The main entrance Museum Aviation important aviation museums Southeast Robins Air Force Base fa cility houses memorabilia World War through 21st-century avionics systems its knowledgeable staff exudes southern hospitality flight simulators futuristic avionics systems actionpacked movies fast-growing aviation museum offers some thing member family EKen Wilson AT ROBINS Air Force Base near center Georgia dogwood trees azaleas bloom spring camellias brighten landscape winter lucky visitors can stroll through indoor outdoor collections fastest growing military aviation museum Southeast Museum Aviation traces its roots World War II August 8 1941 US War Department negotiated contract construction Air Corps supply repair depot Completed year later installation officially named Robins Field after General Augustine Warner Robins 1882-1940 name later modified Robins Air Force Base General Robins graduated West Point 1907 served Chief Materiel Division Army Air Corps Wright Field Ohio antecedent present Air Force Logistics Command 1939 Brigadier General Robins became commandant Air Corps Training Center Randolph Field San Antonio Texas remaining post until death June 16 1940 Originally called Wellston Air Depot after nearby town Wellston facility became Warner Robins Army Air Depot October 1942 town renamed Warner Robins After total eight name changes mirroring restructuring US Army Air Force U S Air Force depot known today Warner Robins Air Logistics Center Robins Air Force Base Over years has transformed technologically advanced giant sometimes called Avionics Center Air Force September 1981 General James P Mullins head Air Force Logistics Command gave orders Air Force Logistics Center base develop program preserve make known its heritage December 1981 Robins Air Force Base Heritage Committee formed carry out task Soon after Museum Foundation Board established purpose creating aviation museum preserve aircraft artifacts associated proud history Robins AFB Through combined efforts talents host dedicated volunteers Museum Aviation welcomed its first visitors November 9 1984 Located southern end Robins AFB 43-acre museum site comes 48 Model Aviation .ings al US forces Email l-iIa6C Ill UP d lUIlIallg pIwI ILludlUla anirai ruiunua uujuInuu Iu Right striking logo welcomeu visitors museum entrance view exit under Russell Parkway overpass off Georgia State Highway 247 South Entering museums spacious parking lot visitors have first opportunity admire way towering native Georgia pine trees integrated museums outdoor aircraft collections some calls mind currently very collectible StromBecker Scale model kits made 1940s-1950s Strombeck Becker Manufacturing Company Moline Illinois same true-grain pines aeronautical pageant begins almost soon enter lobby interconnected World War II single-story Butler-type buildings house indoor exhibits Usually museum volunteer guides hand greet answer questions Chances though youll find impossible begin tour until youve look gift/bookstore exhibits arranged chronological sequence clockwise lobby teach about local history prehistoric Indian cultures building Robins Air Field trace military history General Frank 0 D Hunter Georgia ace two world wars through modern techniques warfare also working engine displays hands-on exhibitions can fly staying grounded using World War Two Link trainer can go little faster 780-mph cruise maximum speed 836 mph sea level Republic F-105 Thunderchief simulator enemy plane has flamed fallen victim youthful yet-young-at-heart dead-eye fighter jocks mount steed popular 95-year-olds five-year-old great-grandsons Nearby General Electric linkless feed ammunition M-60A gun time installed F-105 Thunderchief weapon could fire 6000 rounds per minute Other indoor attractions include movies Allied Axis uniforms models photos weaponry dioramas fulfill main purposes museum educating entertain Leaving indoor exhibits museum goers stroll paved walkways take array airplanes helicopters missiles outdoor exhibits show careful planning aircraft set up proportionally scaled displays illustrate service designated Visitors can rest benches shade enjoy picnic provided tables Lets tour some highlights North American Texan remanufactured North American design known Air Force linemen T-6 Navy crews SNJ aircraft display group T-6Gs rebuilt T-6/SNJ airframes military inventory stock depleted Air Force turned civilian market additional T-6s paying up $9000 planes sold post WW II surplus $800 less March 1992 49 LIIe worlds advanced airplane Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird nicknamed Titanium iger designed Mach-3 cruising capability long-range reconnaissance missions museums example holds worlds absolute speed record 2193 mph Introduced during WW II Us army Air 1-orces nrsi proauciion sna operallunal jel ule Lockheed Shooting Star foreground has become rarity Only 10 extant mis well-worn seat cusnion IC5IITICS ins popularity Republic F-105 Thunderchief simulator enjoyed ages five 95 aispiay teaturing memurui urn museum expects acquire Curtiss k-qu Group commanded Scott film Goo General Robert L Scott Jr colors 1942 23rd Fighter u-pilOt shown theater refashioned T-6Gs steerable/lockable tail wheels revised side canopy panes better visibility new fuel cells outer wings added range modernized hydraulic systems up-todate radios Air Force received 2068 updated craft assigned new serial numbers 1958 however North American plane phased Out USAF inventory Spanish Air Force received surplus T-6Gs put use trainers Spain began disposal airplanes Museum Aviation acquired serial number 49-32 17 its collection Lockheed U-2C unique high-altitude reconnaissance plane designated Article 349 Central Intelligence Agency identifiable museums collection May 1 1960 late Francis Gary Powers literally blasted aviation history Lockheed U-2 brought down near Sverdlovsk during reconnaissance overflight former USSR Powers captured spent nearly two years Soviet prison until release exchange Russian KGB agent Rudolf Abel Known Dragon Lady aircraft museums collection eighth production U-2serial number 56-6682 After Central Intelligence Agency took delivery aircraft late 1956 number 5 6-6682 went directly covert action Powers piloting USSR reconnaissance missions Later Dragon Lady equipped powerful J75 engine its designation changed U-2B Although rumor has confirmed National Chinese pilots said have used U-2B CIA overflights mainland China 1964 CIA used U-2B what proved successful carrier suitability trials aboard USS Ranger During mid-1960s airplane upgraded U-2C standards through installation larger air intakes updated avionics sensor equipment Warner Robins Air Logistics Center maintained worldwide logistics management surveillance electronics systems used Dragon Lady airplane became part 6512th Test Group Edwards Air Force Base California 1971 transferred Ames Research Center National Air Space Administration Moffett Naval Air Station California used high-altitude data collection flights support various Earth Resource astronomy geophysical programs April 18 1989 airplane set 16 altitude time-to-climb records 73400 feet 12 minutes overturning wide margin previous record set Gates Learjet June year NASA donated craft Museum Aviation last original U-2s still service P2V-7 Neptune Visitors often inquire museum owns US Navy P2V-7 Neptune Actually five still-surviving US Air Force-built RB-69As served Navy under P2V-7 designation two original seven lost reconnaissance missions Navy painted Neptunes its 1950s-1960s standard Gloss Sea Blue Air Force later repainted Gloss Black Continued page 53 50 Model Aviation Left Diorama flight orieting room Iocnran rieia lflOW macon international Airport subdepot Robins Field during WW II several dioramas museum Right C-47 outdoor exhibits First built 1935 DC-3 C-47 used US Army Air Force during World War II troop carrier glider towing dropping paratroopers cargo hauling 43-acre site rapidly being filled planes have historical ties Robins AFB Left This Douglas C-54G Skymaster participated 1948-49 Berlin Airlift circumvented boviet iiitary uovernment lana access blockade Right Delivered USAF May 1945 Douglas B26C served Robins Air Force Base 1947 Left One seven Lockheed RB-69As used Air Force intelligence gathering Right Originally designed glider Fair child C-123 Provider proved successful cargo hauler fitted two reciprocating engines plus two jets 1k CITY OFMArNUATE B NIIIS KWATSON BLVD ________ INTIBSTATfI SINCERE THANKS TO THE RAPS MUSEUM OF AVIATONS STAFF FOR THEIR VERY KIND ASSISTANCE KENNETH WILSON EVANSVILLE IN -199H50 SCALE IT WARNER ROBIN S RAPE SATE 4 RUSSELL PARKWAY RAPS MUSEUM RA PS MUSEUM OF AVIATIONOF AVIATION ENTRANCEr RA PS MUSEUM OF AVIATIONS HOURS OF OPERATION 0-5 DAILY EXCEPT MONDAY CLOSED THANKSGIVING CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS DAY Some RB-69As equipped Side-Looking Airborne Radar flown electronics intelligence-gathering aircraft cruising borders China former USSR East Germany induce countries turn radar radios Warner Robins Air Logistics Center used recorded analyzed transmissions devising countermeasure equipment museums RB-69A mothballed huge Military Aircraft Storage Disposition Center now Aerospace Maintenance Regeneration Center Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Tucson Arizona before undergoing reclamation being flown Robins Air Force Base Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star As countrys first operational production jet fighter Shooting Star ushered US Army Air Force jet age grew up 1940s airplane will always P-80 Its popular attraction museum Lockheed received green light construction XP-80 May 1943 its team finished first airplane 143 days later Initial flight tests conducted January 9 1944 January 26 1946 William Council set new coast-to-coast speed record four hours 13 minutes 23 seconds meantime America fallen love brand-new aerodynamic marvel museums Shooting Star serial number 458357 first delivered P-80A-5 powered Allison J33-A-17 engine Lockheed later rebuilt F-80C standards An updated Allison J33-23 engine explosive canopy ejector installed wings strengthened support bomb rocket racks 1948 attached 62nd Squadron 56th Fighter Group part first deployment jet fighters Europe After returning stateside airplane served Oklahoma Illinois Air National Guards Later plane declared surplus given city Aurora Illinois remained exhibit city park over 30 years Museum Aviation acquired number 458357 trade former mayor Warner Robins Ralph Johnson delighted flown very airplane serving US Army Air Force Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird newest star attraction Museum Aviation SR-71 has held its place worlds advanced airplane since first entering USAF service 1966 March 1992 53 Grumman Albatross used Air Force rescue submarine spotting duty front office museums C-47 WW II aircraft still has web seats Used mainly airfield rescue fire- Dubbed Blue Canoe Cessna U3B paratrooper Jump/No-Jump green red fighting work HH-43A Huskie helicopter used USAF transport VIPs signal lights cargo door 18 built Kaman late 1950s early 1960s Designed gather strategic reconnaissance domains far beyond limits U-2 Blackbird cruised three times speed sound equipped cameras sensors capable examining almost 100000 square miles Earths surface hour flight So important intelligencegathering capabilities SR-71 fleet loss still provokes controversy military circles among reconnaissance supporters Constructed primarily titanium SR-71 able withstand heatat times high 1200 degrees Fgenerated friction flying Mach 3 Wing corrugations expansion joints between skin panels allow airplane expand much six inches museums SR-71 serial number 7 1-7958 powered twin Pratt & Whitney J58 turbo-ramjets 32000 lb thrust afterburners ninth Blackbird built holds worlds absolute speed record 2193 mph 1000-km closed-course record 2092 mph set July 1976 mid-1990s pilots flying discarded SR-71s aviation museums around country attempted better enviable record succeeded Expansion museums interior exhibits has targeted outset Left The Northrop F-89 Scorpion first all-weather interceptor plane service US Air Force eduled destruction Aberdeen Proving Grounds firing range rescued Museum oi F-lOS aircraft could carry weapons payload one-half times WW II Boeing B-17 Flying Foriress 54 Model Aviation uriginaiiy procured 1962 tor US Army Havilland Beaver trans- Beech C-45 During 1950s C-45s ferred Air Force mail light commonly used base hacks US Air cargo utility carrier Vietnam Force operations squadrons M norm american U-4 nero uommanaer President Eisenhower used U-4 exec utive airplane office during 1953-61 IIy ureen .elicopter used chi tor combat rescue recov ery work specializing midair retrieval downed pilots Vietnam Cessna L-19 used USAF forward air control observation plane Built short-takeoff-and-landing craft Hello Super Courier used Central In- Vietnam museums example ob telligence Agency drop agents supplies behind enemy lines Vietnam tamed French Air Force part three-phase long-range plan April 1991 ground breaking construction 60000-sq-ft exhibition building 300-seat auditorium began phase two plan same time museums first hangar unveiled Called Hangar unexpected treat Museum Aviation fans As surplus storage hangar Robins Air Force Base 28000-sq-ft structure scheduled demolition 1990 Museum Aviation officials approached about interest acquiring hangar response very affirmative much staff volunteers pitched disassemble structure Robins AFB flight line reassemble museum grounds after learning no funds cover cost job available Hangar has space 22 aircraft Currently featured historical American artifacts simulated lighted runway aircraft parked along side Vietnam-era Forward Air Control Outpost highlight Basic Advanced Airplane Training section hangar Boeing model 75 old-time favorite commonly known Stearman after Stearman Aircraft Division Boeing Airplane Company Wichita Kansas began building airplane US Army Air Corps 1936 last fanciful double-wingers rolled off Boeings assembly lines February 1945 airplane museum PT-17 received US Army February 24 1943 Decked out aluminum color all-sheet-metal panels anodized light gray serial number 42-16365 awaited its US Army Ferry Command pilot Boeing storage area Wichita Municipal Airport bipe cost Army $8474 Though included government-furnished equipmentprop 220-hp Continental engine tires wheels instrumentsit INVENTORY OF THE MUSEUM OF AVIATIONS AIRCRAFT DRONES MISSILES MANUFACTURER Beechcraft Beechcraft Bell Bell Bell Benson Boeing Boeing Boeing Boeing Boeing British Aerospace Cessna Cessna Cessna Cessna Convair Convair De Havilland De Havilland Douglas Douglas Douglas Douglas TYPE C-45G T-34C UH-1F TH-13M UH-13P X25A B-29B B-52D KC-97 PT-17 CIM-iGA Mk 53 L-1 9AJ0-1 0-2A U-3A UC-78 F-i 02A T-29A C-7A U-6A B-26C C-47B C-47B C-54G SERIAL NO 52-11653 51-44033 69-7959 142376 143143 N61CN 44-84053 55-085 53-298 42-1 6365 59-1 953 51 -1 2857 67-21380 60-6052 57-907 49-1938 63-9756 52-6087 44-35732 43-49442 43-48957 45-579 NAME Expeditor Mentor Iroquois Sioux Sioux Gyrocoptor Superfortress Stratotortress Stratotanker Kaydet Bomarc Lightning Bird Dog Skymaster Blue Canoe Bamboo Bomber Delta Dagger Flying Classroom Caribou Beaver Invader Skytrain Skytrain Skymaster MANUFACTURER Douglas Douglas Fairchild Fairchild Fairchild Ford Grumman Gyrodyne Helio Hiller Hughes Kaman Kaman Laister-Kauffmann Link Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed March 1992 55 ne r4arifl mercan ouuru w Mmriud wpL-wII IIIL three F-86H tighter-bombers built two-year period fruimi high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft Lockheed U-2 hosting inat se cret airfield Groom Dry Lake near Nellis AFB Nevadaexample set16 alti tude time-to-climb records 73400 ft 12 minutes April 18 1989 TYPE C-i 24C WB-66D C-i 19C C-i 23K PT-19A AIN-91 HU-16B OH-SOC U-1OD OH-23C AIM-4D HH-43A HH-43B TG-4A C2 RB-69A C-i 30H C-i 40B F-80C T-33A C-60 F-i 04A SR -7 lA U-2C SERIAL NO 51 -089 55-392 51-2566 54-633 42-2802 51 -71 44 DS-1 261 66-3601 56-402 1 58-1833 58-1853 42-43740 147954 74-1686 61-2488 45-8357 52-9633 42-55918 55-68 17 71-7958 56-6682 NAME Globemaster Destroyer Flying Boxcar Provider Cornell Sidewinder Albatross Dash Super Courier Raven Falcon Huskie Huskie Training Glider Link Trainer Neptune Hercules Jetstar Shooting Star Shooting Star Lodestar Startighter Blackbird Dragon Lady MAULE M51M6 ROCKET 1/4 SCALE 98 FAIRCHILD 24 GIANT SCALE 90 STINSON SR-8 1/5 SCALE 100 DeHAVILLAND BEAVER GIANT SCALE 96 STITS PLAYBOY 1/3 SCALE 88 neverthclcss tidy sum money 1943 PT-17 first saw duty 2164th Base Unit Tuskegee Institute Field Number Two Contract Pilot School Tuskegee Alabama Arriving Tuskegee February 25 1943 Stearman hurried service basic flight trainer US Army Air Force Black aviators April 20 1944 assigned Coast Aviation Corporation another contract flight school Eagle Field Dos Palos California August 2 1945 PT-17 stricken records US Army Air Force turned over Reconstruction Finance Corporation sold surplus War Assets Administration another disposal agency designated US Government Surplus Property Board Reconstruction Finance Corporation advertised Boeing Army models September 1945 aviation magazines $875 planes sacrificed little $300 full 46-gallon tank 73-octane aviation gas thrown just get off Reconstruction Finance Corporation Sales Center field Museum Aviation maintains wish list over 50 aircraft seeks display Three have promised Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress found La Paz Bolivia hauling meat Republic P-47D Thunderbolt Curtiss P-40 Warhawk Since Warner Robins Air Logistics Center responsible during World War II supply depot maintenance US Army aircraft its assigned geographical area including Georgia South Carolina North Carolina Virginia Florida totaling over 6500 aircraft types promised airplanes conform museums status requirements museum staff always excited fresh aircraft release Curtiss P-40 Warhawk holds special significance because its close connection local national World War II hero Brigadier General Robert L Scott Jr native nearby Macon Georgia General Scott became commander 23rd Fighter Group piloted Curtiss P-40s Warhawks Chinese-IndianBurmese theater operations World War II 23rd Fighter Group close attachments Major General Claire Chennault s famous American Volunteer Group Flying Tigers serving 23rd General Scott shot down 13 Japanese planes another nine probable kills 1943 book God Co-pilot General Scott described dedication determination shown American pilots Chinese-Indian-Burmese theater operations despite overwhelming numerical superiority Japans aircraft After being ordered back United States conduct public relations efforts war bond drives briefings Scott became popular public figure God Co-pilot made movie same name film received gala February 1944 premiere Macon Georgia won 56 Model Aviation fine kits include Preformed landing gear cut parts aces drawn rol horns Complete plans rglass cowls 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The main entrance Museum Aviation important aviation museums Southeast Robins Air Force Base fa cility houses memorabilia World War through 21st-century avionics systems its knowledgeable staff exudes southern hospitality flight simulators futuristic avionics systems actionpacked movies fast-growing aviation museum offers some thing member family EKen Wilson AT ROBINS Air Force Base near center Georgia dogwood trees azaleas bloom spring camellias brighten landscape winter lucky visitors can stroll through indoor outdoor collections fastest growing military aviation museum Southeast Museum Aviation traces its roots World War II August 8 1941 US War Department negotiated contract construction Air Corps supply repair depot Completed year later installation officially named Robins Field after General Augustine Warner Robins 1882-1940 name later modified Robins Air Force Base General Robins graduated West Point 1907 served Chief Materiel Division Army Air Corps Wright Field Ohio antecedent present Air Force Logistics Command 1939 Brigadier General Robins became commandant Air Corps Training Center Randolph Field San Antonio Texas remaining post until death June 16 1940 Originally called Wellston Air Depot after nearby town Wellston facility became Warner Robins Army Air Depot October 1942 town renamed Warner Robins After total eight name changes mirroring restructuring US Army Air Force U S Air Force depot known today Warner Robins Air Logistics Center Robins Air Force Base Over years has transformed technologically advanced giant sometimes called Avionics Center Air Force September 1981 General James P Mullins head Air Force Logistics Command gave orders Air Force Logistics Center base develop program preserve make known its heritage December 1981 Robins Air Force Base Heritage Committee formed carry out task Soon after Museum Foundation Board established purpose creating aviation museum preserve aircraft artifacts associated proud history Robins AFB Through combined efforts talents host dedicated volunteers Museum Aviation welcomed its first visitors November 9 1984 