Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sun, 1 Apr 2007 18:43:55 +1000 "G Hopkinson" _hoppyman@bigpond.net.au_ (mailto:hoppyman@bigpond.net.au) wrote: "I recognise the tail end of an F111 in the background there (I spent quite some time around these). We call them pigs over this way. Where is this facility? Is it like the boneyard at Davis-Monthan, or a display area?" Hi Hoppy, It's the March Field Air Museum, set up alongside the old March Air Force Base in Riverside, CA. Very nice collection of close to 100 aircraft in various stages of restoration. Here is the FB-111A you saw earlier, taken from beneath the tail of a B-52. _http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Aircraft/GD+FB-111A+Aardvark.j pg.html_ (http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Aircraft/GD+FB-111A+Aardvark.jpg.html) I also thought you might enjoy this one. It's the replica Vickers Vimy that flew from England to Australia in 1994. _http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Aircraft/Vimy+in+flight.jpg.ht ml_ (http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Aircraft/Vimy+in+flight.jpg.html) At the time I took the picture in 2001, it had been re-engined wiith BMW V-8s, and scheduled to duplicate the Alcock and Brown Transatlantic Flight of 1919. The next day, it flew to Arizona, where BMW had it grounded for insurance reasons. It eventually was re-engined again, and duplicated the 1919 flight in 2004. Best regards, Ira ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.