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Warbird Displays Discuss Palm Springs Air Museum in the World War II - Aviation forums; Well I finally got to go to this museum, we had a great time and learned allot from some of ...

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    Palm Springs Air Museum

    Well I finally got to go to this museum, we had a great time and learned allot from some of those great veterans who flew these beauties, especially the B-17 crew. Used the new camera so any advise is greatly appreciated.






















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    DC-3, this one was realy cooool.















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    I found these detaild models of the Navy men of war fascinating.


















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    Awesome... I like your photo of the fightdeck and seeing the depth of field...

    Was that a DC3 or a C47? Did it have pasanger seats or was it set up for cargo/paratroopers?

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    B-17


























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    These are my KC shots, Eric.





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    The camo plane was a DC-3 and was set up for troops, it had wood benches on the port and starboard sides. I didn't check the history on it, which I hope to do, but it had signs inside and writing on the bulkhead that were all in Arabic.

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    Great pics....

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    DAM, that's incredible.

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    Here are some more.













    100 year old "Old Glory"




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    This was my favorite, PBY


















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    Thanks for looking.

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    Not bad, Ontos. The inside if an air museum give some challenging lighting and you did pretty well. One thing I would suggest is to watch your horizon a bit. Not a huge deal, but something that easily forgotten.

    The C-47 was actually outfitted as an electronic combat aircraft and the markings inside are in Hebrew, not Arabic. The Israelis used them for electronic reconnaissance, eavesdropping and they even had a few that had high power transmitters that would emit a signal to blow up mines on the ground as they flew over them. They called them Mallards, hence the stylized Mallard marking. There is another former Israeli C-47 at the Estrella Warbird Museum in Paso Robles and another one at Camarillo with the American Aeronautical Foundation.

    I wrote an online article about the one at Estrella:
    Van Gilder Aviation Photography of Southern California- A C-47 with some history

    Keep experimenting with your camera, you are doing well. You do have a couple of KC shots that are cool too.


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    Thanks eric, I appreciate your clearing that up on the C-47. They hope to have the PBY flying in November.
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    Great shots ontos. I hope you have as much fun as I do with this.

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