Located southern end Robins AFB 43-acre museum site comes 48 Model Aviation .ings al US forces Email l-iIa6C Ill UP d lUIlIallg pIwI ILludlUla anirai ruiunua uujuInuu Iu Right striking logo welcomeu visitors museum entrance view exit under Russell Parkway overpass off Georgia State Highway 247 South Entering museums spacious parking lot visitors have first opportunity admire way towering native Georgia pine trees integrated museums outdoor aircraft collections some calls mind currently very collectible StromBecker Scale model kits made 1940s-1950s Strombeck Becker Manufacturing Company Moline Illinois same true-grain pines aeronautical pageant begins almost soon enter lobby interconnected World War II single-story Butler-type buildings house indoor exhibits Usually museum volunteer guides hand greet answer questions Chances though youll find impossible begin tour until youve look gift/bookstore exhibits arranged chronological sequence clockwise lobby teach about local history prehistoric Indian cultures building Robins Air Field trace military history General Frank 0 D Hunter Georgia ace two world wars through modern techniques warfare also working engine displays hands-on exhibitions can fly staying grounded using World War Two Link trainer can go little faster 780-mph cruise maximum speed 836 mph sea level Republic F-105 Thunderchief simulator enemy plane has flamed fallen victim youthful yet-young-at-heart dead-eye fighter jocks mount steed popular 95-year-olds five-year-old great-grandsons Nearby General Electric linkless feed ammunition M-60A gun time installed F-105 Thunderchief weapon could fire 6000 rounds per minute Other indoor attractions include movies Allied Axis uniforms models photos weaponry dioramas fulfill main purposes museum educating entertain Leaving indoor exhibits museum goers stroll paved walkways take array airplanes helicopters missiles outdoor exhibits show careful planning aircraft set up proportionally scaled displays illustrate service designated Visitors can rest benches shade enjoy picnic provided tables Lets tour some highlights North American Texan remanufactured North American design known Air Force linemen T-6 Navy crews SNJ aircraft display group T-6Gs rebuilt T-6/SNJ airframes military inventory stock depleted Air Force turned civilian market additional T-6s paying up $9000 planes sold post WW II surplus $800 less March 1992 49 LIIe worlds advanced airplane Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird nicknamed Titanium iger designed Mach-3 cruising capability long-range reconnaissance missions museums example holds worlds absolute speed record 2193 mph Introduced during WW II Us army Air 1-orces nrsi proauciion sna operallunal jel ule Lockheed Shooting Star foreground has become rarity Only 10 extant mis well-worn seat cusnion IC5IITICS ins popularity Republic F-105 Thunderchief simulator enjoyed ages five 95 aispiay teaturing memurui urn museum expects acquire Curtiss k-qu Group commanded Scott film Goo General Robert L Scott Jr colors 1942 23rd Fighter u-pilOt shown theater refashioned T-6Gs steerable/lockable tail wheels revised side canopy panes better visibility new fuel cells outer wings added range modernized hydraulic systems up-todate radios Air Force received 2068 updated craft assigned new serial numbers 1958 however North American plane phased Out USAF inventory Spanish Air Force received surplus T-6Gs put use trainers Spain began disposal airplanes Museum Aviation acquired serial number 49-32 17 its collection Lockheed U-2C unique high-altitude reconnaissance plane designated Article 349 Central Intelligence Agency identifiable museums collection May 1 1960 late Francis Gary Powers literally blasted aviation history Lockheed U-2 brought down near Sverdlovsk during reconnaissance overflight former USSR Powers captured spent nearly two years Soviet prison until release exchange Russian KGB agent Rudolf Abel Known Dragon Lady aircraft museums collection eighth production U-2serial number 56-6682 After Central Intelligence Agency took delivery aircraft late 1956 number 5 6-6682 went directly covert action Powers piloting USSR reconnaissance missions Later Dragon Lady equipped powerful J75 engine its designation changed U-2B Although rumor has confirmed National Chinese pilots said have used U-2B CIA overflights mainland China 1964 CIA used U-2B what proved successful carrier suitability trials aboard USS Ranger During mid-1960s airplane upgraded U-2C standards through installation larger air intakes updated avionics sensor equipment Warner Robins Air Logistics Center maintained worldwide logistics management surveillance electronics systems used Dragon Lady airplane became part 6512th Test Group Edwards Air Force Base California 1971 transferred Ames Research Center National Air Space Administration Moffett Naval Air Station California used high-altitude data collection flights support various Earth Resource astronomy geophysical programs April 18 1989 airplane set 16 altitude time-to-climb records 73400 feet 12 minutes overturning wide margin previous record set Gates Learjet June year NASA donated craft Museum Aviation last original U-2s still service P2V-7 Neptune Visitors often inquire museum owns US Navy P2V-7 Neptune Actually five still-surviving US Air Force-built RB-69As served Navy under P2V-7 designation two original seven lost reconnaissance missions Navy painted Neptunes its 1950s-1960s standard Gloss Sea Blue Air Force later repainted Gloss Black Continued page 53 50 Model Aviation Left Diorama flight orieting room Iocnran rieia lflOW macon international Airport subdepot Robins Field during WW II several dioramas museum Right C-47 outdoor exhibits First built 1935 DC-3 C-47 used US Army Air Force during World War II troop carrier glider towing dropping paratroopers cargo hauling 43-acre site rapidly being filled planes have historical ties Robins AFB Left This Douglas C-54G Skymaster participated 1948-49 Berlin Airlift circumvented boviet iiitary uovernment lana access blockade Right Delivered USAF May 1945 Douglas B26C served Robins Air Force Base 1947 Left One seven Lockheed RB-69As used Air Force intelligence gathering Right Originally designed glider Fair child C-123 Provider proved successful cargo hauler fitted two reciprocating engines plus two jets 1k CITY OFMArNUATE B NIIIS KWATSON BLVD ________ INTIBSTATfI SINCERE THANKS TO THE RAPS MUSEUM OF AVIATONS STAFF FOR THEIR VERY KIND ASSISTANCE KENNETH WILSON EVANSVILLE IN -199H50 SCALE IT WARNER ROBIN S RAPE SATE 4 RUSSELL PARKWAY RAPS MUSEUM RA PS MUSEUM OF AVIATIONOF AVIATION ENTRANCEr RA PS MUSEUM OF AVIATIONS HOURS OF OPERATION 0-5 DAILY EXCEPT MONDAY CLOSED THANKSGIVING CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS DAY Some RB-69As equipped Side-Looking Airborne Radar flown electronics intelligence-gathering aircraft cruising borders China former USSR East Germany induce countries turn radar radios Warner Robins Air Logistics Center used recorded analyzed transmissions devising countermeasure equipment museums RB-69A mothballed huge Military Aircraft Storage Disposition Center now Aerospace Maintenance Regeneration Center Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Tucson Arizona before undergoing reclamation being flown Robins Air Force Base Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star As countrys first operational production jet fighter Shooting Star ushered US Army Air Force jet age grew up 1940s airplane will always P-80 Its popular attraction museum Lockheed received green light construction XP-80 May 1943 its team finished first airplane 143 days later Initial flight tests conducted January 9 1944 January 26 1946 William Council set new coast-to-coast speed record four hours 13 minutes 23 seconds meantime America fallen love brand-new aerodynamic marvel museums Shooting Star serial number 458357 first delivered P-80A-5 powered Allison J33-A-17 engine Lockheed later rebuilt F-80C standards An updated Allison J33-23 engine explosive canopy ejector installed wings strengthened support bomb rocket racks 1948 attached 62nd Squadron 56th Fighter Group part first deployment jet fighters Europe After returning stateside airplane served Oklahoma Illinois Air National Guards Later plane declared surplus given city Aurora Illinois remained exhibit city park over 30 years Museum Aviation acquired number 458357 trade former mayor Warner Robins Ralph Johnson delighted flown very airplane serving US Army Air Force Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird newest star attraction Museum Aviation SR-71 has held its place worlds advanced airplane since first entering USAF service 1966 March 1992 53 Grumman Albatross used Air Force rescue submarine spotting duty front office museums C-47 WW II aircraft still has web seats Used mainly airfield rescue fire- Dubbed Blue Canoe Cessna U3B paratrooper Jump/No-Jump green red fighting work HH-43A Huskie helicopter used USAF transport VIPs signal lights cargo door 18 built Kaman late 1950s early 1960s Designed gather strategic reconnaissance domains far beyond limits U-2 Blackbird cruised three times speed sound equipped cameras sensors capable examining almost 100000 square miles Earths surface hour flight So important intelligencegathering capabilities SR-71 fleet loss still provokes controversy military circles among reconnaissance supporters Constructed primarily titanium SR-71 able withstand heatat times high 1200 degrees Fgenerated friction flying Mach 3 Wing corrugations expansion joints between skin panels allow airplane expand much six inches museums SR-71 serial number 7 1-7958 powered twin Pratt & Whitney J58 turbo-ramjets 32000 lb thrust afterburners ninth Blackbird built holds worlds absolute speed record 2193 mph 1000-km closed-course record 2092 mph set July 1976 mid-1990s pilots flying discarded SR-71s aviation museums around country attempted better enviable record succeeded Expansion museums interior exhibits has targeted outset Left The Northrop F-89 Scorpion first all-weather interceptor plane service US Air Force eduled destruction Aberdeen Proving Grounds firing range rescued Museum oi F-lOS aircraft could carry weapons payload one-half times WW II Boeing B-17 Flying Foriress 54 Model Aviation uriginaiiy procured 1962 tor US Army Havilland Beaver trans- Beech C-45 During 1950s C-45s ferred Air Force mail light commonly used base hacks US Air cargo utility carrier Vietnam Force operations squadrons M norm american U-4 nero uommanaer President Eisenhower used U-4 exec utive airplane office during 1953-61 IIy ureen .elicopter used chi tor combat rescue recov ery work specializing midair retrieval downed pilots Vietnam Cessna L-19 used USAF forward air control observation plane Built short-takeoff-and-landing craft Hello Super Courier used Central In- Vietnam museums example ob telligence Agency drop agents supplies behind enemy lines Vietnam tamed French Air Force part three-phase long-range plan April 1991 ground breaking construction 60000-sq-ft exhibition building 300-seat auditorium began phase two plan same time museums first hangar unveiled Called Hangar unexpected treat Museum Aviation fans As surplus storage hangar Robins Air Force Base 28000-sq-ft structure scheduled demolition 1990 Museum Aviation officials approached about interest acquiring hangar response very affirmative much staff volunteers pitched disassemble structure Robins AFB flight line reassemble museum grounds after learning no funds cover cost job available Hangar has space 22 aircraft Currently featured historical American artifacts simulated lighted runway aircraft parked along side Vietnam-era Forward Air Control Outpost highlight Basic Advanced Airplane Training section hangar Boeing model 75 old-time favorite commonly known Stearman after Stearman Aircraft Division Boeing Airplane Company Wichita Kansas began building airplane US Army Air Corps 1936 last fanciful double-wingers rolled off Boeings assembly lines February 1945 airplane museum PT-17 received US Army February 24 1943 Decked out aluminum color all-sheet-metal panels anodized light gray serial number 42-16365 awaited its US Army Ferry Command pilot Boeing storage area Wichita Municipal Airport bipe cost Army $8474 Though included government-furnished equipmentprop 220-hp Continental engine tires wheels instrumentsit INVENTORY OF THE MUSEUM OF AVIATIONS AIRCRAFT DRONES MISSILES MANUFACTURER Beechcraft Beechcraft Bell Bell Bell Benson Boeing Boeing Boeing Boeing Boeing British Aerospace Cessna Cessna Cessna Cessna Convair Convair De Havilland De Havilland Douglas Douglas Douglas Douglas TYPE C-45G T-34C UH-1F TH-13M UH-13P X25A B-29B B-52D KC-97 PT-17 CIM-iGA Mk 53 L-1 9AJ0-1 0-2A U-3A UC-78 F-i 02A T-29A C-7A U-6A B-26C C-47B C-47B C-54G SERIAL NO 52-11653 51-44033 69-7959 142376 143143 N61CN 44-84053 55-085 53-298 42-1 6365 59-1 953 51 -1 2857 67-21380 60-6052 57-907 49-1938 63-9756 52-6087 44-35732 43-49442 43-48957 45-579 NAME Expeditor Mentor Iroquois Sioux Sioux Gyrocoptor Superfortress Stratotortress Stratotanker Kaydet Bomarc Lightning Bird Dog Skymaster Blue Canoe Bamboo Bomber Delta Dagger Flying Classroom Caribou Beaver Invader Skytrain Skytrain Skymaster MANUFACTURER Douglas Douglas Fairchild Fairchild Fairchild Ford Grumman Gyrodyne Helio Hiller Hughes Kaman Kaman Laister-Kauffmann Link Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed March 1992 55 ne r4arifl mercan ouuru w Mmriud wpL-wII IIIL three F-86H tighter-bombers built two-year period fruimi high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft Lockheed U-2 hosting inat se cret airfield Groom Dry Lake near Nellis AFB Nevadaexample set16 alti tude time-to-climb records 73400 ft 12 minutes April 18 1989 TYPE C-i 24C WB-66D C-i 19C C-i 23K PT-19A AIN-91 HU-16B OH-SOC U-1OD OH-23C AIM-4D HH-43A HH-43B TG-4A C2 RB-69A C-i 30H C-i 40B F-80C T-33A C-60 F-i 04A SR -7 lA U-2C SERIAL NO 51 -089 55-392 51-2566 54-633 42-2802 51 -71 44 DS-1 261 66-3601 56-402 1 58-1833 58-1853 42-43740 147954 74-1686 61-2488 45-8357 52-9633 42-55918 55-68 17 71-7958 56-6682 NAME Globemaster Destroyer Flying Boxcar Provider Cornell Sidewinder Albatross Dash Super Courier Raven Falcon Huskie Huskie Training Glider Link Trainer Neptune Hercules Jetstar Shooting Star Shooting Star Lodestar Startighter Blackbird Dragon Lady MAULE M51M6 ROCKET 1/4 SCALE 98 FAIRCHILD 24 GIANT SCALE 90 STINSON SR-8 1/5 SCALE 100 DeHAVILLAND BEAVER GIANT SCALE 96 STITS PLAYBOY 1/3 SCALE 88 neverthclcss tidy sum money 1943 PT-17 first saw duty 2164th Base Unit Tuskegee Institute Field Number Two Contract Pilot School Tuskegee Alabama Arriving Tuskegee February 25 1943 Stearman hurried service basic flight trainer US Army Air Force Black aviators April 20 1944 assigned Coast Aviation Corporation another contract flight school Eagle Field Dos Palos California August 2 1945 PT-17 stricken records US Army Air Force turned over Reconstruction Finance Corporation sold surplus War Assets Administration another disposal agency designated US Government Surplus Property Board Reconstruction Finance Corporation advertised Boeing Army models September 1945 aviation magazines $875 planes sacrificed little $300 full 46-gallon tank 73-octane aviation gas thrown just get off Reconstruction Finance Corporation Sales Center field Museum Aviation maintains wish list over 50 aircraft seeks display Three have promised Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress found La Paz Bolivia hauling meat Republic P-47D Thunderbolt Curtiss P-40 Warhawk Since Warner Robins Air Logistics Center responsible during World War II supply depot maintenance US Army aircraft its assigned geographical area including Georgia South Carolina North Carolina Virginia Florida totaling over 6500 aircraft types promised airplanes conform museums status requirements museum staff always excited fresh aircraft release Curtiss P-40 Warhawk holds special significance because its close connection local national World War II hero Brigadier General Robert L Scott Jr native nearby Macon Georgia General Scott became commander 23rd Fighter Group piloted Curtiss P-40s Warhawks Chinese-IndianBurmese theater operations World War II 23rd Fighter Group close attachments Major General Claire Chennault s famous American Volunteer Group Flying Tigers serving 23rd General Scott shot down 13 Japanese planes another nine probable kills 1943 book God Co-pilot General Scott described dedication determination shown American pilots Chinese-Indian-Burmese theater operations despite overwhelming numerical superiority Japans aircraft After being ordered back United States conduct public relations efforts war bond drives briefings Scott became popular public figure God Co-pilot made movie same name film received gala February 1944 premiere Macon Georgia won 56 Model Aviation fine kits include Preformed landing gear cut parts aces drawn rol horns Complete plans rglass cowls pants Bellcranks ity hand selected balsa ow acetate ws ruction manual photo page order Call 800 327-7198 ext 10 Inquiries Call 208 773-9001 Catalog fine kits $400 yourself favor IKON NWST Kit n world wide finest scale kits WACO 10 1/5 SCALE 73 T-6 Texan used Air Force Navy pilots aerial gunnery bombing prac tice instrument flying advanced pilot training pilots made transition such fighters P-38 P-51 P-47 Continued page 142 Dubbed missile man Lockheed F-i 04 first USAF fighter capable speeds higher Mach 2 Real Stuff Dave ____________Performance Specialties True AAC & ABC Piston/Cylinder Assemblies Serious Horsepower AAC Nelson 40 FAI Formula OS Hanno Special 05 61 SF/RE YS 61R 1 Q-50 Available Following Engines ABC Nelson 40 FAI Formula 1 Q-500 05 32 05 4OVF VRP OS 46SF OS 61SF/RE OS 61VE 0S61 SEN-H REN-H 0561 FSR 05 91 VRDF ST X-40 Rossi 40 YS 45 YS 60 FR/ES YS61 R/SYS 120 Complete Parts & Service OS ST YS & bra Performance Specialties ox 3146 nerville NV 89410 Phone 702-265-7523 FAX 702-265-7522 ViS4I Send $200 1992 Catalog challenge may find yourself flying alongfeet gracelessly scraping random patterns sand So next time its too windy fly plane field taken over special event another dont frustrated Have ball Go fly kite Robins/Wilson Continued page 56 ovations throughout United States England movie staffing Dennis Morgan especially inspirational children eight-to-12 age group Morgan pushed Hollywood stage prop Curtiss P-40 Warhawk 35-degree dive slightly lifting right wing deflection shot gave chase another Japanese Zero sound theater burst machine gun fire six 50caliber weapons enemy plane went down impressionable young boys mentally wore General Scotts three Distinguished Flying Crosses two Silver Stars five Air Medals bib D overalls T-shirts poured out Saturday matin& onto Main Street USA Not few would go fight future air battles defense freedom General Robert L Scott Jr retired US Air Force 1957 Museum Aviation supported voluntary contributions Scott serves its ongoing Campaign Chairman museum boasts first-rate display Scotts 23rd Fighter Group memorabilia God Co-pilot shown museum theater photographs film display first edition responding advertisers mention read about Model Aviation Scotts book presented him mother can also seen enthusiasm staff volunteers nationally prominent depository historical aircraft memorabilia unmistakable Theyre both preserve history tradition Robins Air Force Base US Air Force make visitors feel welcome Anyone attending can expect cordial southern-style greeting followed fascinating educational experience round/Aldrich Continued page 59 built competed locally design 1952 didnt remember since Georgia gang didnt make 1952 Nationals California conversation last week Bill ** 4620 CRANDALL-I ANF$VILLE RD CORYDON INDIANA 47112 ** ____________________________________ __________________________ Large selection Remote Control Model Airplanes professional LISTED BELOW Business since 1973 ES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE IS JUST FEW OF THE MFGWE STOCK HOURS MONDAYTHRUTHURSpAVOAAA PAA D7nAVOAAAPM A-i USTO JIGCLOSED SATURDAY& AMBR OlD ARCO RUBBERBANDS BRiDI DAVEYS SYSTEMS cOVERiTE DEvcON DREMEL DU-BRO DY NA Fl LITE SONIc-TRONIcS STERLING SULLIVAN TOP FLiTE VS ENGINES LA Ni ER MILLER NORTHEAST ZINGER PROPS complete listing etcplease sends stamped self-address enve lope DEALERS WANTED Limited Quantity STAFFORD SCALE 8-24$300 ENGINES 4 19-25 WINGSPAN 9Oinebes FKKITSIGkkumI FOX FUTABA GOLDBERG GAS MODEL PROD HALLCO HOBBYPOXY HOT STUFF K & B MFG Si G SAITO 142 Model Aviation 0 STAFFORD AIRCOUPE $9995 PLEASE CALL FOR SPECIALS OF THE MONTH
Edition: Model Aviation - 1992/03
