Museum

[ontheborderland]

The RAAFA museum in Perth has a Spit, a Lanc and a Catalina, which is amazing. I'd love to visit the War Memorial museum in Canberra someday soon.

[Soviet Ace]

China Air Museum has almost everything you could want. P-47, F4U Corsair, F3F-2 Flying Barrel, F4F-3&4 Wildcat, FM2 Wildcat, P-38 Lightning, P-51A-B-D, and even a Yak-3 being restored!!!! They've got quite a few bombers as well, and some sweet post WW2 planes like a Bearcat, P-80, F-86, MiG-15 (real one, not a replica.) and many more. It's the best on the West Coast in my opinion.

[mattmanB182]

Originally Posted by moozicmon

That is in Chantilly,Va, not Maryland.

My apoligies for the mis-information. I had myself convinced it was in MD. Thanks for the correction! I cannot wait to go and see them!

[FOZ_1983]

Got enough cash? sure you can get a spitfire built they make them in southampton. Pretty penny though.


As for museums......

Hawkinge airfield (ring any bells?) is now a museum, it houses MANY spitfires/hurricanes/109's and memerobilia from the battle of britain.

Its extremly eery though in the fact that it also has ALOT of wrecks throughout the museum and who they belong to, and where they were stationed, how they were shot down and either taken POW or killed. Quite freaky. Would highly recommend it.

[phlux]

Originally Posted by Von Heydte

USAF Museum at Wright-Pattersen AFB in Ohio is simply awesome. ME109, FW190, JU88 or HE111, Spit, Mustang, P47, P38 all in one hangar.

Trey

Spent two days there last year and still wasn't satisfied, so much to see.

[Reddisback]

2 years ago I went with my Grandpa to PanzerMuseum Munster in Germany (a tank Museum, for who aren't that clever) and He founded out that they Got a vehicle (SDKFW251/D) from His Unit. Was a Fantasic day.

BTW it's also nice to see Tank and Aircraft enthousiast on one place. even if this is an aircraft game..?

[mattmanB182]

Originally Posted by Reddisback

2 years ago I went with my Grandpa to PanzerMuseum Munster in Germany (a tank Museum, for who aren't that clever) and He founded out that they Got a vehicle (SDKFW251/D) from His Unit. Was a Fantasic day.

BTW it's also nice to see Tank and Aircraft enthousiast on one place. even if this is an aircraft game..?

BF109 and Panther all the way!!

The Panther had so much potential (if not for reliability problems), I would love to see one in person!

All we have on display around the states are stupid Shermans, well at least the places I have been.

[PantherAttack2]

The Germans were simply too good at building tanks that the King Tiger (I'm not entirely sure though, could be something else) was simply too expensive to manufacture because of all the expensive systems installed in it.

[beaker126]

Originally Posted by moozicmon

Ah, but they have some on display at the Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Center in Chantilly,VA. You will find one helluva collection including the Enola Gay
the only surviving Heinkel He 219 Uhu, the only surviving Arado Ar 234,one of three surviving Bachem Ba 349 Natters,the only surviving Nakajima J1N1 Gekko,one of four surviving Northrop P-61 Black Widows and more.

Check out Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_...ar-Hazy_Center

You had me at P-61. Seriously, I think the reason these great birds aren't reproduced is because who would teach folks how to fly them? The wing loading and power/weight ratio on them is sooo different from what the average civillian pilot is used to. Don't get me wrong I'd love too see more of them in the air but but between this and the cost for what is basically a one-off is so high as be really prohibitive.