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mchargmg 12-30-2014 09:15 AM

Glad you had a good time
 
Pictures......

Happy New Year all!

Geoff

Oso Loco 12-30-2014 12:51 PM

The exterior finish of those hangars looks like they're worth a trip. Stunning!

RV-4 12-30-2014 02:13 PM

Rockliffe
 
I flew the DC-9 that is now part of the displays in the Museum many moons ago.

Kind of weird to see an airplane that one flew in a museum...time to retire I guess..

The museum is really worth the visit.

Bruno
rv4@videotron.ca

kamikaze 12-30-2014 02:39 PM

They landed that DC-9 on our 3000ft runway ... blew my mind when I heard that.

And yet, when the F-18 came in, they used arrestor cables!

Great museum indeed ...

I'm 40 and several ships I sailed on with the navy have been mothballed ... which only speaks to the age of our fleet back then :P

The Wizzard 01-08-2015 03:56 PM

Vald, I did not notice any "big N-numbers on you plane in those pictures. Do you have them or did the Canadians look the other way?

Vlad 01-08-2015 04:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Wizzard (Post 948471)
Vald, I did not notice any "big N-numbers on you plane in those pictures. Do you have them or did the Canadians look the other way?

I didn't penetrate any ADIZ Dave http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx....363.6&idno=14 therefore I don't need 12" numbers. When I went to the Bahamas I had large n-numbers made out of duct tape :)

catmandu 01-08-2015 08:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kamikaze (Post 945807)
I'm 40 and several ships I sailed on with the navy have been mothballed ... which only speaks to the age of our fleet back then :P

Mothballing is kind, my ships are scrapped or sunk! :(

Vlad 12-07-2015 05:41 PM

It's a wonderful time of the year at Millville NJ
 
It's December again where time goes?

Millville Army Air Field Museum is a gem not far from my home base. On a nice Sunday Dec 6th I flew there. On the way checked rookie firefighters at training. The blaze at a factory was just extinguished.



Then conducted some Alaskan training.









Then arrived at Millville Airport KMIV.





Breakfast first. Airport restaurant serves good food and is located in the original WWII building.




Vlad 12-07-2015 05:55 PM

Will, a line man from local FBO gave us a ride to the gates. It's actually a very short walk from the restaurant.








Several museum halls were loaded with history and artifacts I didn't expect the museum be that large.





This museum is for the whole day tour not a brief excursion as we planned.













The same type I've seen when I was a kid on the other side of the globe. The same trophy from the same time. Just a different army soldier brought it to a different location.






Quite impressive prop.




Vlad 12-07-2015 06:04 PM





Sorry, couldn't resist :D






The hall with WWII memorabilia we didn't walk. We left it for the next time.







Short walk to parking






and we are ready to roll after a medevac finishes his business.






We still have a lot of daytime left. Winds were calm and ride smooth. We flew northbound for more then one hour to pick up two cases of engine oil. What a lovely day! :)





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