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The main entrance Museum Aviation important aviation museums Southeast Robins Air Force Base fa cility houses memorabilia World War through 21st-century avionics systems its knowledgeable staff exudes southern hospitality flight simulators futuristic avionics systems actionpacked movies fast-growing aviation museum offers some thing member family EKen Wilson AT ROBINS Air Force Base near center Georgia dogwood trees azaleas bloom spring camellias brighten landscape winter lucky visitors can stroll through indoor outdoor collections fastest growing military aviation museum Southeast Museum Aviation traces its roots World War II August 8 1941 US War Department negotiated contract construction Air Corps supply repair depot Completed year later installation officially named Robins Field after General Augustine Warner Robins 1882-1940 name later modified Robins Air Force Base General Robins graduated West Point 1907 served Chief Materiel Division Army Air Corps Wright Field Ohio antecedent present Air Force Logistics Command 1939 Brigadier General Robins became commandant Air Corps Training Center Randolph Field San Antonio Texas remaining post until death June 16 1940 Originally called Wellston Air Depot after nearby town Wellston facility became Warner Robins Army Air Depot October 1942 town renamed Warner Robins After total eight name changes mirroring restructuring US Army Air Force U S Air Force depot known today Warner Robins Air Logistics Center Robins Air Force Base Over years has transformed technologically advanced giant sometimes called Avionics Center Air Force September 1981 General James P Mullins head Air Force Logistics Command gave orders Air Force Logistics Center base develop program preserve make known its heritage December 1981 Robins Air Force Base Heritage Committee formed carry out task Soon after Museum Foundation Board established purpose creating aviation museum preserve aircraft artifacts associated proud history Robins AFB Through combined efforts talents host dedicated volunteers Museum Aviation welcomed its first visitors November 9 1984 Located southern end Robins AFB 43-acre museum site comes 48 Model Aviation .ings al US forces Email l-iIa6C Ill UP d lUIlIallg pIwI ILludlUla anirai ruiunua uujuInuu Iu Right striking logo welcomeu visitors museum entrance view exit under Russell Parkway overpass off Georgia State Highway 247 South Entering museums spacious parking lot visitors have first opportunity admire way towering native Georgia pine trees integrated museums outdoor aircraft collections some calls mind currently very collectible StromBecker Scale model kits made 1940s-1950s Strombeck Becker Manufacturing Company Moline Illinois same true-grain pines aeronautical pageant begins almost soon enter lobby interconnected World War II single-story Butler-type buildings house indoor exhibits Usually museum volunteer guides hand greet answer questions Chances though youll find impossible begin tour until youve look gift/bookstore exhibits arranged chronological sequence clockwise lobby teach about local history prehistoric Indian cultures building Robins Air Field trace military history General Frank 0 D Hunter Georgia ace two world wars through modern techniques warfare also working engine displays hands-on exhibitions can fly staying grounded using World War Two Link trainer can go little faster 780-mph cruise maximum speed 836 mph sea level Republic F-105 Thunderchief simulator enemy plane has flamed fallen victim youthful yet-young-at-heart dead-eye fighter jocks mount steed popular 95-year-olds five-year-old great-grandsons Nearby General Electric linkless feed ammunition M-60A gun time installed F-105 Thunderchief weapon could fire 6000 rounds per minute Other indoor attractions include movies Allied Axis uniforms models photos weaponry dioramas fulfill main purposes museum educating entertain Leaving indoor exhibits museum goers stroll paved walkways take array airplanes helicopters missiles outdoor exhibits show careful planning aircraft set up proportionally scaled displays illustrate service designated Visitors can rest benches shade enjoy picnic provided tables Lets tour some highlights North American Texan remanufactured North American design known Air Force linemen T-6 Navy crews SNJ aircraft display group T-6Gs rebuilt T-6/SNJ airframes military inventory stock depleted Air Force turned civilian market additional T-6s paying up $9000 planes sold post WW II surplus $800 less March 1992 49 LIIe worlds advanced airplane Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird nicknamed Titanium iger designed Mach-3 cruising capability long-range reconnaissance missions museums example holds worlds absolute speed record 2193 mph Introduced during WW II Us army Air 1-orces nrsi proauciion sna operallunal jel ule Lockheed Shooting Star foreground has become rarity Only 10 extant mis well-worn seat cusnion IC5IITICS ins popularity Republic F-105 Thunderchief simulator enjoyed ages five 95 aispiay teaturing memurui urn museum expects acquire Curtiss k-qu Group commanded Scott film Goo General Robert L Scott Jr colors 1942 23rd Fighter u-pilOt shown theater refashioned T-6Gs steerable/lockable tail wheels revised side canopy panes better visibility new fuel cells outer wings added range modernized hydraulic systems up-todate radios Air Force received 2068 updated craft assigned new serial numbers 1958 however North American plane phased Out USAF inventory Spanish Air Force received surplus T-6Gs put use trainers Spain began disposal airplanes Museum Aviation acquired serial number 49-32 17 its collection Lockheed U-2C unique high-altitude reconnaissance plane designated Article 349 Central Intelligence Agency identifiable museums collection May 1 1960 late Francis Gary Powers literally blasted aviation history Lockheed U-2 brought down near Sverdlovsk during reconnaissance overflight former USSR Powers captured spent nearly two years Soviet prison until release exchange Russian KGB agent Rudolf Abel Known Dragon Lady aircraft museums collection eighth production U-2serial number 56-6682 After Central Intelligence Agency took delivery aircraft late 1956 number 5 6-6682 went directly covert action Powers piloting USSR reconnaissance missions Later Dragon Lady equipped powerful J75 engine its designation changed U-2B Although rumor has confirmed National Chinese pilots said have used U-2B CIA overflights mainland China 1964 CIA used U-2B what proved successful carrier suitability trials aboard USS Ranger During mid-1960s airplane upgraded U-2C standards through installation larger air intakes updated avionics sensor equipment Warner Robins Air Logistics Center maintained worldwide logistics management surveillance electronics systems used Dragon Lady airplane became part 6512th Test Group Edwards Air Force Base California 1971 transferred Ames Research Center National Air Space Administration Moffett Naval Air Station California used high-altitude data collection flights support various Earth Resource astronomy geophysical programs April 18 1989 airplane set 16 altitude time-to-climb records 73400 feet 12 minutes overturning wide margin previous record set Gates Learjet June year NASA donated craft Museum Aviation last original U-2s still service P2V-7 Neptune Visitors often inquire museum owns US Navy P2V-7 Neptune Actually five still-surviving US Air Force-built RB-69As served Navy under P2V-7 designation two original seven lost reconnaissance missions Navy painted Neptunes its 1950s-1960s standard Gloss Sea Blue Air Force later repainted Gloss Black Continued page 53 50 Model Aviation Left Diorama flight orieting room Iocnran rieia lflOW macon international Airport subdepot Robins Field during WW II several dioramas museum Right C-47 outdoor exhibits First built 1935 DC-3 C-47 used US Army Air Force during World War II troop carrier glider towing dropping paratroopers cargo hauling 43-acre site rapidly being filled planes have historical ties Robins AFB Left This Douglas C-54G Skymaster participated 1948-49 Berlin Airlift circumvented boviet iiitary uovernment lana access blockade Right Delivered USAF May 1945 Douglas B26C served Robins Air Force Base 1947 Left One seven Lockheed RB-69As used Air Force intelligence gathering Right Originally designed glider Fair child C-123 Provider proved successful cargo hauler fitted two reciprocating engines plus two jets 1k CITY OFMArNUATE B NIIIS KWATSON BLVD ________ INTIBSTATfI SINCERE THANKS TO THE RAPS MUSEUM OF AVIATONS STAFF FOR THEIR VERY KIND ASSISTANCE KENNETH WILSON EVANSVILLE IN -199H50 SCALE IT WARNER ROBIN S RAPE SATE 4 RUSSELL PARKWAY RAPS MUSEUM RA PS MUSEUM OF AVIATIONOF AVIATION ENTRANCEr RA PS MUSEUM OF AVIATIONS HOURS OF OPERATION 0-5 DAILY EXCEPT MONDAY CLOSED THANKSGIVING CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS DAY Some RB-69As equipped Side-Looking Airborne Radar flown electronics intelligence-gathering aircraft cruising borders China former USSR East Germany induce countries turn radar radios Warner Robins Air Logistics Center used recorded analyzed transmissions devising countermeasure equipment museums RB-69A mothballed huge Military Aircraft Storage Disposition Center now Aerospace Maintenance Regeneration Center Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Tucson Arizona before undergoing reclamation being flown Robins Air Force Base Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star As countrys first operational production jet fighter Shooting Star ushered US Army Air Force jet age grew up 1940s airplane will always P-80 Its popular attraction museum Lockheed received green light construction XP-80 May 1943 its team finished first airplane 143 days later Initial flight tests conducted January 9 1944 January 26 1946 William Council set new coast-to-coast speed record four hours 13 minutes 23 seconds meantime America fallen love brand-new aerodynamic marvel museums Shooting Star serial number 458357 first delivered P-80A-5 powered Allison J33-A-17 engine Lockheed later rebuilt F-80C standards An updated Allison J33-23 engine explosive canopy ejector installed wings strengthened support bomb rocket racks 1948 attached 62nd Squadron 56th Fighter Group part first deployment jet fighters Europe After returning stateside airplane served Oklahoma Illinois Air National Guards Later plane declared surplus given city Aurora Illinois remained exhibit city park over 30 years Museum Aviation acquired number 458357 trade former mayor Warner Robins Ralph Johnson delighted flown very airplane serving US Army Air Force Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird newest star attraction Museum Aviation SR-71 has held its place worlds advanced airplane since first entering USAF service 1966 March 1992 53 Grumman Albatross used Air Force rescue submarine spotting duty front office museums C-47 WW II aircraft still has web seats Used mainly airfield rescue fire- Dubbed Blue Canoe Cessna U3B paratrooper Jump/No-Jump green red fighting work HH-43A Huskie helicopter used USAF transport VIPs signal lights cargo door 18 built Kaman late 1950s early 1960s Designed gather strategic reconnaissance domains far beyond limits U-2 Blackbird cruised three times speed sound equipped cameras sensors capable examining almost 100000 square miles Earths surface hour flight So important intelligencegathering capabilities SR-71 fleet loss still provokes controversy military circles among reconnaissance supporters Constructed primarily titanium SR-71 able withstand heatat times high 1200 degrees Fgenerated friction flying Mach 3 Wing corrugations expansion joints between skin panels allow airplane expand much six inches museums SR-71 serial number 7 1-7958 powered twin Pratt & Whitney J58 turbo-ramjets 32000 lb thrust afterburners ninth Blackbird built holds worlds absolute speed record 2193 mph 1000-km closed-course record 2092 mph set July 1976 mid-1990s pilots flying discarded SR-71s aviation museums around country attempted better enviable record succeeded Expansion museums interior exhibits has targeted outset Left The Northrop F-89 Scorpion first all-weather interceptor plane service US Air Force eduled destruction Aberdeen Proving Grounds firing range rescued Museum oi F-lOS aircraft could carry weapons payload one-half times WW II Boeing B-17 Flying Foriress 54 Model Aviation uriginaiiy procured 1962 tor US Army Havilland Beaver trans- Beech C-45 During 1950s C-45s ferred Air Force mail light commonly used base hacks US Air cargo utility carrier Vietnam Force operations squadrons M norm american U-4 nero uommanaer President Eisenhower used U-4 exec utive airplane office during 1953-61 IIy ureen .elicopter used chi tor combat rescue recov ery work specializing midair retrieval downed pilots Vietnam Cessna L-19 used USAF forward air control observation plane Built short-takeoff-and-landing craft Hello Super Courier used Central In- Vietnam museums example ob telligence Agency drop agents supplies behind enemy lines Vietnam tamed French Air Force part three-phase long-range plan April 1991 ground breaking construction 60000-sq-ft exhibition building 300-seat auditorium began phase two plan same time museums first hangar unveiled Called Hangar unexpected treat Museum Aviation fans As surplus storage hangar Robins Air Force Base 28000-sq-ft structure scheduled demolition 1990 Museum Aviation officials approached about interest acquiring hangar response very affirmative much staff volunteers pitched disassemble structure Robins AFB flight line reassemble museum grounds after learning no funds cover cost job available Hangar has space 22 aircraft Currently featured historical American artifacts simulated lighted runway aircraft parked along side Vietnam-era Forward Air Control Outpost highlight Basic Advanced Airplane Training section hangar Boeing model 75 old-time favorite commonly known Stearman after Stearman Aircraft Division Boeing Airplane Company Wichita Kansas began building airplane US Army Air Corps 1936 last fanciful double-wingers rolled off Boeings assembly lines February 1945 airplane museum PT-17 received US Army February 24 1943 Decked out aluminum color all-sheet-metal panels anodized light gray serial number 42-16365 awaited its US Army Ferry Command pilot Boeing storage area Wichita Municipal Airport bipe cost Army $8474 Though included government-furnished equipmentprop 220-hp Continental engine tires wheels instrumentsit INVENTORY OF THE MUSEUM OF AVIATIONS AIRCRAFT DRONES MISSILES MANUFACTURER Beechcraft Beechcraft Bell Bell Bell Benson Boeing Boeing Boeing Boeing Boeing British Aerospace Cessna Cessna Cessna Cessna Convair Convair De Havilland De Havilland Douglas Douglas Douglas Douglas TYPE C-45G T-34C UH-1F TH-13M UH-13P X25A B-29B B-52D KC-97 PT-17 CIM-iGA Mk 53 L-1 9AJ0-1 0-2A U-3A UC-78 F-i 02A T-29A C-7A U-6A B-26C C-47B C-47B C-54G SERIAL NO 52-11653 51-44033 69-7959 142376 143143 N61CN 44-84053 55-085 53-298 42-1 6365 59-1 953 51 -1 2857 67-21380 60-6052 57-907 49-1938 63-9756 52-6087 44-35732 43-49442 43-48957 45-579 NAME Expeditor Mentor Iroquois Sioux Sioux Gyrocoptor Superfortress Stratotortress Stratotanker Kaydet Bomarc Lightning Bird Dog Skymaster Blue Canoe Bamboo Bomber Delta Dagger Flying Classroom Caribou Beaver Invader Skytrain Skytrain Skymaster MANUFACTURER Douglas Douglas Fairchild Fairchild Fairchild Ford Grumman Gyrodyne Helio Hiller Hughes Kaman Kaman Laister-Kauffmann Link Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed March 1992 55 ne r4arifl mercan ouuru w Mmriud wpL-wII IIIL three F-86H tighter-bombers built two-year period fruimi high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft Lockheed U-2 hosting inat se cret airfield Groom Dry Lake near Nellis AFB Nevadaexample set16 alti tude time-to-climb records 73400 ft 12 minutes April 18 1989 TYPE C-i 24C WB-66D C-i 19C C-i 23K PT-19A AIN-91 HU-16B OH-SOC U-1OD OH-23C AIM-4D HH-43A HH-43B TG-4A C2 RB-69A C-i 30H C-i 40B F-80C T-33A C-60 F-i 04A SR -7 lA U-2C SERIAL NO 51 -089 55-392 51-2566 54-633 42-2802 51 -71 44 DS-1 261 66-3601 56-402 1 58-1833 58-1853 42-43740 147954 74-1686 61-2488 45-8357 52-9633 42-55918 55-68 17 71-7958 56-6682 NAME Globemaster Destroyer Flying Boxcar Provider Cornell Sidewinder Albatross Dash Super Courier Raven Falcon Huskie Huskie Training Glider Link Trainer Neptune Hercules Jetstar Shooting Star Shooting Star Lodestar Startighter Blackbird Dragon Lady MAULE M51M6 ROCKET 1/4 SCALE 98 FAIRCHILD 24 GIANT SCALE 90 STINSON SR-8 1/5 SCALE 100 DeHAVILLAND BEAVER GIANT SCALE 96 STITS PLAYBOY 1/3 SCALE 88 neverthclcss tidy sum money 1943 PT-17 first saw duty 2164th Base Unit Tuskegee Institute Field Number Two Contract Pilot School Tuskegee Alabama Arriving Tuskegee February 25 1943 Stearman hurried service basic flight trainer US Army Air Force Black aviators April 20 1944 assigned Coast Aviation Corporation another contract flight school Eagle Field Dos Palos California August 2 1945 PT-17 stricken records US Army Air Force turned over Reconstruction Finance Corporation sold surplus War Assets Administration another disposal agency designated US Government Surplus Property Board Reconstruction Finance Corporation advertised Boeing Army models September 1945 aviation magazines $875 planes sacrificed little $300 full 46-gallon tank 73-octane aviation gas thrown just get off Reconstruction Finance Corporation Sales Center field Museum Aviation maintains wish list over 50 aircraft seeks display Three have promised Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress found La Paz Bolivia hauling meat Republic P-47D Thunderbolt Curtiss P-40 Warhawk Since Warner Robins Air Logistics Center responsible during World War II supply depot maintenance US Army aircraft its assigned geographical area including Georgia South Carolina North Carolina Virginia Florida totaling over 6500 aircraft types promised airplanes conform museums status requirements museum staff always excited fresh aircraft release Curtiss P-40 Warhawk holds special significance because its close connection local national World War II hero Brigadier General Robert L Scott Jr native nearby Macon Georgia General Scott became commander 23rd Fighter Group piloted Curtiss P-40s Warhawks Chinese-IndianBurmese theater operations World War II 23rd Fighter Group close attachments Major General Claire Chennault s famous American Volunteer Group Flying Tigers serving 23rd General Scott shot down 13 Japanese planes another nine probable kills 1943 book God Co-pilot General Scott described dedication determination shown American pilots Chinese-Indian-Burmese theater operations despite overwhelming numerical superiority Japans aircraft After being ordered back United States conduct public relations efforts war bond drives briefings Scott became popular public figure God Co-pilot made movie same name film received gala February 1944 premiere Macon Georgia won 56 Model Aviation fine kits include Preformed landing gear cut parts aces drawn rol horns Complete plans rglass cowls pants Bellcranks ity hand selected balsa ow acetate ws ruction manual photo page order Call 800 327-7198 ext 10 Inquiries Call 208 773-9001 Catalog fine kits $400 yourself favor IKON NWST Kit n world wide finest scale kits WACO 10 1/5 SCALE 73 T-6 Texan used Air Force Navy pilots aerial gunnery bombing prac tice instrument flying advanced pilot training pilots made transition such fighters P-38 P-51 P-47 Continued page 142 Dubbed missile man Lockheed F-i 04 first USAF fighter capable speeds higher Mach 2 Real Stuff Dave ____________Performance Specialties True AAC & ABC Piston/Cylinder Assemblies Serious Horsepower AAC Nelson 40 FAI Formula OS Hanno Special 05 61 SF/RE YS 61R 1 Q-50 Available Following Engines ABC Nelson 40 FAI Formula 1 Q-500 05 32 05 4OVF VRP OS 46SF OS 61SF/RE OS 61VE 0S61 SEN-H REN-H 0561 FSR 05 91 VRDF ST X-40 Rossi 40 YS 45 YS 60 FR/ES YS61 R/SYS 120 Complete Parts & Service OS ST YS & bra Performance Specialties ox 3146 nerville NV 89410 Phone 702-265-7523 FAX 702-265-7522 ViS4I Send $200 1992 Catalog challenge may find yourself flying alongfeet gracelessly scraping random patterns sand So next time its too windy fly plane field taken over special event another dont frustrated Have ball Go fly kite Robins/Wilson Continued page 56 ovations throughout United States England movie staffing Dennis Morgan especially inspirational children eight-to-12 age group Morgan pushed Hollywood stage prop Curtiss P-40 Warhawk 35-degree dive slightly lifting right wing deflection shot gave chase another Japanese Zero sound theater burst machine gun fire six 50caliber weapons enemy plane went down impressionable young boys mentally wore General Scotts three Distinguished Flying Crosses two Silver Stars five Air Medals bib D overalls T-shirts poured out Saturday matin& onto Main Street USA Not few would go fight future air battles defense freedom General Robert L Scott Jr retired US Air Force 1957 Museum Aviation supported voluntary contributions Scott serves its ongoing Campaign Chairman museum boasts first-rate display Scotts 23rd Fighter Group memorabilia God Co-pilot shown museum theater photographs film display first edition responding advertisers mention read about Model Aviation Scotts book presented him mother can also seen enthusiasm staff volunteers nationally prominent depository historical aircraft memorabilia unmistakable Theyre both preserve history tradition Robins Air Force Base US Air Force make visitors feel welcome Anyone attending can expect cordial southern-style greeting followed fascinating educational experience round/Aldrich Continued page 59 built competed locally design 1952 didnt remember since Georgia gang didnt make 1952 Nationals California conversation last week Bill ** 4620 CRANDALL-I ANF$VILLE RD CORYDON INDIANA 47112 ** ____________________________________ __________________________ Large selection Remote Control Model Airplanes professional LISTED BELOW Business since 1973 ES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE IS JUST FEW OF THE MFGWE STOCK HOURS MONDAYTHRUTHURSpAVOAAA PAA D7nAVOAAAPM A-i USTO JIGCLOSED SATURDAY& AMBR OlD ARCO RUBBERBANDS BRiDI DAVEYS SYSTEMS cOVERiTE DEvcON DREMEL DU-BRO DY NA Fl LITE SONIc-TRONIcS STERLING SULLIVAN TOP FLiTE VS ENGINES LA Ni ER MILLER NORTHEAST ZINGER PROPS complete listing etcplease sends stamped self-address enve lope DEALERS WANTED Limited Quantity STAFFORD SCALE 8-24$300 ENGINES 4 19-25 WINGSPAN 9Oinebes FKKITSIGkkumI FOX FUTABA GOLDBERG GAS MODEL PROD HALLCO HOBBYPOXY HOT STUFF K & B MFG Si G SAITO 142 Model Aviation 0 STAFFORD AIRCOUPE $9995 PLEASE CALL FOR SPECIALS OF THE MONTH
