly apreciate. | 
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10-28-2005, 06:58 AM
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#2 | | World Traveler
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Country:  | Go to Alaska, it is great. If you are on your way around the world you cannot miss Africa it is amazing (not that there are many planes there but for the experience you cannot beat it).
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10-28-2005, 07:48 AM
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#3 | | Konfused with a 'K'
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Country:  | Go to Wright-Patterson AFB in America...I kinda wanna go there a lot 
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10-28-2005, 10:23 AM
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#4 | | "Shooter"
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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Country:  | It also depends on where in the USA you are going. It's a huge country and to see all of the good air museums in the US, you would need at least a year in the USA alone. There is a short list of North American air museums at: http://www.aerofiles.com/museums.html
Ones that I would highly recommend off the top of my head:
Air Force Museum- Wright Patterson AFB, Fairborn Ohio http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/
Planes of Fame- Chino California (There are three air museums in Chino) http://www.planesoffame.org/index.php http://www.yanksair.com/
Pima Air Museum- Pima, Arizona http://www.pimaair.org/
Of course, if you get out to Camarillo, let me know when, and I can give you the big tour of our CAF museum. http://www.orgsites.com/ca/caf-socal/
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10-28-2005, 11:07 AM
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| The Japanese have a Judy dive bomber at the Yasakuni shrine in Tokyo.
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10-28-2005, 03:47 PM
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#6 | | Senior Member
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Country:  | witin 30 miles of niagara falls is a pretty good selection of flying a/c canadian warbird heritage has a flying lanc to which they are adding a flying blenheim(bolingboke) and lysander and a gentlemen nearby has a flying 109e
spit 9 and hurricane and just across border in us the original home of bell and curtiss with a p39 and possibly a p63 and p40 http://www.warplane.com/ http://aerospace.bfn.org/
and within a 2 hour drive theres a halifax being restored a swordfish | |
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10-28-2005, 06:06 PM
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#7 | | Senior Member
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| Evanglider i may just take up your offer on a tour at your place. I will let you know closer to the time exactlly the date. I am realy looking for the smaller less known collections or even individual aeroplanes. | |
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10-28-2005, 08:02 PM
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#8 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado, USA
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Country: | pb is right - been there!
Wright Pat, and the Smithsonian in DC - Excellent when you're in the USA
Get with Eric though - he'll hook you up and will also be able to point out other places in Southern California - You'll need a month to see them all!
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10-28-2005, 08:25 PM
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#9 | | He who does not skim
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Originally Posted by pbfoot within a 2 hour drive theres a halifax being restored a swordfish | That's up at Trenton, isn't it? Only static though, but still amazing. | |
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10-28-2005, 09:08 PM
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#10 | | Senior Member
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Country: | That's up at Trenton, isn't it? Only static though, but still amazing.[/quote]\
yeah they dragged it up from the depths of some norwegian lake or fiord can't see them making it flyable | |
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10-29-2005, 07:54 AM
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#11 | | "Shooter"
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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Country: | No problem Ollie. As long as I know a bit in advance, I can plan accordingly. If the Jeep is running, I might be able to take you down the airport to see the T-28s that are in abundance near the old alert hangars.
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10-30-2005, 08:22 AM
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#12 | | Senior Member
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| Anything will be greatly apreciated. I will post dates as soon as i know them on here. | |
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10-30-2005, 08:26 AM
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#13 | | "Shooter"
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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Country: | I recently discovered that the largest collection of aircraft at a museum in California is the Castle Air Force Base museum in Atwater, CA. http://www.elite.net/castle-air/
Something for me to add to my list of places to check out.
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11-04-2005, 05:36 PM
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#14 | | Senior Member
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| Thak you all. Once i know more specificaly ewhere i will be in the us i will let you know. I plan to visit this coming summer and do camp america but then go on to visit as many air museams as i can. Espesialy old rhinebeck, due to having a great love of realy old aeroplanes. | |
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11-06-2005, 03:32 PM
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#15 | | Der Crewchief
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Country:  | Well if you hit the German go to the Sinsheim Museum. It is a large collection which you did say you are not interested in but it has a very large selection of WW2 aircraft including many Luftwaffe fighters and some of there secret aircraft.
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