Edition: Model Aviation - 1992/03
Page Numbers: 50, 51, 52, 55, 56, 57, 58, 144
The main entrance Museum Aviation important aviation museums Southeast Robins Air Force Base fa cility houses memorabilia World War through 21st-century avionics systems its knowledgeable staff exudes southern hospitality flight simulators futuristic avionics systems actionpacked movies fast-growing aviation museum offers some thing member family EKen Wilson AT ROBINS Air Force Base near center Georgia dogwood trees azaleas bloom spring camellias brighten landscape winter lucky visitors can stroll through indoor outdoor collections fastest growing military aviation museum Southeast Museum Aviation traces its roots World War II August 8 1941 US War Department negotiated contract construction Air Corps supply repair depot Completed year later installation officially named Robins Field after General Augustine Warner Robins 1882-1940 name later modified Robins Air Force Base General Robins graduated West Point 1907 served Chief Materiel Division Army Air Corps Wright Field Ohio antecedent present Air Force Logistics Command 1939 Brigadier General Robins became commandant Air Corps Training Center Randolph Field San Antonio Texas remaining post until death June 16 1940 Originally called Wellston Air Depot after nearby town Wellston facility became Warner Robins Army Air Depot October 1942 town renamed Warner Robins After total eight name changes mirroring restructuring US Army Air Force U S Air Force depot known today Warner Robins Air Logistics Center Robins Air Force Base Over years has transformed technologically advanced giant sometimes called Avionics Center Air Force September 1981 General James P Mullins head Air Force Logistics Command gave orders Air Force Logistics Center base develop program preserve make known its heritage December 1981 Robins Air Force Base Heritage Committee formed carry out task Soon after Museum Foundation Board established purpose creating aviation museum preserve aircraft artifacts associated proud history Robins AFB Through combined efforts talents host dedicated volunteers Museum Aviation welcomed its first visitors November 9 1984 Located southern end Robins AFB 43-acre museum site comes 48 Model Aviation .ings al US forces Email l-iIa6C Ill UP d lUIlIallg pIwI ILludlUla anirai ruiunua uujuInuu Iu Right striking logo welcomeu visitors museum entrance view exit under Russell Parkway overpass off Georgia State Highway 247 South Entering museums spacious parking lot visitors have first opportunity admire way towering native Georgia pine trees integrated museums outdoor aircraft collections some calls mind currently very collectible StromBecker Scale model kits made 1940s-1950s Strombeck Becker Manufacturing Company Moline Illinois same true-grain pines aeronautical pageant begins almost soon enter lobby interconnected World War II single-story Butler-type buildings house indoor exhibits Usually museum volunteer guides hand greet answer questions Chances though youll find impossible begin tour until youve look gift/bookstore exhibits arranged chronological sequence clockwise lobby teach about local history prehistoric Indian cultures building Robins Air Field trace military history General Frank 0 D Hunter Georgia ace two world wars through modern techniques warfare also working engine displays hands-on exhibitions can fly staying grounded using World War Two Link trainer can go little faster 780-mph cruise maximum speed 836 mph sea level Republic F-105 Thunderchief simulator enemy plane has flamed fallen victim youthful yet-young-at-heart dead-eye fighter jocks mount steed popular 95-year-olds five-year-old great-grandsons Nearby General Electric linkless feed ammunition M-60A gun time installed F-105 Thunderchief weapon could fire 6000 rounds per minute Other indoor attractions include movies Allied Axis uniforms models photos weaponry dioramas fulfill main purposes museum educating entertain Leaving indoor exhibits museum goers stroll paved walkways take array airplanes helicopters missiles outdoor exhibits show careful planning aircraft set up proportionally scaled displays illustrate service designated Visitors can rest benches shade enjoy picnic provided tables Lets tour some highlights North American Texan remanufactured North American design known Air Force linemen T-6 Navy crews SNJ aircraft display group T-6Gs rebuilt T-6/SNJ airframes military inventory stock depleted Air Force turned civilian market additional T-6s paying up $9000 planes sold post WW II surplus $800 less March 1992 49 LIIe worlds advanced airplane Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird nicknamed Titanium iger designed Mach-3 cruising capability long-range reconnaissance missions museums example holds worlds absolute speed record 2193 mph Introduced during WW II Us army Air 1-orces nrsi proauciion sna operallunal jel ule Lockheed Shooting Star foreground has become rarity Only 10 extant mis well-worn seat cusnion IC5IITICS ins popularity Republic F-105 Thunderchief simulator enjoyed ages five 95 aispiay teaturing memurui urn museum expects acquire Curtiss k-qu Group commanded Scott film Goo General Robert L Scott Jr colors 1942 23rd Fighter u-pilOt shown theater refashioned T-6Gs steerable/lockable tail wheels revised side canopy panes better visibility new fuel cells outer wings added range modernized hydraulic systems up-todate radios Air Force received 2068 updated craft assigned new serial numbers 1958 however North American plane phased Out USAF inventory Spanish Air Force received surplus T-6Gs put use trainers Spain began disposal airplanes Museum Aviation acquired serial number 49-32 17 its collection Lockheed U-2C unique high-altitude reconnaissance plane designated Article 349 Central Intelligence Agency identifiable museums collection May 1 1960 late Francis Gary Powers literally blasted aviation history Lockheed U-2 brought down near Sverdlovsk during reconnaissance overflight former USSR Powers captured spent nearly two years Soviet prison until release exchange Russian KGB agent Rudolf Abel Known Dragon Lady aircraft museums collection eighth production U-2serial number 56-6682 After Central Intelligence Agency took delivery aircraft late 1956 number 5 6-6682 went directly covert action Powers piloting USSR reconnaissance missions Later Dragon Lady equipped powerful J75 engine its designation changed U-2B Although rumor has confirmed National Chinese pilots said have used U-2B CIA overflights mainland China 1964 CIA used U-2B what proved successful carrier suitability trials aboard USS Ranger During mid-1960s airplane upgraded U-2C standards through installation larger air intakes updated avionics sensor equipment Warner Robins Air Logistics Center maintained worldwide logistics management surveillance electronics systems used Dragon Lady airplane became part 6512th Test Group Edwards Air Force Base California 1971 transferred Ames Research Center National Air Space Administration Moffett Naval Air Station California used high-altitude data collection flights support various Earth Resource astronomy geophysical programs April 18 1989 airplane set 16 altitude time-to-climb records 73400 feet 12 minutes overturning wide margin previous record set Gates Learjet June year NASA donated craft Museum Aviation last original U-2s still service P2V-7 Neptune Visitors often inquire museum owns US Navy P2V-7 Neptune Actually five still-surviving US Air Force-built RB-69As served Navy under P2V-7 designation two original seven lost reconnaissance missions Navy painted Neptunes its 1950s-1960s standard Gloss Sea Blue Air Force later repainted Gloss Black Continued page 53 50 Model Aviation Left Diorama flight orieting room Iocnran rieia lflOW macon international Airport subdepot Robins Field during WW II several dioramas museum Right C-47 outdoor exhibits First built 1935 DC-3 C-47 used US Army Air Force during World War II troop carrier glider towing dropping paratroopers cargo hauling 43-acre site rapidly being filled planes have historical ties Robins AFB Left This Douglas C-54G Skymaster participated 1948-49 Berlin Airlift circumvented boviet iiitary uovernment lana access blockade Right Delivered USAF May 1945 Douglas B26C served Robins Air Force Base 1947 Left One seven Lockheed RB-69As used Air Force intelligence gathering Right Originally designed glider Fair child C-123 Provider proved successful cargo hauler fitted two reciprocating engines plus two jets 1k CITY OFMArNUATE B NIIIS KWATSON BLVD ________ INTIBSTATfI SINCERE THANKS TO THE RAPS MUSEUM OF AVIATONS STAFF FOR THEIR VERY KIND ASSISTANCE KENNETH WILSON EVANSVILLE IN -199H50 SCALE IT WARNER ROBIN S RAPE SATE 4 RUSSELL PARKWAY RAPS MUSEUM RA PS MUSEUM OF AVIATIONOF AVIATION ENTRANCEr RA PS MUSEUM OF AVIATIONS HOURS OF OPERATION 0-5 DAILY EXCEPT MONDAY CLOSED THANKSGIVING CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS DAY Some RB-69As equipped Side-Looking Airborne Radar flown electronics intelligence-gathering aircraft cruising borders China former USSR East Germany induce countries turn radar radios Warner Robins Air Logistics Center used recorded analyzed transmissions devising countermeasure equipment museums RB-69A mothballed huge Military Aircraft Storage Disposition Center now Aerospace Maintenance Regeneration Center Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Tucson Arizona before undergoing reclamation being flown Robins Air Force Base Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star As countrys first operational production jet fighter Shooting Star ushered US Army Air Force jet age grew up 1940s airplane will always P-80 Its popular attraction museum Lockheed received green light construction XP-80 May 1943 its team finished first airplane 143 days later Initial flight tests conducted January 9 1944 January 26 1946 William Council set new coast-to-coast speed record four hours 13 minutes 23 seconds meantime America fallen love brand-new aerodynamic marvel museums Shooting Star serial number 458357 first delivered P-80A-5 powered Allison J33-A-17 engine Lockheed later rebuilt F-80C standards An updated Allison J33-23 engine explosive canopy ejector installed wings strengthened support bomb rocket racks 1948 attached 62nd Squadron 56th Fighter Group part first deployment jet fighters Europe After returning stateside airplane served Oklahoma Illinois Air National Guards Later plane declared surplus given city Aurora Illinois remained exhibit city park over 30 years Museum Aviation acquired number 458357 trade former mayor Warner Robins Ralph Johnson delighted flown very airplane serving US Army Air Force Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird newest star attraction Museum Aviation SR-71 has held its place worlds advanced airplane since first entering USAF service 1966 March 1992 53 Grumman Albatross used Air Force rescue submarine spotting duty front office museums C-47 WW II aircraft still has web seats Used mainly airfield rescue fire- Dubbed Blue Canoe Cessna U3B paratrooper Jump/No-Jump green red fighting work HH-43A Huskie helicopter used USAF transport VIPs signal lights cargo door 18 built Kaman late 1950s early 1960s Designed gather strategic reconnaissance domains far beyond limits U-2 Blackbird cruised three times speed sound equipped cameras sensors capable examining almost 100000 square miles Earths surface hour flight So important intelligencegathering capabilities SR-71 fleet loss still provokes controversy military circles among reconnaissance supporters Constructed primarily titanium SR-71 able withstand heatat times high 1200 degrees Fgenerated friction flying Mach 3 Wing corrugations expansion joints between skin panels allow airplane expand much six inches museums SR-71 serial number 7 1-7958 powered twin Pratt & Whitney J58 turbo-ramjets 32000 lb thrust afterburners ninth Blackbird built holds worlds absolute speed record 2193 mph 1000-km closed-course record 2092 mph set July 1976 mid-1990s pilots flying discarded SR-71s aviation museums around country attempted better enviable record succeeded Expansion museums interior exhibits has targeted outset Left The Northrop F-89 Scorpion first all-weather interceptor plane service US Air Force eduled destruction Aberdeen Proving Grounds firing range rescued Museum oi F-lOS aircraft could carry weapons payload one-half times WW II Boeing B-17 Flying Foriress 54 Model Aviation uriginaiiy procured 1962 tor US Army Havilland Beaver trans- Beech C-45 During 1950s C-45s ferred Air Force mail light commonly used base hacks US Air cargo utility carrier Vietnam Force operations squadrons M norm american U-4 nero uommanaer President Eisenhower used U-4 exec utive airplane office during 1953-61 IIy ureen .elicopter used chi tor combat rescue recov ery work specializing midair retrieval downed pilots Vietnam Cessna L-19 used USAF forward air control observation plane Built short-takeoff-and-landing craft Hello Super Courier used Central In- Vietnam museums example ob telligence Agency drop agents supplies behind enemy lines Vietnam tamed French Air Force part three-phase long-range plan April 1991 ground breaking construction 60000-sq-ft exhibition building 300-seat auditorium began phase two plan same time museums first hangar unveiled Called Hangar unexpected treat Museum Aviation fans As surplus storage hangar Robins Air Force Base 28000-sq-ft structure scheduled demolition 1990 Museum Aviation officials approached about interest acquiring hangar response very affirmative much staff volunteers pitched disassemble structure Robins AFB flight line reassemble museum grounds after learning no funds cover cost job available Hangar has space 22 aircraft Currently featured historical American artifacts simulated lighted runway aircraft parked along side Vietnam-era Forward Air Control Outpost highlight Basic Advanced Airplane Training section hangar Boeing model 75 old-time favorite commonly known Stearman after Stearman Aircraft Division Boeing Airplane Company Wichita Kansas began building airplane US Army Air Corps 1936 last fanciful double-wingers rolled off Boeings assembly lines February 1945 airplane museum PT-17 received US Army February 24 1943 Decked out aluminum color all-sheet-metal panels anodized light gray serial number 42-16365 awaited its US Army Ferry Command pilot Boeing storage area Wichita Municipal Airport bipe cost Army $8474 Though included government-furnished equipmentprop 220-hp Continental engine tires wheels instrumentsit INVENTORY OF THE MUSEUM OF AVIATIONS AIRCRAFT DRONES MISSILES MANUFACTURER Beechcraft Beechcraft Bell Bell Bell Benson Boeing Boeing Boeing Boeing Boeing British Aerospace Cessna Cessna Cessna Cessna Convair Convair De Havilland De Havilland Douglas Douglas Douglas Douglas TYPE C-45G T-34C UH-1F TH-13M UH-13P X25A B-29B B-52D KC-97 PT-17 CIM-iGA Mk 53 L-1 9AJ0-1 0-2A U-3A UC-78 F-i 02A T-29A C-7A U-6A B-26C C-47B C-47B C-54G SERIAL NO 52-11653 51-44033 69-7959 142376 143143 N61CN 44-84053 55-085 53-298 42-1 6365 59-1 953 51 -1 2857 67-21380 60-6052 57-907 49-1938 63-9756 52-6087 44-35732 43-49442 43-48957 45-579 NAME Expeditor Mentor Iroquois Sioux Sioux Gyrocoptor Superfortress Stratotortress Stratotanker Kaydet Bomarc Lightning Bird Dog Skymaster Blue Canoe Bamboo Bomber Delta Dagger Flying Classroom Caribou Beaver Invader Skytrain Skytrain Skymaster MANUFACTURER Douglas Douglas Fairchild Fairchild Fairchild Ford Grumman Gyrodyne Helio Hiller Hughes Kaman Kaman Laister-Kauffmann Link Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed March 1992 55 ne r4arifl mercan ouuru w Mmriud wpL-wII IIIL three F-86H tighter-bombers built two-year period fruimi high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft Lockheed U-2 hosting inat se cret airfield Groom Dry Lake near Nellis AFB Nevadaexample set16 alti tude time-to-climb records 73400 ft 12 minutes April 18 1989 TYPE C-i 24C WB-66D C-i 19C C-i 23K PT-19A AIN-91 HU-16B OH-SOC U-1OD OH-23C AIM-4D HH-43A HH-43B TG-4A C2 RB-69A C-i 30H C-i 40B F-80C T-33A C-60 F-i 04A SR -7 lA U-2C SERIAL NO 51 -089 55-392 51-2566 54-633 42-2802 51 -71 44 DS-1 261 66-3601 56-402 1 58-1833 58-1853 42-43740 147954 74-1686 61-2488 45-8357 52-9633 42-55918 55-68 17 71-7958 56-6682 NAME Globemaster Destroyer Flying Boxcar Provider Cornell Sidewinder Albatross Dash Super Courier Raven Falcon Huskie Huskie Training Glider Link Trainer Neptune Hercules Jetstar Shooting Star Shooting Star Lodestar Startighter Blackbird Dragon Lady MAULE M51M6 ROCKET 1/4 SCALE 98 FAIRCHILD 24 GIANT SCALE 90 STINSON SR-8 1/5 SCALE 100 DeHAVILLAND BEAVER GIANT SCALE 96 STITS PLAYBOY 1/3 SCALE 88 neverthclcss tidy sum money 1943 PT-17 first saw duty 2164th Base Unit Tuskegee Institute Field Number Two Contract Pilot School Tuskegee Alabama Arriving Tuskegee February 25 1943 Stearman hurried service basic flight trainer US Army Air Force Black aviators April 20 1944 assigned Coast Aviation Corporation another contract flight school Eagle Field Dos Palos California August 2 1945 PT-17 stricken records US Army Air Force turned over Reconstruction Finance Corporation sold surplus War Assets Administration another disposal agency designated US Government Surplus Property Board Reconstruction Finance Corporation advertised Boeing Army models September 1945 aviation magazines $875 planes sacrificed little $300 full 46-gallon tank 73-octane aviation gas thrown just get off Reconstruction Finance Corporation Sales Center field Museum Aviation maintains wish list over 50 aircraft seeks display Three have promised Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress found La Paz Bolivia hauling meat Republic P-47D Thunderbolt Curtiss P-40 Warhawk Since Warner Robins Air Logistics Center responsible during World War II supply depot maintenance US Army aircraft its assigned geographical area including Georgia South Carolina North Carolina Virginia Florida totaling over 6500 aircraft types promised airplanes conform museums status requirements museum staff always excited fresh aircraft release Curtiss P-40 Warhawk holds special significance because its close connection local national World War II hero Brigadier General Robert L Scott Jr native nearby Macon Georgia General Scott became commander 23rd Fighter Group piloted Curtiss P-40s Warhawks Chinese-IndianBurmese theater operations World War II 23rd Fighter Group close attachments Major General Claire Chennault s famous American Volunteer Group Flying Tigers serving 23rd General Scott shot down 13 Japanese planes another nine probable kills 1943 book God Co-pilot General Scott described dedication determination shown American pilots Chinese-Indian-Burmese theater operations despite overwhelming numerical superiority Japans aircraft After being ordered back United States conduct public relations efforts war bond drives briefings Scott became popular public figure God Co-pilot made movie same name film received gala February 1944 premiere Macon Georgia won 56 Model Aviation fine kits include Preformed landing gear cut parts aces drawn rol horns Complete plans rglass cowls 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The main entrance Museum Aviation important aviation museums Southeast Robins Air Force Base fa cility houses memorabilia World War through 21st-century avionics systems its knowledgeable staff exudes southern hospitality flight simulators futuristic avionics systems actionpacked movies fast-growing aviation museum offers some thing member family EKen Wilson AT ROBINS Air Force Base near center Georgia dogwood trees azaleas bloom spring camellias brighten landscape winter lucky visitors can stroll through indoor outdoor collections fastest growing military aviation museum Southeast Museum Aviation traces its roots World War II August 8 1941 US War Department negotiated contract construction Air Corps supply repair depot Completed year later installation officially named Robins Field after General Augustine Warner Robins 1882-1940 name later modified Robins Air Force Base General Robins graduated West Point 1907 served Chief Materiel Division Army Air Corps Wright Field Ohio antecedent present Air Force Logistics Command 1939 Brigadier General Robins became commandant Air Corps Training Center Randolph Field San Antonio Texas remaining post until death June 16 1940 Originally called Wellston Air Depot after nearby town Wellston facility became Warner Robins Army Air Depot October 1942 town renamed Warner Robins After total eight name changes mirroring restructuring US Army Air Force U S Air Force depot known today Warner Robins Air Logistics Center Robins Air Force Base Over years has transformed technologically advanced giant sometimes called Avionics Center Air Force September 1981 General James P Mullins head Air Force Logistics Command gave orders Air Force Logistics Center base develop program preserve make known its heritage December 1981 Robins Air Force Base Heritage Committee formed carry out task Soon after Museum Foundation Board established purpose creating aviation museum preserve aircraft artifacts associated proud history Robins AFB Through combined efforts talents host dedicated volunteers Museum Aviation welcomed its first visitors November 9 1984 Located southern end Robins AFB 43-acre museum site comes 48 Model Aviation .ings al US forces Email l-iIa6C Ill UP d lUIlIallg pIwI ILludlUla anirai ruiunua uujuInuu Iu Right striking logo welcomeu visitors museum entrance view exit under Russell Parkway overpass off Georgia State Highway 247 South Entering museums spacious parking lot visitors have first opportunity admire way towering native Georgia pine trees integrated museums outdoor aircraft collections some calls mind currently very collectible StromBecker Scale model kits made 1940s-1950s Strombeck Becker Manufacturing Company Moline Illinois same true-grain pines aeronautical pageant begins almost soon enter lobby interconnected World War II single-story Butler-type buildings house indoor exhibits Usually museum volunteer guides hand greet answer questions Chances though youll find impossible begin tour until youve look gift/bookstore exhibits arranged chronological sequence clockwise lobby teach about local history prehistoric Indian cultures building Robins Air Field trace military history General Frank 0 D Hunter Georgia ace two world wars through modern techniques warfare also working engine displays hands-on exhibitions can fly staying grounded using World War Two Link trainer can go little faster 780-mph cruise maximum speed 836 mph sea level Republic F-105 Thunderchief simulator enemy plane has flamed fallen victim youthful yet-young-at-heart dead-eye fighter jocks mount steed popular 95-year-olds five-year-old great-grandsons Nearby General Electric linkless feed ammunition M-60A gun time installed F-105 Thunderchief weapon could fire 6000 rounds per minute Other indoor attractions include movies Allied Axis uniforms models photos weaponry dioramas fulfill main purposes museum educating entertain Leaving indoor exhibits museum goers stroll paved walkways take array airplanes helicopters missiles outdoor exhibits show careful planning aircraft set up proportionally scaled displays illustrate service designated Visitors can rest benches shade enjoy picnic provided tables Lets tour some highlights North American Texan remanufactured North American design known Air Force linemen T-6 Navy crews SNJ aircraft display group T-6Gs rebuilt T-6/SNJ airframes military inventory stock depleted Air Force turned civilian market additional T-6s paying up $9000 planes sold post WW II surplus $800 less March 1992 49 LIIe worlds advanced airplane Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird nicknamed Titanium iger designed Mach-3 cruising capability long-range reconnaissance missions museums example holds worlds absolute speed record 2193 mph Introduced during WW II Us army Air 1-orces nrsi proauciion sna operallunal jel ule Lockheed Shooting Star foreground has become rarity Only 10 extant mis well-worn seat cusnion IC5IITICS ins popularity Republic F-105 Thunderchief simulator enjoyed ages five 95 aispiay teaturing memurui urn museum expects acquire Curtiss k-qu Group commanded Scott film Goo General Robert L Scott Jr colors 1942 23rd Fighter u-pilOt shown theater refashioned T-6Gs steerable/lockable tail wheels revised side canopy panes better visibility new fuel cells outer wings added range modernized hydraulic systems up-todate radios Air Force received 2068 updated craft assigned new serial numbers 1958 however North American plane phased Out USAF inventory Spanish Air Force received surplus T-6Gs put use trainers Spain began disposal airplanes Museum Aviation acquired serial number 49-32 17 its collection Lockheed U-2C unique high-altitude reconnaissance plane designated Article 349 Central Intelligence Agency identifiable museums collection May 1 1960 late Francis Gary Powers literally blasted aviation history Lockheed U-2 brought down near Sverdlovsk during reconnaissance overflight former USSR Powers captured spent nearly two years Soviet prison until release exchange Russian KGB agent Rudolf Abel Known Dragon Lady aircraft museums collection eighth production U-2serial number 56-6682 After Central Intelligence Agency took delivery aircraft late 1956 number 5 6-6682 went directly covert action Powers piloting USSR reconnaissance missions Later Dragon Lady equipped powerful J75 engine its designation changed U-2B Although rumor has confirmed National Chinese pilots said have used U-2B CIA overflights mainland China 1964 CIA used U-2B what proved successful carrier suitability trials aboard USS Ranger During mid-1960s airplane upgraded U-2C standards through installation larger air intakes updated avionics sensor equipment Warner Robins Air Logistics Center maintained worldwide logistics management surveillance electronics systems used Dragon Lady airplane became part 6512th Test Group Edwards Air Force Base California 1971 transferred Ames Research Center National Air Space Administration Moffett Naval Air Station California used high-altitude data collection flights support various Earth Resource astronomy geophysical programs April 18 1989 airplane set 16 altitude time-to-climb records 73400 feet 12 minutes overturning wide margin previous record set Gates Learjet June year NASA donated craft Museum Aviation last original U-2s still service P2V-7 Neptune Visitors often inquire museum owns US Navy P2V-7 Neptune Actually five still-surviving US Air Force-built RB-69As served Navy under P2V-7 designation two original seven lost reconnaissance missions Navy painted Neptunes its 1950s-1960s standard Gloss Sea Blue Air Force later repainted Gloss Black Continued page 53 50 Model Aviation Left Diorama flight orieting room Iocnran rieia lflOW macon international Airport subdepot Robins Field during WW II several dioramas museum Right C-47 outdoor exhibits First built 1935 DC-3 C-47 used US Army Air Force during World War II troop carrier glider towing dropping paratroopers cargo hauling 43-acre site rapidly being filled planes have historical ties Robins AFB Left This Douglas C-54G Skymaster participated 1948-49 Berlin Airlift circumvented boviet iiitary uovernment lana access blockade Right Delivered USAF May 1945 Douglas B26C served Robins Air Force Base 1947 Left One seven Lockheed RB-69As used Air Force intelligence gathering Right Originally designed glider Fair child C-123 Provider proved successful cargo hauler fitted two reciprocating engines plus two jets 1k CITY OFMArNUATE B NIIIS KWATSON BLVD ________ INTIBSTATfI SINCERE THANKS TO THE RAPS MUSEUM OF AVIATONS STAFF FOR THEIR VERY KIND ASSISTANCE KENNETH WILSON EVANSVILLE IN -199H50 SCALE IT WARNER ROBIN S RAPE SATE 4 RUSSELL PARKWAY RAPS MUSEUM RA PS MUSEUM OF AVIATIONOF AVIATION ENTRANCEr RA PS MUSEUM OF AVIATIONS HOURS OF OPERATION 0-5 DAILY EXCEPT MONDAY CLOSED THANKSGIVING CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS DAY Some RB-69As equipped Side-Looking Airborne Radar flown electronics intelligence-gathering aircraft cruising borders China former USSR East Germany induce countries turn radar radios Warner Robins Air Logistics Center used recorded analyzed transmissions devising countermeasure equipment museums RB-69A mothballed huge Military Aircraft Storage Disposition Center now Aerospace Maintenance Regeneration Center Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Tucson Arizona before undergoing reclamation being flown Robins Air Force Base Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star As countrys first operational production jet fighter Shooting Star ushered US Army Air Force jet age grew up 1940s airplane will always P-80 Its popular attraction museum Lockheed received green light construction XP-80 May 1943 its team finished first airplane 143 days later Initial flight tests conducted January 9 1944 January 26 1946 William Council set new coast-to-coast speed record four hours 13 minutes 23 seconds meantime America fallen love brand-new aerodynamic marvel museums Shooting Star serial number 458357 first delivered P-80A-5 powered Allison J33-A-17 engine Lockheed later rebuilt F-80C standards An updated Allison J33-23 engine explosive canopy ejector installed wings strengthened support bomb rocket racks 1948 attached 62nd Squadron 56th Fighter Group part first deployment jet fighters Europe After returning stateside airplane served Oklahoma Illinois Air National Guards Later plane declared surplus given city Aurora Illinois remained exhibit city park over 30 years Museum Aviation acquired number 458357 trade former mayor Warner Robins Ralph Johnson delighted flown very airplane serving US Army Air Force Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird newest star attraction Museum Aviation SR-71 has held its place worlds advanced airplane since first entering USAF service 1966 March 1992 53 Grumman Albatross used Air Force rescue submarine spotting duty front office museums C-47 WW II aircraft still has web seats Used mainly airfield rescue fire- Dubbed Blue Canoe Cessna U3B paratrooper Jump/No-Jump green red fighting work HH-43A Huskie helicopter used USAF transport VIPs signal lights cargo door 18 built Kaman late 1950s early 1960s Designed gather strategic reconnaissance domains far beyond limits U-2 Blackbird cruised three times speed sound equipped cameras sensors capable examining almost 100000 square miles Earths surface hour flight So important intelligencegathering capabilities SR-71 fleet loss still provokes controversy military circles among reconnaissance supporters Constructed primarily titanium SR-71 able withstand heatat times high 1200 degrees Fgenerated friction flying Mach 3 Wing corrugations expansion joints between skin panels allow airplane expand much six inches museums SR-71 serial number 7 1-7958 powered twin Pratt & Whitney J58 turbo-ramjets 32000 lb thrust afterburners ninth Blackbird built holds worlds absolute speed record 2193 mph 1000-km closed-course record 2092 mph set July 1976 mid-1990s pilots flying discarded SR-71s aviation museums around country attempted better enviable record succeeded Expansion museums interior exhibits has targeted outset Left The Northrop F-89 Scorpion first all-weather interceptor plane service US Air Force eduled destruction Aberdeen Proving Grounds firing range rescued Museum oi F-lOS aircraft could carry weapons payload one-half times WW II Boeing B-17 Flying Foriress 54 Model Aviation uriginaiiy procured 1962 tor US Army Havilland Beaver trans- Beech C-45 During 1950s C-45s ferred Air Force mail light commonly used base hacks US Air cargo utility carrier Vietnam Force operations squadrons M norm american U-4 nero uommanaer President Eisenhower used U-4 exec utive airplane office during 1953-61 IIy ureen .elicopter used chi tor combat rescue recov ery work specializing midair retrieval downed pilots Vietnam Cessna L-19 used USAF forward air control observation plane Built short-takeoff-and-landing craft Hello Super Courier used Central In- Vietnam museums example ob telligence Agency drop agents supplies behind enemy lines Vietnam tamed French Air Force part three-phase long-range plan April 1991 ground breaking construction 60000-sq-ft exhibition building 300-seat auditorium began phase two plan same time museums first hangar unveiled Called Hangar unexpected treat Museum Aviation fans As surplus storage hangar Robins Air Force Base 28000-sq-ft structure scheduled demolition 1990 Museum Aviation officials approached about interest acquiring hangar response very affirmative much staff volunteers pitched disassemble structure Robins AFB flight line reassemble museum grounds after learning no funds cover cost job available Hangar has space 22 aircraft Currently featured historical American artifacts simulated lighted runway aircraft parked along side Vietnam-era Forward Air Control Outpost highlight Basic Advanced Airplane Training section hangar Boeing model 75 old-time favorite commonly known Stearman after Stearman Aircraft Division Boeing Airplane Company Wichita Kansas began building airplane US Army Air Corps 1936 last fanciful double-wingers rolled off Boeings assembly lines February 1945 airplane museum PT-17 received US Army February 24 1943 Decked out aluminum color all-sheet-metal panels anodized light gray serial number 42-16365 awaited its US Army Ferry Command pilot Boeing storage area Wichita Municipal Airport bipe cost Army $8474 Though included government-furnished equipmentprop 220-hp Continental engine tires wheels instrumentsit INVENTORY OF THE MUSEUM OF AVIATIONS AIRCRAFT DRONES MISSILES MANUFACTURER Beechcraft Beechcraft Bell Bell Bell Benson Boeing Boeing Boeing Boeing Boeing British Aerospace Cessna Cessna Cessna Cessna Convair Convair De Havilland De Havilland Douglas Douglas Douglas Douglas TYPE C-45G T-34C UH-1F TH-13M UH-13P X25A B-29B B-52D KC-97 PT-17 CIM-iGA Mk 53 L-1 9AJ0-1 0-2A U-3A UC-78 F-i 02A T-29A C-7A U-6A B-26C C-47B C-47B C-54G SERIAL NO 52-11653 51-44033 69-7959 142376 143143 N61CN 44-84053 55-085 53-298 42-1 6365 59-1 953 51 -1 2857 67-21380 60-6052 57-907 49-1938 63-9756 52-6087 44-35732 43-49442 43-48957 45-579 NAME Expeditor Mentor Iroquois Sioux Sioux Gyrocoptor Superfortress Stratotortress Stratotanker Kaydet Bomarc Lightning Bird Dog Skymaster Blue Canoe Bamboo Bomber Delta Dagger Flying Classroom Caribou Beaver Invader Skytrain Skytrain Skymaster MANUFACTURER Douglas Douglas Fairchild Fairchild Fairchild Ford Grumman Gyrodyne Helio Hiller Hughes Kaman Kaman Laister-Kauffmann Link Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed March 1992 55 ne r4arifl mercan ouuru w Mmriud wpL-wII IIIL three F-86H tighter-bombers built two-year period fruimi high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft Lockheed U-2 hosting inat se cret airfield Groom Dry Lake near Nellis AFB Nevadaexample set16 alti tude time-to-climb records 73400 ft 12 minutes April 18 1989 TYPE C-i 24C WB-66D C-i 19C C-i 23K PT-19A AIN-91 HU-16B OH-SOC U-1OD OH-23C AIM-4D HH-43A HH-43B TG-4A C2 RB-69A C-i 30H C-i 40B F-80C T-33A C-60 F-i 04A SR -7 lA U-2C SERIAL NO 51 -089 55-392 51-2566 54-633 42-2802 51 -71 44 DS-1 261 66-3601 56-402 1 58-1833 58-1853 42-43740 147954 74-1686 61-2488 45-8357 52-9633 42-55918 55-68 17 71-7958 56-6682 NAME Globemaster Destroyer Flying Boxcar Provider Cornell Sidewinder Albatross Dash Super Courier Raven Falcon Huskie Huskie Training Glider Link Trainer Neptune Hercules Jetstar Shooting Star Shooting Star Lodestar Startighter Blackbird Dragon Lady MAULE M51M6 ROCKET 1/4 SCALE 98 FAIRCHILD 24 GIANT SCALE 90 STINSON SR-8 1/5 SCALE 100 DeHAVILLAND BEAVER GIANT SCALE 96 STITS PLAYBOY 1/3 SCALE 88 neverthclcss tidy sum money 1943 PT-17 first saw duty 2164th Base Unit Tuskegee Institute Field Number Two Contract Pilot School Tuskegee Alabama Arriving Tuskegee February 25 1943 Stearman hurried service basic flight trainer US Army Air Force Black aviators April 20 1944 assigned Coast Aviation Corporation another contract flight school Eagle Field Dos Palos California August 2 1945 PT-17 stricken records US Army Air Force turned over Reconstruction Finance Corporation sold surplus War Assets Administration another disposal agency designated US Government Surplus Property Board Reconstruction Finance Corporation advertised Boeing Army models September 1945 aviation magazines $875 planes sacrificed little $300 full 46-gallon tank 73-octane aviation gas thrown just get off Reconstruction Finance Corporation Sales Center field Museum Aviation maintains wish list over 50 aircraft seeks display Three have promised Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress found La Paz Bolivia hauling meat Republic P-47D Thunderbolt Curtiss P-40 Warhawk Since Warner Robins Air Logistics Center responsible during World War II supply depot maintenance US Army aircraft its assigned geographical area including Georgia South Carolina North Carolina Virginia Florida totaling over 6500 aircraft types promised airplanes conform museums status requirements museum staff always excited fresh aircraft release Curtiss P-40 Warhawk holds special significance because its close connection local national World War II hero Brigadier General Robert L Scott Jr native nearby Macon Georgia General Scott became commander 23rd Fighter Group piloted Curtiss P-40s Warhawks Chinese-IndianBurmese theater operations World War II 23rd Fighter Group close attachments Major General Claire Chennault s famous American Volunteer Group Flying Tigers serving 23rd General Scott shot down 13 Japanese planes another nine probable kills 1943 book God Co-pilot General Scott described dedication determination shown American pilots Chinese-Indian-Burmese theater operations despite overwhelming numerical superiority Japans aircraft After being ordered back United States conduct public relations efforts war bond drives briefings Scott became popular public figure God Co-pilot made movie same name film received gala February 1944 premiere Macon Georgia won 56 Model Aviation fine kits include Preformed landing gear cut parts aces drawn rol horns Complete plans rglass cowls pants Bellcranks ity hand selected balsa ow acetate ws ruction manual photo page order Call 800 327-7198 ext 10 Inquiries Call 208 773-9001 Catalog fine kits $400 yourself favor IKON NWST Kit n world wide finest scale kits WACO 10 1/5 SCALE 73 T-6 Texan used Air Force Navy pilots aerial gunnery bombing prac tice instrument flying advanced pilot training pilots made transition such fighters P-38 P-51 P-47 Continued page 142 Dubbed missile man Lockheed F-i 04 first USAF fighter capable speeds higher Mach 2 Real Stuff Dave ____________Performance Specialties True AAC & ABC Piston/Cylinder Assemblies Serious Horsepower AAC Nelson 40 FAI Formula OS Hanno Special 05 61 SF/RE YS 61R 1 Q-50 Available Following Engines ABC Nelson 40 FAI Formula 1 Q-500 05 32 05 4OVF VRP OS 46SF OS 61SF/RE OS 61VE 0S61 SEN-H REN-H 0561 FSR 05 91 VRDF ST X-40 Rossi 40 YS 45 YS 60 FR/ES YS61 R/SYS 120 Complete Parts & Service OS ST YS & bra Performance Specialties ox 3146 nerville NV 89410 Phone 702-265-7523 FAX 702-265-7522 ViS4I Send $200 1992 Catalog challenge may find yourself flying alongfeet gracelessly scraping random patterns sand So next time its too windy fly plane field taken over special event another dont frustrated Have ball Go fly kite Robins/Wilson Continued page 56 ovations throughout United States England movie staffing Dennis Morgan especially inspirational children eight-to-12 age group Morgan pushed Hollywood stage prop Curtiss P-40 Warhawk 35-degree dive slightly lifting right wing deflection shot gave chase another Japanese Zero sound theater burst machine gun fire six 50caliber weapons enemy plane went down impressionable young boys mentally wore General Scotts three Distinguished Flying Crosses two Silver Stars five Air Medals bib D overalls T-shirts poured out Saturday matin& onto Main Street USA Not few would go fight future air battles defense freedom General Robert L Scott Jr retired US Air Force 1957 Museum Aviation supported voluntary contributions Scott serves its ongoing Campaign Chairman museum boasts first-rate display Scotts 23rd Fighter Group memorabilia God Co-pilot shown museum theater photographs film display first edition responding advertisers mention read about Model Aviation Scotts book presented him mother can also seen enthusiasm staff volunteers nationally prominent depository historical aircraft memorabilia unmistakable Theyre both preserve history tradition Robins Air Force Base US Air Force make visitors feel welcome Anyone attending can expect cordial southern-style greeting followed fascinating educational experience round/Aldrich Continued page 59 built competed locally design 1952 didnt remember since Georgia gang didnt make 1952 Nationals California conversation last week Bill ** 4620 CRANDALL-I ANF$VILLE RD CORYDON INDIANA 47112 ** ____________________________________ __________________________ Large selection Remote Control Model Airplanes professional LISTED BELOW Business since 1973 ES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE IS JUST FEW OF THE MFGWE STOCK HOURS MONDAYTHRUTHURSpAVOAAA PAA D7nAVOAAAPM A-i USTO JIGCLOSED SATURDAY& AMBR OlD ARCO RUBBERBANDS BRiDI DAVEYS SYSTEMS cOVERiTE DEvcON DREMEL DU-BRO DY NA Fl LITE SONIc-TRONIcS STERLING SULLIVAN TOP FLiTE VS ENGINES LA Ni ER MILLER NORTHEAST ZINGER PROPS complete listing etcplease sends stamped self-address enve lope DEALERS WANTED Limited Quantity STAFFORD SCALE 8-24$300 ENGINES 4 19-25 WINGSPAN 9Oinebes FKKITSIGkkumI FOX FUTABA GOLDBERG GAS MODEL PROD HALLCO HOBBYPOXY HOT STUFF K & B MFG Si G SAITO 142 Model Aviation 0 STAFFORD AIRCOUPE $9995 PLEASE CALL FOR SPECIALS OF THE MONTH
Edition: Model Aviation - 1992/03
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The main entrance Museum Aviation important aviation museums Southeast Robins Air Force Base fa cility houses memorabilia World War through 21st-century avionics systems its knowledgeable staff exudes southern hospitality flight simulators futuristic avionics systems actionpacked movies fast-growing aviation museum offers some thing member family EKen Wilson AT ROBINS Air Force Base near center Georgia dogwood trees azaleas bloom spring camellias brighten landscape winter lucky visitors can stroll through indoor outdoor collections fastest growing military aviation museum Southeast Museum Aviation traces its roots World War II August 8 1941 US War Department negotiated contract construction Air Corps supply repair depot Completed year later installation officially named Robins Field after General Augustine Warner Robins 1882-1940 name later modified Robins Air Force Base General Robins graduated West Point 1907 served Chief Materiel Division Army Air Corps Wright Field Ohio antecedent present Air Force Logistics Command 1939 Brigadier General Robins became commandant Air Corps Training Center Randolph Field San Antonio Texas remaining post until death June 16 1940 Originally called Wellston Air Depot after nearby town Wellston facility became Warner Robins Army Air Depot October 1942 town renamed Warner Robins After total eight name changes mirroring restructuring US Army Air Force U S Air Force depot known today Warner Robins Air Logistics Center Robins Air Force Base Over years has transformed technologically advanced giant sometimes called Avionics Center Air Force September 1981 General James P Mullins head Air Force Logistics Command gave orders Air Force Logistics Center base develop program preserve make known its heritage December 1981 Robins Air Force Base Heritage Committee formed carry out task Soon after Museum Foundation Board established purpose creating aviation museum preserve aircraft artifacts associated proud history Robins AFB Through combined efforts talents host dedicated volunteers Museum Aviation welcomed its first visitors November 9 1984 Located southern end Robins AFB 43-acre museum site comes 48 Model Aviation .ings al US forces Email l-iIa6C Ill UP d lUIlIallg pIwI ILludlUla anirai ruiunua uujuInuu Iu Right striking logo welcomeu visitors museum entrance view exit under Russell Parkway overpass off Georgia State Highway 247 South Entering museums spacious parking lot visitors have first opportunity admire way towering native Georgia pine trees integrated museums outdoor aircraft collections some calls mind currently very collectible StromBecker Scale model kits made 1940s-1950s Strombeck Becker Manufacturing Company Moline Illinois same true-grain pines aeronautical pageant begins almost soon enter lobby interconnected World War II single-story Butler-type buildings house indoor exhibits Usually museum volunteer guides hand greet answer questions Chances though youll find impossible begin tour until youve look gift/bookstore exhibits arranged chronological sequence clockwise lobby teach about local history prehistoric Indian cultures building Robins Air Field trace military history General Frank 0 D Hunter Georgia ace two world wars through modern techniques warfare also working engine displays hands-on exhibitions can fly staying grounded using World War Two Link trainer can go little faster 780-mph cruise maximum speed 836 mph sea level Republic F-105 Thunderchief simulator enemy plane has flamed fallen victim youthful yet-young-at-heart dead-eye fighter jocks mount steed popular 95-year-olds five-year-old great-grandsons Nearby General Electric linkless feed ammunition M-60A gun time installed F-105 Thunderchief weapon could fire 6000 rounds per minute Other indoor attractions include movies Allied Axis uniforms models photos weaponry dioramas fulfill main purposes museum educating entertain Leaving indoor exhibits museum goers stroll paved walkways take array airplanes helicopters missiles outdoor exhibits show careful planning aircraft set up proportionally scaled displays illustrate service designated Visitors can rest benches shade enjoy picnic provided tables Lets tour some highlights North American Texan remanufactured North American design known Air Force linemen T-6 Navy crews SNJ aircraft display group T-6Gs rebuilt T-6/SNJ airframes military inventory stock depleted Air Force turned civilian market additional T-6s paying up $9000 planes sold post WW II surplus $800 less March 1992 49 LIIe worlds advanced airplane Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird nicknamed Titanium iger designed Mach-3 cruising capability long-range reconnaissance missions museums example holds worlds absolute speed record 2193 mph Introduced during WW II Us army Air 1-orces nrsi proauciion sna operallunal jel ule Lockheed Shooting Star foreground has become rarity Only 10 extant mis well-worn seat cusnion IC5IITICS ins popularity Republic F-105 Thunderchief simulator enjoyed ages five 95 aispiay teaturing memurui urn museum expects acquire Curtiss k-qu Group commanded Scott film Goo General Robert L Scott Jr colors 1942 23rd Fighter u-pilOt shown theater refashioned T-6Gs steerable/lockable tail wheels revised side canopy panes better visibility new fuel cells outer wings added range modernized hydraulic systems up-todate radios Air Force received 2068 updated craft assigned new serial numbers 1958 however North American plane phased Out USAF inventory Spanish Air Force received surplus T-6Gs put use trainers Spain began disposal airplanes Museum Aviation acquired serial number 49-32 17 its collection Lockheed U-2C unique high-altitude reconnaissance plane designated Article 349 Central Intelligence Agency identifiable museums collection May 1 1960 late Francis Gary Powers literally blasted aviation history Lockheed U-2 brought down near Sverdlovsk during reconnaissance overflight former USSR Powers captured spent nearly two years Soviet prison until release exchange Russian KGB agent Rudolf Abel Known Dragon Lady aircraft museums collection eighth production U-2serial number 56-6682 After Central Intelligence Agency took delivery aircraft late 1956 number 5 6-6682 went directly covert action Powers piloting USSR reconnaissance missions Later Dragon Lady equipped powerful J75 engine its designation changed U-2B Although rumor has confirmed National Chinese pilots said have used U-2B CIA overflights mainland China 1964 CIA used U-2B what proved successful carrier suitability trials aboard USS Ranger During mid-1960s airplane upgraded U-2C standards through installation larger air intakes updated avionics sensor equipment Warner Robins Air Logistics Center maintained worldwide logistics management surveillance electronics systems used Dragon Lady airplane became part 6512th Test Group Edwards Air Force Base California 1971 transferred Ames Research Center National Air Space Administration Moffett Naval Air Station California used high-altitude data collection flights support various Earth Resource astronomy geophysical programs April 18 1989 airplane set 16 altitude time-to-climb records 73400 feet 12 minutes overturning wide margin previous record set Gates Learjet June year NASA donated craft Museum Aviation last original U-2s still service P2V-7 Neptune Visitors often inquire museum owns US Navy P2V-7 Neptune Actually five still-surviving US Air Force-built RB-69As served Navy under P2V-7 designation two original seven lost reconnaissance missions Navy painted Neptunes its 1950s-1960s standard Gloss Sea Blue Air Force later repainted Gloss Black Continued page 53 50 Model Aviation Left Diorama flight orieting room Iocnran rieia lflOW macon international Airport subdepot Robins Field during WW II several dioramas museum Right C-47 outdoor exhibits First built 1935 DC-3 C-47 used US Army Air Force during World War II troop carrier glider towing dropping paratroopers cargo hauling 43-acre site rapidly being filled planes have historical ties Robins AFB Left This Douglas C-54G Skymaster participated 1948-49 Berlin Airlift circumvented boviet iiitary uovernment lana access blockade Right Delivered USAF May 1945 Douglas B26C served Robins Air Force Base 1947 Left One seven Lockheed RB-69As used Air Force intelligence gathering Right Originally designed glider Fair child C-123 Provider proved successful cargo hauler fitted two reciprocating engines plus two jets 1k CITY OFMArNUATE B NIIIS KWATSON BLVD ________ INTIBSTATfI SINCERE THANKS TO THE RAPS MUSEUM OF AVIATONS STAFF FOR THEIR VERY KIND ASSISTANCE KENNETH WILSON EVANSVILLE IN -199H50 SCALE IT WARNER ROBIN S RAPE SATE 4 RUSSELL PARKWAY RAPS MUSEUM RA PS MUSEUM OF AVIATIONOF AVIATION ENTRANCEr RA PS MUSEUM OF AVIATIONS HOURS OF OPERATION 0-5 DAILY EXCEPT MONDAY CLOSED THANKSGIVING CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS DAY Some RB-69As equipped Side-Looking Airborne Radar flown electronics intelligence-gathering aircraft cruising borders China former USSR East Germany induce countries turn radar radios Warner Robins Air Logistics Center used recorded analyzed transmissions devising countermeasure equipment museums RB-69A mothballed huge Military Aircraft Storage Disposition Center now Aerospace Maintenance Regeneration Center Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Tucson Arizona before undergoing reclamation being flown Robins Air Force Base Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star As countrys first operational production jet fighter Shooting Star ushered US Army Air Force jet age grew up 1940s airplane will always P-80 Its popular attraction museum Lockheed received green light construction XP-80 May 1943 its team finished first airplane 143 days later Initial flight tests conducted January 9 1944 January 26 1946 William Council set new coast-to-coast speed record four hours 13 minutes 23 seconds meantime America fallen love brand-new aerodynamic marvel museums Shooting Star serial number 458357 first delivered P-80A-5 powered Allison J33-A-17 engine Lockheed later rebuilt F-80C standards An updated Allison J33-23 engine explosive canopy ejector installed wings strengthened support bomb rocket racks 1948 attached 62nd Squadron 56th Fighter Group part first deployment jet fighters Europe After returning stateside airplane served Oklahoma Illinois Air National Guards Later plane declared surplus given city Aurora Illinois remained exhibit city park over 30 years Museum Aviation acquired number 458357 trade former mayor Warner Robins Ralph Johnson delighted flown very airplane serving US Army Air Force Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird newest star attraction Museum Aviation SR-71 has held its place worlds advanced airplane since first entering USAF service 1966 March 1992 53 Grumman Albatross used Air Force rescue submarine spotting duty front office museums C-47 WW II aircraft still has web seats Used mainly airfield rescue fire- Dubbed Blue Canoe Cessna U3B paratrooper Jump/No-Jump green red fighting work HH-43A Huskie helicopter used USAF transport VIPs signal lights cargo door 18 built Kaman late 1950s early 1960s Designed gather strategic reconnaissance domains far beyond limits U-2 Blackbird cruised three times speed sound equipped cameras sensors capable examining almost 100000 square miles Earths surface hour flight So important intelligencegathering capabilities SR-71 fleet loss still provokes controversy military circles among reconnaissance supporters Constructed primarily titanium SR-71 able withstand heatat times high 1200 degrees Fgenerated friction flying Mach 3 Wing corrugations expansion joints between skin panels allow airplane expand much six inches museums SR-71 serial number 7 1-7958 powered twin Pratt & Whitney J58 turbo-ramjets 32000 lb thrust afterburners ninth Blackbird built holds worlds absolute speed record 2193 mph 1000-km closed-course record 2092 mph set July 1976 mid-1990s pilots flying discarded SR-71s aviation museums around country attempted better enviable record succeeded Expansion museums interior exhibits has targeted outset Left The Northrop F-89 Scorpion first all-weather interceptor plane service US Air Force eduled destruction Aberdeen Proving Grounds firing range rescued Museum oi F-lOS aircraft could carry weapons payload one-half times WW II Boeing B-17 Flying Foriress 54 Model Aviation uriginaiiy procured 1962 tor US Army Havilland Beaver trans- Beech C-45 During 1950s C-45s ferred Air Force mail light commonly used base hacks US Air cargo utility carrier Vietnam Force operations squadrons M norm american U-4 nero uommanaer President Eisenhower used U-4 exec utive airplane office during 1953-61 IIy ureen .elicopter used chi tor combat rescue recov ery work specializing midair retrieval downed pilots Vietnam Cessna L-19 used USAF forward air control observation plane Built short-takeoff-and-landing craft Hello Super Courier used Central In- Vietnam museums example ob telligence Agency drop agents supplies behind enemy lines Vietnam tamed French Air Force part three-phase long-range plan April 1991 ground breaking construction 60000-sq-ft exhibition building 300-seat auditorium began phase two plan same time museums first hangar unveiled Called Hangar unexpected treat Museum Aviation fans As surplus storage hangar Robins Air Force Base 28000-sq-ft structure scheduled demolition 1990 Museum Aviation officials approached about interest acquiring hangar response very affirmative much staff volunteers pitched disassemble structure Robins AFB flight line reassemble museum grounds after learning no funds cover cost job available Hangar has space 22 aircraft Currently featured historical American artifacts simulated lighted runway aircraft parked along side Vietnam-era Forward Air Control Outpost highlight Basic Advanced Airplane Training section hangar Boeing model 75 old-time favorite commonly known Stearman after Stearman Aircraft Division Boeing Airplane Company Wichita Kansas began building airplane US Army Air Corps 1936 last fanciful double-wingers rolled off Boeings assembly lines February 1945 airplane museum PT-17 received US Army February 24 1943 Decked out aluminum color all-sheet-metal panels anodized light gray serial number 42-16365 awaited its US Army Ferry Command pilot Boeing storage area Wichita Municipal Airport bipe cost Army $8474 Though included government-furnished equipmentprop 220-hp Continental engine tires wheels instrumentsit INVENTORY OF THE MUSEUM OF AVIATIONS AIRCRAFT DRONES MISSILES MANUFACTURER Beechcraft Beechcraft Bell Bell Bell Benson Boeing Boeing Boeing Boeing Boeing British Aerospace Cessna Cessna Cessna Cessna Convair Convair De Havilland De Havilland Douglas Douglas Douglas Douglas TYPE C-45G T-34C UH-1F TH-13M UH-13P X25A B-29B B-52D KC-97 PT-17 CIM-iGA Mk 53 L-1 9AJ0-1 0-2A U-3A UC-78 F-i 02A T-29A C-7A U-6A B-26C C-47B C-47B C-54G SERIAL NO 52-11653 51-44033 69-7959 142376 143143 N61CN 44-84053 55-085 53-298 42-1 6365 59-1 953 51 -1 2857 67-21380 60-6052 57-907 49-1938 63-9756 52-6087 44-35732 43-49442 43-48957 45-579 NAME Expeditor Mentor Iroquois Sioux Sioux Gyrocoptor Superfortress Stratotortress Stratotanker Kaydet Bomarc Lightning Bird Dog Skymaster Blue Canoe Bamboo Bomber Delta Dagger Flying Classroom Caribou Beaver Invader Skytrain Skytrain Skymaster MANUFACTURER Douglas Douglas Fairchild Fairchild Fairchild Ford Grumman Gyrodyne Helio Hiller Hughes Kaman Kaman Laister-Kauffmann Link Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed March 1992 55 ne r4arifl mercan ouuru w Mmriud wpL-wII IIIL three F-86H tighter-bombers built two-year period fruimi high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft Lockheed U-2 hosting inat se cret airfield Groom Dry Lake near Nellis AFB Nevadaexample set16 alti tude time-to-climb records 73400 ft 12 minutes April 18 1989 TYPE C-i 24C WB-66D C-i 19C C-i 23K PT-19A AIN-91 HU-16B OH-SOC U-1OD OH-23C AIM-4D HH-43A HH-43B TG-4A C2 RB-69A C-i 30H C-i 40B F-80C T-33A C-60 F-i 04A SR -7 lA U-2C SERIAL NO 51 -089 55-392 51-2566 54-633 42-2802 51 -71 44 DS-1 261 66-3601 56-402 1 58-1833 58-1853 42-43740 147954 74-1686 61-2488 45-8357 52-9633 42-55918 55-68 17 71-7958 56-6682 NAME Globemaster Destroyer Flying Boxcar Provider Cornell Sidewinder Albatross Dash Super Courier Raven Falcon Huskie Huskie Training Glider Link Trainer Neptune Hercules Jetstar Shooting Star Shooting Star Lodestar Startighter Blackbird Dragon Lady MAULE M51M6 ROCKET 1/4 SCALE 98 FAIRCHILD 24 GIANT SCALE 90 STINSON SR-8 1/5 SCALE 100 DeHAVILLAND BEAVER GIANT SCALE 96 STITS PLAYBOY 1/3 SCALE 88 neverthclcss tidy sum money 1943 PT-17 first saw duty 2164th Base Unit Tuskegee Institute Field Number Two Contract Pilot School Tuskegee Alabama Arriving Tuskegee February 25 1943 Stearman hurried service basic flight trainer US Army Air Force Black aviators April 20 1944 assigned Coast Aviation Corporation another contract flight school Eagle Field Dos Palos California August 2 1945 PT-17 stricken records US Army Air Force turned over Reconstruction Finance Corporation sold surplus War Assets Administration another disposal agency designated US Government Surplus Property Board Reconstruction Finance Corporation advertised Boeing Army models September 1945 aviation magazines $875 planes sacrificed little $300 full 46-gallon tank 73-octane aviation gas thrown just get off Reconstruction Finance Corporation Sales Center field Museum Aviation maintains wish list over 50 aircraft seeks display Three have promised Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress found La Paz Bolivia hauling meat Republic P-47D Thunderbolt Curtiss P-40 Warhawk Since Warner Robins Air Logistics Center responsible during World War II supply depot maintenance US Army aircraft its assigned geographical area including Georgia South Carolina North Carolina Virginia Florida totaling over 6500 aircraft types promised airplanes conform museums status requirements museum staff always excited fresh aircraft release Curtiss P-40 Warhawk holds special significance because its close connection local national World War II hero Brigadier General Robert L Scott Jr native nearby Macon Georgia General Scott became commander 23rd Fighter Group piloted Curtiss P-40s Warhawks Chinese-IndianBurmese theater operations World War II 23rd Fighter Group close attachments Major General Claire Chennault s famous American Volunteer Group Flying Tigers serving 23rd General Scott shot down 13 Japanese planes another nine probable kills 1943 book God Co-pilot General Scott described dedication determination shown American pilots Chinese-Indian-Burmese theater operations despite overwhelming numerical superiority Japans aircraft After being ordered back United States conduct public relations efforts war bond drives briefings Scott became popular public figure God Co-pilot made movie same name film received gala February 1944 premiere Macon Georgia won 56 Model Aviation fine kits include Preformed landing gear cut parts aces drawn rol horns Complete plans rglass cowls pants Bellcranks ity hand selected balsa ow acetate ws ruction manual photo page order Call 800 327-7198 ext 10 Inquiries Call 208 773-9001 Catalog fine kits $400 yourself favor IKON NWST Kit n world wide finest scale kits WACO 10 1/5 SCALE 73 T-6 Texan used Air Force Navy pilots aerial gunnery bombing prac tice instrument flying advanced pilot training pilots made transition such fighters P-38 P-51 P-47 Continued page 142 Dubbed missile man Lockheed F-i 04 first USAF fighter capable speeds higher Mach 2 Real Stuff Dave ____________Performance Specialties True AAC & ABC Piston/Cylinder Assemblies Serious Horsepower AAC Nelson 40 FAI Formula OS Hanno Special 05 61 SF/RE YS 61R 1 Q-50 Available Following Engines ABC Nelson 40 FAI Formula 1 Q-500 05 32 05 4OVF VRP OS 46SF OS 61SF/RE OS 61VE 0S61 SEN-H REN-H 0561 FSR 05 91 VRDF ST X-40 Rossi 40 YS 45 YS 60 FR/ES YS61 R/SYS 120 Complete Parts & Service OS ST YS & bra Performance Specialties ox 3146 nerville NV 89410 Phone 702-265-7523 FAX 702-265-7522 ViS4I Send $200 1992 Catalog challenge may find yourself flying alongfeet gracelessly scraping random patterns sand So next time its too windy fly plane field taken over special event another dont frustrated Have ball Go fly kite Robins/Wilson Continued page 56 ovations throughout United States England movie staffing Dennis Morgan especially inspirational children eight-to-12 age group Morgan pushed Hollywood stage prop Curtiss P-40 Warhawk 35-degree dive slightly lifting right wing deflection shot gave chase another Japanese Zero sound theater burst machine gun fire six 50caliber weapons enemy plane went down impressionable young boys mentally wore General Scotts three Distinguished Flying Crosses two Silver Stars five Air Medals bib D overalls T-shirts poured out Saturday matin& onto Main Street USA Not few would go fight future air battles defense freedom General Robert L Scott Jr retired US Air Force 1957 Museum Aviation supported voluntary contributions Scott serves its ongoing Campaign Chairman museum boasts first-rate display Scotts 23rd Fighter Group memorabilia God Co-pilot shown museum theater photographs film display first edition responding advertisers mention read about Model Aviation Scotts book presented him mother can also seen enthusiasm staff volunteers nationally prominent depository historical aircraft memorabilia unmistakable Theyre both preserve history tradition Robins Air Force Base US Air Force make visitors feel welcome Anyone attending can expect cordial southern-style greeting followed fascinating educational experience round/Aldrich Continued page 59 built competed locally design 1952 didnt remember since Georgia gang didnt make 1952 Nationals California conversation last week Bill ** 4620 CRANDALL-I ANF$VILLE RD CORYDON INDIANA 47112 ** ____________________________________ __________________________ Large selection Remote Control Model Airplanes professional LISTED BELOW Business since 1973 ES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE IS JUST FEW OF THE MFGWE STOCK HOURS MONDAYTHRUTHURSpAVOAAA PAA D7nAVOAAAPM A-i USTO JIGCLOSED SATURDAY& AMBR OlD ARCO RUBBERBANDS BRiDI DAVEYS SYSTEMS cOVERiTE DEvcON DREMEL DU-BRO DY NA Fl LITE SONIc-TRONIcS STERLING SULLIVAN TOP FLiTE VS ENGINES LA Ni ER MILLER NORTHEAST ZINGER PROPS complete listing etcplease sends stamped self-address enve lope DEALERS WANTED Limited Quantity STAFFORD SCALE 8-24$300 ENGINES 4 19-25 WINGSPAN 9Oinebes FKKITSIGkkumI FOX FUTABA GOLDBERG GAS MODEL PROD HALLCO HOBBYPOXY HOT STUFF K & B MFG Si G SAITO 142 Model Aviation 0 STAFFORD AIRCOUPE $9995 PLEASE CALL FOR SPECIALS OF THE MONTH
Edition: Model Aviation - 1992/03
Page Numbers: 50, 51, 52, 55, 56, 57, 58, 144
The main entrance Museum Aviation important aviation museums Southeast Robins Air Force Base fa cility houses memorabilia World War through 21st-century avionics systems its knowledgeable staff exudes southern hospitality flight simulators futuristic avionics systems actionpacked movies fast-growing aviation museum offers some thing member family EKen Wilson AT ROBINS Air Force Base near center Georgia dogwood trees azaleas bloom spring camellias brighten landscape winter lucky visitors can stroll through indoor outdoor collections fastest growing military aviation museum Southeast Museum Aviation traces its roots World War II August 8 1941 US War Department negotiated contract construction Air Corps supply repair depot Completed year later installation officially named Robins Field after General Augustine Warner Robins 1882-1940 name later modified Robins Air Force Base General Robins graduated West Point 1907 served Chief Materiel Division Army Air Corps Wright Field Ohio antecedent present Air Force Logistics Command 1939 Brigadier General Robins became commandant Air Corps Training Center Randolph Field San Antonio Texas remaining post until death June 16 1940 Originally called Wellston Air Depot after nearby town Wellston facility became Warner Robins Army Air Depot October 1942 town renamed Warner Robins After total eight name changes mirroring restructuring US Army Air Force U S Air Force depot known today Warner Robins Air Logistics Center Robins Air Force Base Over years has transformed technologically advanced giant sometimes called Avionics Center Air Force September 1981 General James P Mullins head Air Force Logistics Command gave orders Air Force Logistics Center base develop program preserve make known its heritage December 1981 Robins Air Force Base Heritage Committee formed carry out task Soon after Museum Foundation Board established purpose creating aviation museum preserve aircraft artifacts associated proud history Robins AFB Through combined efforts talents host dedicated volunteers Museum Aviation welcomed its first visitors November 9 1984 Located southern end Robins AFB 43-acre museum site comes 48 Model Aviation .ings al US forces Email l-iIa6C Ill UP d lUIlIallg pIwI ILludlUla anirai ruiunua uujuInuu Iu Right striking logo welcomeu visitors museum entrance view exit under Russell Parkway overpass off Georgia State Highway 247 South Entering museums spacious parking lot visitors have first opportunity admire way towering native Georgia pine trees integrated museums outdoor aircraft collections some calls mind currently very collectible StromBecker Scale model kits made 1940s-1950s Strombeck Becker Manufacturing Company Moline Illinois same true-grain pines aeronautical pageant begins almost soon enter lobby interconnected World War II single-story Butler-type buildings house indoor exhibits Usually museum volunteer guides hand greet answer questions Chances though youll find impossible begin tour until youve look gift/bookstore exhibits arranged chronological sequence clockwise lobby teach about local history prehistoric Indian cultures building Robins Air Field trace military history General Frank 0 D Hunter Georgia ace two world wars through modern techniques warfare also working engine displays hands-on exhibitions can fly staying grounded using World War Two Link trainer can go little faster 780-mph cruise maximum speed 836 mph sea level Republic F-105 Thunderchief simulator enemy plane has flamed fallen victim youthful yet-young-at-heart dead-eye fighter jocks mount steed popular 95-year-olds five-year-old great-grandsons Nearby General Electric linkless feed ammunition M-60A gun time installed F-105 Thunderchief weapon could fire 6000 rounds per minute Other indoor attractions include movies Allied Axis uniforms models photos weaponry dioramas fulfill main purposes museum educating entertain Leaving indoor exhibits museum goers stroll paved walkways take array airplanes helicopters missiles outdoor exhibits show careful planning aircraft set up proportionally scaled displays illustrate service designated Visitors can rest benches shade enjoy picnic provided tables Lets tour some highlights North American Texan remanufactured North American design known Air Force linemen T-6 Navy crews SNJ aircraft display group T-6Gs rebuilt T-6/SNJ airframes military inventory stock depleted Air Force turned civilian market additional T-6s paying up $9000 planes sold post WW II surplus $800 less March 1992 49 LIIe worlds advanced airplane Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird nicknamed Titanium iger designed Mach-3 cruising capability long-range reconnaissance missions museums example holds worlds absolute speed record 2193 mph Introduced during WW II Us army Air 1-orces nrsi proauciion sna operallunal jel ule Lockheed Shooting Star foreground has become rarity Only 10 extant mis well-worn seat cusnion IC5IITICS ins popularity Republic F-105 Thunderchief simulator enjoyed ages five 95 aispiay teaturing memurui urn museum expects acquire Curtiss k-qu Group commanded Scott film Goo General Robert L Scott Jr colors 1942 23rd Fighter u-pilOt shown theater refashioned T-6Gs steerable/lockable tail wheels revised side canopy panes better visibility new fuel cells outer wings added range modernized hydraulic systems up-todate radios Air Force received 2068 updated craft assigned new serial numbers 1958 however North American plane phased Out USAF inventory Spanish Air Force received surplus T-6Gs put use trainers Spain began disposal airplanes Museum Aviation acquired serial number 49-32 17 its collection Lockheed U-2C unique high-altitude reconnaissance plane designated Article 349 Central Intelligence Agency identifiable museums collection May 1 1960 late Francis Gary Powers literally blasted aviation history Lockheed U-2 brought down near Sverdlovsk during reconnaissance overflight former USSR Powers captured spent nearly two years Soviet prison until release exchange Russian KGB agent Rudolf Abel Known Dragon Lady aircraft museums collection eighth production U-2serial number 56-6682 After Central Intelligence Agency took delivery aircraft late 1956 number 5 6-6682 went directly covert action Powers piloting USSR reconnaissance missions Later Dragon Lady equipped powerful J75 engine its designation changed U-2B Although rumor has confirmed National Chinese pilots said have used U-2B CIA overflights mainland China 1964 CIA used U-2B what proved successful carrier suitability trials aboard USS Ranger During mid-1960s airplane upgraded U-2C standards through installation larger air intakes updated avionics sensor equipment Warner Robins Air Logistics Center maintained worldwide logistics management surveillance electronics systems used Dragon Lady airplane became part 6512th Test Group Edwards Air Force Base California 1971 transferred Ames Research Center National Air Space Administration Moffett Naval Air Station California used high-altitude data collection flights support various Earth Resource astronomy geophysical programs April 18 1989 airplane set 16 altitude time-to-climb records 73400 feet 12 minutes overturning wide margin previous record set Gates Learjet June year NASA donated craft Museum Aviation last original U-2s still service P2V-7 Neptune Visitors often inquire museum owns US Navy P2V-7 Neptune Actually five still-surviving US Air Force-built RB-69As served Navy under P2V-7 designation two original seven lost reconnaissance missions Navy painted Neptunes its 1950s-1960s standard Gloss Sea Blue Air Force later repainted Gloss Black Continued page 53 50 Model Aviation Left Diorama flight orieting room Iocnran rieia lflOW macon international Airport subdepot Robins Field during WW II several dioramas museum Right C-47 outdoor exhibits First built 1935 DC-3 C-47 used US Army Air Force during World War II troop carrier glider towing dropping paratroopers cargo hauling 43-acre site rapidly being filled planes have historical ties Robins AFB Left This Douglas C-54G Skymaster participated 1948-49 Berlin Airlift circumvented boviet iiitary uovernment lana access blockade Right Delivered USAF May 1945 Douglas B26C served Robins Air Force Base 1947 Left One seven Lockheed RB-69As used Air Force intelligence gathering Right Originally designed glider Fair child C-123 Provider proved successful cargo hauler fitted two reciprocating engines plus two jets 1k CITY OFMArNUATE B NIIIS KWATSON BLVD ________ INTIBSTATfI SINCERE THANKS TO THE RAPS MUSEUM OF AVIATONS STAFF FOR THEIR VERY KIND ASSISTANCE KENNETH WILSON EVANSVILLE IN -199H50 SCALE IT WARNER ROBIN S RAPE SATE 4 RUSSELL PARKWAY RAPS MUSEUM RA PS MUSEUM OF AVIATIONOF AVIATION ENTRANCEr RA PS MUSEUM OF AVIATIONS HOURS OF OPERATION 0-5 DAILY EXCEPT MONDAY CLOSED THANKSGIVING CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS DAY Some RB-69As equipped Side-Looking Airborne Radar flown electronics intelligence-gathering aircraft cruising borders China former USSR East Germany induce countries turn radar radios Warner Robins Air Logistics Center used recorded analyzed transmissions devising countermeasure equipment museums RB-69A mothballed huge Military Aircraft Storage Disposition Center now Aerospace Maintenance Regeneration Center Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Tucson Arizona before undergoing reclamation being flown Robins Air Force Base Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star As countrys first operational production jet fighter Shooting Star ushered US Army Air Force jet age grew up 1940s airplane will always P-80 Its popular attraction museum Lockheed received green light construction XP-80 May 1943 its team finished first airplane 143 days later Initial flight tests conducted January 9 1944 January 26 1946 William Council set new coast-to-coast speed record four hours 13 minutes 23 seconds meantime America fallen love brand-new aerodynamic marvel museums Shooting Star serial number 458357 first delivered P-80A-5 powered Allison J33-A-17 engine Lockheed later rebuilt F-80C standards An updated Allison J33-23 engine explosive canopy ejector installed wings strengthened support bomb rocket racks 1948 attached 62nd Squadron 56th Fighter Group part first deployment jet fighters Europe After returning stateside airplane served Oklahoma Illinois Air National Guards Later plane declared surplus given city Aurora Illinois remained exhibit city park over 30 years Museum Aviation acquired number 458357 trade former mayor Warner Robins Ralph Johnson delighted flown very airplane serving US Army Air Force Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird newest star attraction Museum Aviation SR-71 has held its place worlds advanced airplane since first entering USAF service 1966 March 1992 53 Grumman Albatross used Air Force rescue submarine spotting duty front office museums C-47 WW II aircraft still has web seats Used mainly airfield rescue fire- Dubbed Blue Canoe Cessna U3B paratrooper Jump/No-Jump green red fighting work HH-43A Huskie helicopter used USAF transport VIPs signal lights cargo door 18 built Kaman late 1950s early 1960s Designed gather strategic reconnaissance domains far beyond limits U-2 Blackbird cruised three times speed sound equipped cameras sensors capable examining almost 100000 square miles Earths surface hour flight So important intelligencegathering capabilities SR-71 fleet loss still provokes controversy military circles among reconnaissance supporters Constructed primarily titanium SR-71 able withstand heatat times high 1200 degrees Fgenerated friction flying Mach 3 Wing corrugations expansion joints between skin panels allow airplane expand much six inches museums SR-71 serial number 7 1-7958 powered twin Pratt & Whitney J58 turbo-ramjets 32000 lb thrust afterburners ninth Blackbird built holds worlds absolute speed record 2193 mph 1000-km closed-course record 2092 mph set July 1976 mid-1990s pilots flying discarded SR-71s aviation museums around country attempted better enviable record succeeded Expansion museums interior exhibits has targeted outset Left The Northrop F-89 Scorpion first all-weather interceptor plane service US Air Force eduled destruction Aberdeen Proving Grounds firing range rescued Museum oi F-lOS aircraft could carry weapons payload one-half times WW II Boeing B-17 Flying Foriress 54 Model Aviation uriginaiiy procured 1962 tor US Army Havilland Beaver trans- Beech C-45 During 1950s C-45s ferred Air Force mail light commonly used base hacks US Air cargo utility carrier Vietnam Force operations squadrons M norm american U-4 nero uommanaer President Eisenhower used U-4 exec utive airplane office during 1953-61 IIy ureen .elicopter used chi tor combat rescue recov ery work specializing midair retrieval downed pilots Vietnam Cessna L-19 used USAF forward air control observation plane Built short-takeoff-and-landing craft Hello Super Courier used Central In- Vietnam museums example ob telligence Agency drop agents supplies behind enemy lines Vietnam tamed French Air Force part three-phase long-range plan April 1991 ground breaking construction 60000-sq-ft exhibition building 300-seat auditorium began phase two plan same time museums first hangar unveiled Called Hangar unexpected treat Museum Aviation fans As surplus storage hangar Robins Air Force Base 28000-sq-ft structure scheduled demolition 1990 Museum Aviation officials approached about interest acquiring hangar response very affirmative much staff volunteers pitched disassemble structure Robins AFB flight line reassemble museum grounds after learning no funds cover cost job available Hangar has space 22 aircraft Currently featured historical American artifacts simulated lighted runway aircraft parked along side Vietnam-era Forward Air Control Outpost highlight Basic Advanced Airplane Training section hangar Boeing model 75 old-time favorite commonly known Stearman after Stearman Aircraft Division Boeing Airplane Company Wichita Kansas began building airplane US Army Air Corps 1936 last fanciful double-wingers rolled off Boeings assembly lines February 1945 airplane museum PT-17 received US Army February 24 1943 Decked out aluminum color all-sheet-metal panels anodized light gray serial number 42-16365 awaited its US Army Ferry Command pilot Boeing storage area Wichita Municipal Airport bipe cost Army $8474 Though included government-furnished equipmentprop 220-hp Continental engine tires wheels instrumentsit INVENTORY OF THE MUSEUM OF AVIATIONS AIRCRAFT DRONES MISSILES MANUFACTURER Beechcraft Beechcraft Bell Bell Bell Benson Boeing Boeing Boeing Boeing Boeing British Aerospace Cessna Cessna Cessna Cessna Convair Convair De Havilland De Havilland Douglas Douglas Douglas Douglas TYPE C-45G T-34C UH-1F TH-13M UH-13P X25A B-29B B-52D KC-97 PT-17 CIM-iGA Mk 53 L-1 9AJ0-1 0-2A U-3A UC-78 F-i 02A T-29A C-7A U-6A B-26C C-47B C-47B C-54G SERIAL NO 52-11653 51-44033 69-7959 142376 143143 N61CN 44-84053 55-085 53-298 42-1 6365 59-1 953 51 -1 2857 67-21380 60-6052 57-907 49-1938 63-9756 52-6087 44-35732 43-49442 43-48957 45-579 NAME Expeditor Mentor Iroquois Sioux Sioux Gyrocoptor Superfortress Stratotortress Stratotanker Kaydet Bomarc Lightning Bird Dog Skymaster Blue Canoe Bamboo Bomber Delta Dagger Flying Classroom Caribou Beaver Invader Skytrain Skytrain Skymaster MANUFACTURER Douglas Douglas Fairchild Fairchild Fairchild Ford Grumman Gyrodyne Helio Hiller Hughes Kaman Kaman Laister-Kauffmann Link Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed March 1992 55 ne r4arifl mercan ouuru w Mmriud wpL-wII IIIL three F-86H tighter-bombers built two-year period fruimi high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft Lockheed U-2 hosting inat se cret airfield Groom Dry Lake near Nellis AFB Nevadaexample set16 alti tude time-to-climb records 73400 ft 12 minutes April 18 1989 TYPE C-i 24C WB-66D C-i 19C C-i 23K PT-19A AIN-91 HU-16B OH-SOC U-1OD OH-23C AIM-4D HH-43A HH-43B TG-4A C2 RB-69A C-i 30H C-i 40B F-80C T-33A C-60 F-i 04A SR -7 lA U-2C SERIAL NO 51 -089 55-392 51-2566 54-633 42-2802 51 -71 44 DS-1 261 66-3601 56-402 1 58-1833 58-1853 42-43740 147954 74-1686 61-2488 45-8357 52-9633 42-55918 55-68 17 71-7958 56-6682 NAME Globemaster Destroyer Flying Boxcar Provider Cornell Sidewinder Albatross Dash Super Courier Raven Falcon Huskie Huskie Training Glider Link Trainer Neptune Hercules Jetstar Shooting Star Shooting Star Lodestar Startighter Blackbird Dragon Lady MAULE M51M6 ROCKET 1/4 SCALE 98 FAIRCHILD 24 GIANT SCALE 90 STINSON SR-8 1/5 SCALE 100 DeHAVILLAND BEAVER GIANT SCALE 96 STITS PLAYBOY 1/3 SCALE 88 neverthclcss tidy sum money 1943 PT-17 first saw duty 2164th Base Unit Tuskegee Institute Field Number Two Contract Pilot School Tuskegee Alabama Arriving Tuskegee February 25 1943 Stearman hurried service basic flight trainer US Army Air Force Black aviators April 20 1944 assigned Coast Aviation Corporation another contract flight school Eagle Field Dos Palos California August 2 1945 PT-17 stricken records US Army Air Force turned over Reconstruction Finance Corporation sold surplus War Assets Administration another disposal agency designated US Government Surplus Property Board Reconstruction Finance Corporation advertised Boeing Army models September 1945 aviation magazines $875 planes sacrificed little $300 full 46-gallon tank 73-octane aviation gas thrown just get off Reconstruction Finance Corporation Sales Center field Museum Aviation maintains wish list over 50 aircraft seeks display Three have promised Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress found La Paz Bolivia hauling meat Republic P-47D Thunderbolt Curtiss P-40 Warhawk Since Warner Robins Air Logistics Center responsible during World War II supply depot maintenance US Army aircraft its assigned geographical area including Georgia South Carolina North Carolina Virginia Florida totaling over 6500 aircraft types promised airplanes conform museums status requirements museum staff always excited fresh aircraft release Curtiss P-40 Warhawk holds special significance because its close connection local national World War II hero Brigadier General Robert L Scott Jr native nearby Macon Georgia General Scott became commander 23rd Fighter Group piloted Curtiss P-40s Warhawks Chinese-IndianBurmese theater operations World War II 23rd Fighter Group close attachments Major General Claire Chennault s famous American Volunteer Group Flying Tigers serving 23rd General Scott shot down 13 Japanese planes another nine probable kills 1943 book God Co-pilot General Scott described dedication determination shown American pilots Chinese-Indian-Burmese theater operations despite overwhelming numerical superiority Japans aircraft After being ordered back United States conduct public relations efforts war bond drives briefings Scott became popular public figure God Co-pilot made movie same name film received gala February 1944 premiere Macon Georgia won 56 Model Aviation fine kits include Preformed landing gear cut parts aces drawn rol horns Complete plans rglass cowls 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The main entrance Museum Aviation important aviation museums Southeast Robins Air Force Base fa cility houses memorabilia World War through 21st-century avionics systems its knowledgeable staff exudes southern hospitality flight simulators futuristic avionics systems actionpacked movies fast-growing aviation museum offers some thing member family EKen Wilson AT ROBINS Air Force Base near center Georgia dogwood trees azaleas bloom spring camellias brighten landscape winter lucky visitors can stroll through indoor outdoor collections fastest growing military aviation museum Southeast Museum Aviation traces its roots World War II August 8 1941 US War Department negotiated contract construction Air Corps supply repair depot Completed year later installation officially named Robins Field after General Augustine Warner Robins 1882-1940 name later modified Robins Air Force Base General Robins graduated West Point 1907 served Chief Materiel Division Army Air Corps Wright Field Ohio antecedent present Air Force Logistics Command 1939 Brigadier General Robins became commandant Air Corps Training Center Randolph Field San Antonio Texas remaining post until death June 16 1940 Originally called Wellston Air Depot after nearby town Wellston facility became Warner Robins Army Air Depot October 1942 town renamed Warner Robins After total eight name changes mirroring restructuring US Army Air Force U S Air Force depot known today Warner Robins Air Logistics Center Robins Air Force Base Over years has transformed technologically advanced giant sometimes called Avionics Center Air Force September 1981 General James P Mullins head Air Force Logistics Command gave orders Air Force Logistics Center base develop program preserve make known its heritage December 1981 Robins Air Force Base Heritage Committee formed carry out task Soon after Museum Foundation Board established purpose creating aviation museum preserve aircraft artifacts associated proud history Robins AFB Through combined efforts talents host dedicated volunteers Museum Aviation welcomed its first visitors November 9 1984 Located southern end Robins AFB 43-acre museum site comes 48 Model Aviation .ings al US forces Email l-iIa6C Ill UP d lUIlIallg pIwI ILludlUla anirai ruiunua uujuInuu Iu Right striking logo welcomeu visitors museum entrance view exit under Russell Parkway overpass off Georgia State Highway 247 South Entering museums spacious parking lot visitors have first opportunity admire way towering native Georgia pine trees integrated museums outdoor aircraft collections some calls mind currently very collectible StromBecker Scale model kits made 1940s-1950s Strombeck Becker Manufacturing Company Moline Illinois same true-grain pines aeronautical pageant begins almost soon enter lobby interconnected World War II single-story Butler-type buildings house indoor exhibits Usually museum volunteer guides hand greet answer questions Chances though youll find impossible begin tour until youve look gift/bookstore exhibits arranged chronological sequence clockwise lobby teach about local history prehistoric Indian cultures building Robins Air Field trace military history General Frank 0 D Hunter Georgia ace two world wars through modern techniques warfare also working engine displays hands-on exhibitions can fly staying grounded using World War Two Link trainer can go little faster 780-mph cruise maximum speed 836 mph sea level Republic F-105 Thunderchief simulator enemy plane has flamed fallen victim youthful yet-young-at-heart dead-eye fighter jocks mount steed popular 95-year-olds five-year-old great-grandsons Nearby General Electric linkless feed ammunition M-60A gun time installed F-105 Thunderchief weapon could fire 6000 rounds per minute Other indoor attractions include movies Allied Axis uniforms models photos weaponry dioramas fulfill main purposes museum educating entertain Leaving indoor exhibits museum goers stroll paved walkways take array airplanes helicopters missiles outdoor exhibits show careful planning aircraft set up proportionally scaled displays illustrate service designated Visitors can rest benches shade enjoy picnic provided tables Lets tour some highlights North American Texan remanufactured North American design known Air Force linemen T-6 Navy crews SNJ aircraft display group T-6Gs rebuilt T-6/SNJ airframes military inventory stock depleted Air Force turned civilian market additional T-6s paying up $9000 planes sold post WW II surplus $800 less March 1992 49 LIIe worlds advanced airplane Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird nicknamed Titanium iger designed Mach-3 cruising capability long-range reconnaissance missions museums example holds worlds absolute speed record 2193 mph Introduced during WW II Us army Air 1-orces nrsi proauciion sna operallunal jel ule Lockheed Shooting Star foreground has become rarity Only 10 extant mis well-worn seat cusnion IC5IITICS ins popularity Republic F-105 Thunderchief simulator enjoyed ages five 95 aispiay teaturing memurui urn museum expects acquire Curtiss k-qu Group commanded Scott film Goo General Robert L Scott Jr colors 1942 23rd Fighter u-pilOt shown theater refashioned T-6Gs steerable/lockable tail wheels revised side canopy panes better visibility new fuel cells outer wings added range modernized hydraulic systems up-todate radios Air Force received 2068 updated craft assigned new serial numbers 1958 however North American plane phased Out USAF inventory Spanish Air Force received surplus T-6Gs put use trainers Spain began disposal airplanes Museum Aviation acquired serial number 49-32 17 its collection Lockheed U-2C unique high-altitude reconnaissance plane designated Article 349 Central Intelligence Agency identifiable museums collection May 1 1960 late Francis Gary Powers literally blasted aviation history Lockheed U-2 brought down near Sverdlovsk during reconnaissance overflight former USSR Powers captured spent nearly two years Soviet prison until release exchange Russian KGB agent Rudolf Abel Known Dragon Lady aircraft museums collection eighth production U-2serial number 56-6682 After Central Intelligence Agency took delivery aircraft late 1956 number 5 6-6682 went directly covert action Powers piloting USSR reconnaissance missions Later Dragon Lady equipped powerful J75 engine its designation changed U-2B Although rumor has confirmed National Chinese pilots said have used U-2B CIA overflights mainland China 1964 CIA used U-2B what proved successful carrier suitability trials aboard USS Ranger During mid-1960s airplane upgraded U-2C standards through installation larger air intakes updated avionics sensor equipment Warner Robins Air Logistics Center maintained worldwide logistics management surveillance electronics systems used Dragon Lady airplane became part 6512th Test Group Edwards Air Force Base California 1971 transferred Ames Research Center National Air Space Administration Moffett Naval Air Station California used high-altitude data collection flights support various Earth Resource astronomy geophysical programs April 18 1989 airplane set 16 altitude time-to-climb records 73400 feet 12 minutes overturning wide margin previous record set Gates Learjet June year NASA donated craft Museum Aviation last original U-2s still service P2V-7 Neptune Visitors often inquire museum owns US Navy P2V-7 Neptune Actually five still-surviving US Air Force-built RB-69As served Navy under P2V-7 designation two original seven lost reconnaissance missions Navy painted Neptunes its 1950s-1960s standard Gloss Sea Blue Air Force later repainted Gloss Black Continued page 53 50 Model Aviation Left Diorama flight orieting room Iocnran rieia lflOW macon international Airport subdepot Robins Field during WW II several dioramas museum Right C-47 outdoor exhibits First built 1935 DC-3 C-47 used US Army Air Force during World War II troop carrier glider towing dropping paratroopers cargo hauling 43-acre site rapidly being filled planes have historical ties Robins AFB Left This Douglas C-54G Skymaster participated 1948-49 Berlin Airlift circumvented boviet iiitary uovernment lana access blockade Right Delivered USAF May 1945 Douglas B26C served Robins Air Force Base 1947 Left One seven Lockheed RB-69As used Air Force intelligence gathering Right Originally designed glider Fair child C-123 Provider proved successful cargo hauler fitted two reciprocating engines plus two jets 1k CITY OFMArNUATE B NIIIS KWATSON BLVD ________ INTIBSTATfI SINCERE THANKS TO THE RAPS MUSEUM OF AVIATONS STAFF FOR THEIR VERY KIND ASSISTANCE KENNETH WILSON EVANSVILLE IN -199H50 SCALE IT WARNER ROBIN S RAPE SATE 4 RUSSELL PARKWAY RAPS MUSEUM RA PS MUSEUM OF AVIATIONOF AVIATION ENTRANCEr RA PS MUSEUM OF AVIATIONS HOURS OF OPERATION 0-5 DAILY EXCEPT MONDAY CLOSED THANKSGIVING CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS DAY Some RB-69As equipped Side-Looking Airborne Radar flown electronics intelligence-gathering aircraft cruising borders China former USSR East Germany induce countries turn radar radios Warner Robins Air Logistics Center used recorded analyzed transmissions devising countermeasure equipment museums RB-69A mothballed huge Military Aircraft Storage Disposition Center now Aerospace Maintenance Regeneration Center Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Tucson Arizona before undergoing reclamation being flown Robins Air Force Base Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star As countrys first operational production jet fighter Shooting Star ushered US Army Air Force jet age grew up 1940s airplane will always P-80 Its popular attraction museum Lockheed received green light construction XP-80 May 1943 its team finished first airplane 143 days later Initial flight tests conducted January 9 1944 January 26 1946 William Council set new coast-to-coast speed record four hours 13 minutes 23 seconds meantime America fallen love brand-new aerodynamic marvel museums Shooting Star serial number 458357 first delivered P-80A-5 powered Allison J33-A-17 engine Lockheed later rebuilt F-80C standards An updated Allison J33-23 engine explosive canopy ejector installed wings strengthened support bomb rocket racks 1948 attached 62nd Squadron 56th Fighter Group part first deployment jet fighters Europe After returning stateside airplane served Oklahoma Illinois Air National Guards Later plane declared surplus given city Aurora Illinois remained exhibit city park over 30 years Museum Aviation acquired number 458357 trade former mayor Warner Robins Ralph Johnson delighted flown very airplane serving US Army Air Force Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird newest star attraction Museum Aviation SR-71 has held its place worlds advanced airplane since first entering USAF service 1966 March 1992 53 Grumman Albatross used Air Force rescue submarine spotting duty front office museums C-47 WW II aircraft still has web seats Used mainly airfield rescue fire- Dubbed Blue Canoe Cessna U3B paratrooper Jump/No-Jump green red fighting work HH-43A Huskie helicopter used USAF transport VIPs signal lights cargo door 18 built Kaman late 1950s early 1960s Designed gather strategic reconnaissance domains far beyond limits U-2 Blackbird cruised three times speed sound equipped cameras sensors capable examining almost 100000 square miles Earths surface hour flight So important intelligencegathering capabilities SR-71 fleet loss still provokes controversy military circles among reconnaissance supporters Constructed primarily titanium SR-71 able withstand heatat times high 1200 degrees Fgenerated friction flying Mach 3 Wing corrugations expansion joints between skin panels allow airplane expand much six inches museums SR-71 serial number 7 1-7958 powered twin Pratt & Whitney J58 turbo-ramjets 32000 lb thrust afterburners ninth Blackbird built holds worlds absolute speed record 2193 mph 1000-km closed-course record 2092 mph set July 1976 mid-1990s pilots flying discarded SR-71s aviation museums around country attempted better enviable record succeeded Expansion museums interior exhibits has targeted outset Left The Northrop F-89 Scorpion first all-weather interceptor plane service US Air Force eduled destruction Aberdeen Proving Grounds firing range rescued Museum oi F-lOS aircraft could carry weapons payload one-half times WW II Boeing B-17 Flying Foriress 54 Model Aviation uriginaiiy procured 1962 tor US Army Havilland Beaver trans- Beech C-45 During 1950s C-45s ferred Air Force mail light commonly used base hacks US Air cargo utility carrier Vietnam Force operations squadrons M norm american U-4 nero uommanaer President Eisenhower used U-4 exec utive airplane office during 1953-61 IIy ureen .elicopter used chi tor combat rescue recov ery work specializing midair retrieval downed pilots Vietnam Cessna L-19 used USAF forward air control observation plane Built short-takeoff-and-landing craft Hello Super Courier used Central In- Vietnam museums example ob telligence Agency drop agents supplies behind enemy lines Vietnam tamed French Air Force part three-phase long-range plan April 1991 ground breaking construction 60000-sq-ft exhibition building 300-seat auditorium began phase two plan same time museums first hangar unveiled Called Hangar unexpected treat Museum Aviation fans As surplus storage hangar Robins Air Force Base 28000-sq-ft structure scheduled demolition 1990 Museum Aviation officials approached about interest acquiring hangar response very affirmative much staff volunteers pitched disassemble structure Robins AFB flight line reassemble museum grounds after learning no funds cover cost job available Hangar has space 22 aircraft Currently featured historical American artifacts simulated lighted runway aircraft parked along side Vietnam-era Forward Air Control Outpost highlight Basic Advanced Airplane Training section hangar Boeing model 75 old-time favorite commonly known Stearman after Stearman Aircraft Division Boeing Airplane Company Wichita Kansas began building airplane US Army Air Corps 1936 last fanciful double-wingers rolled off Boeings assembly lines February 1945 airplane museum PT-17 received US Army February 24 1943 Decked out aluminum color all-sheet-metal panels anodized light gray serial number 42-16365 awaited its US Army Ferry Command pilot Boeing storage area Wichita Municipal Airport bipe cost Army $8474 Though included government-furnished equipmentprop 220-hp Continental engine tires wheels instrumentsit INVENTORY OF THE MUSEUM OF AVIATIONS AIRCRAFT DRONES MISSILES MANUFACTURER Beechcraft Beechcraft Bell Bell Bell Benson Boeing Boeing Boeing Boeing Boeing British Aerospace Cessna Cessna Cessna Cessna Convair Convair De Havilland De Havilland Douglas Douglas Douglas Douglas TYPE C-45G T-34C UH-1F TH-13M UH-13P X25A B-29B B-52D KC-97 PT-17 CIM-iGA Mk 53 L-1 9AJ0-1 0-2A U-3A UC-78 F-i 02A T-29A C-7A U-6A B-26C C-47B C-47B C-54G SERIAL NO 52-11653 51-44033 69-7959 142376 143143 N61CN 44-84053 55-085 53-298 42-1 6365 59-1 953 51 -1 2857 67-21380 60-6052 57-907 49-1938 63-9756 52-6087 44-35732 43-49442 43-48957 45-579 NAME Expeditor Mentor Iroquois Sioux Sioux Gyrocoptor Superfortress Stratotortress Stratotanker Kaydet Bomarc Lightning Bird Dog Skymaster Blue Canoe Bamboo Bomber Delta Dagger Flying Classroom Caribou Beaver Invader Skytrain Skytrain Skymaster MANUFACTURER Douglas Douglas Fairchild Fairchild Fairchild Ford Grumman Gyrodyne Helio Hiller Hughes Kaman Kaman Laister-Kauffmann Link Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed Lockheed March 1992 55 ne r4arifl mercan ouuru w Mmriud wpL-wII IIIL three F-86H tighter-bombers built two-year period fruimi high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft Lockheed U-2 hosting inat se cret airfield Groom Dry Lake near Nellis AFB Nevadaexample set16 alti tude time-to-climb records 73400 ft 12 minutes April 18 1989 TYPE C-i 24C WB-66D C-i 19C C-i 23K PT-19A AIN-91 HU-16B OH-SOC U-1OD OH-23C AIM-4D HH-43A HH-43B TG-4A C2 RB-69A C-i 30H C-i 40B F-80C T-33A C-60 F-i 04A SR -7 lA U-2C SERIAL NO 51 -089 55-392 51-2566 54-633 42-2802 51 -71 44 DS-1 261 66-3601 56-402 1 58-1833 58-1853 42-43740 147954 74-1686 61-2488 45-8357 52-9633 42-55918 55-68 17 71-7958 56-6682 NAME Globemaster Destroyer Flying Boxcar Provider Cornell Sidewinder Albatross Dash Super Courier Raven Falcon Huskie Huskie Training Glider Link Trainer Neptune Hercules Jetstar Shooting Star Shooting Star Lodestar Startighter Blackbird Dragon Lady MAULE M51M6 ROCKET 1/4 SCALE 98 FAIRCHILD 24 GIANT SCALE 90 STINSON SR-8 1/5 SCALE 100 DeHAVILLAND BEAVER GIANT SCALE 96 STITS PLAYBOY 1/3 SCALE 88 neverthclcss tidy sum money 1943 PT-17 first saw duty 2164th Base Unit Tuskegee Institute Field Number Two Contract Pilot School Tuskegee Alabama Arriving Tuskegee February 25 1943 Stearman hurried service basic flight trainer US Army Air Force Black aviators April 20 1944 assigned Coast Aviation Corporation another contract flight school Eagle Field Dos Palos California August 2 1945 PT-17 stricken records US Army Air Force turned over Reconstruction Finance Corporation sold surplus War Assets Administration another disposal agency designated US Government Surplus Property Board Reconstruction Finance Corporation advertised Boeing Army models September 1945 aviation magazines $875 planes sacrificed little $300 full 46-gallon tank 73-octane aviation gas thrown just get off Reconstruction Finance Corporation Sales Center field Museum Aviation maintains wish list over 50 aircraft seeks display Three have promised Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress found La Paz Bolivia hauling meat Republic P-47D Thunderbolt Curtiss P-40 Warhawk Since Warner Robins Air Logistics Center responsible during World War II supply depot maintenance US Army aircraft its assigned geographical area including Georgia South Carolina North Carolina Virginia Florida totaling over 6500 aircraft types promised airplanes conform museums status requirements museum staff always excited fresh aircraft release Curtiss P-40 Warhawk holds special significance because its close connection local national World War II hero Brigadier General Robert L Scott Jr native nearby Macon Georgia General Scott became commander 23rd Fighter Group piloted Curtiss P-40s Warhawks Chinese-IndianBurmese theater operations World War II 23rd Fighter Group close attachments Major General Claire Chennault s famous American Volunteer Group Flying Tigers serving 23rd General Scott shot down 13 Japanese planes another nine probable kills 1943 book God Co-pilot General Scott described dedication determination shown American pilots Chinese-Indian-Burmese theater operations despite overwhelming numerical superiority Japans aircraft After being ordered back United States conduct public relations efforts war bond drives briefings Scott became popular public figure God Co-pilot made movie same name film received gala February 1944 premiere Macon Georgia won 56 Model Aviation fine kits include Preformed landing gear cut parts aces drawn rol horns Complete plans rglass cowls 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702-265-7522 ViS4I Send $200 1992 Catalog challenge may find yourself flying alongfeet gracelessly scraping random patterns sand So next time its too windy fly plane field taken over special event another dont frustrated Have ball Go fly kite Robins/Wilson Continued page 56 ovations throughout United States England movie staffing Dennis Morgan especially inspirational children eight-to-12 age group Morgan pushed Hollywood stage prop Curtiss P-40 Warhawk 35-degree dive slightly lifting right wing deflection shot gave chase another Japanese Zero sound theater burst machine gun fire six 50caliber weapons enemy plane went down impressionable young boys mentally wore General Scotts three Distinguished Flying Crosses two Silver Stars five Air Medals bib D overalls T-shirts poured out Saturday matin& onto Main Street USA Not few would go fight future air battles defense freedom General Robert L Scott Jr retired US Air Force 1957 Museum Aviation supported voluntary contributions Scott serves its ongoing Campaign Chairman museum boasts first-rate display Scotts 23rd Fighter Group memorabilia God Co-pilot shown museum theater photographs film display first edition responding advertisers mention read about Model Aviation Scotts book presented him mother can also seen enthusiasm staff volunteers nationally prominent depository historical aircraft memorabilia unmistakable Theyre both preserve history tradition Robins Air Force Base US Air Force make visitors feel welcome Anyone attending can expect cordial southern-style greeting followed fascinating educational experience round/Aldrich Continued page 59 built competed locally design 1952 didnt remember since Georgia gang didnt make 1952 Nationals California conversation last week Bill ** 4620 CRANDALL-I ANF$VILLE RD CORYDON INDIANA 47112 ** ____________________________________ __________________________ Large selection Remote Control Model Airplanes professional LISTED BELOW Business since 1973 ES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT 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