1) Here is Steve Hinton's personal bird:
2) Here is a view looking into the bombardier's seat of our North American B-25 Mitchell:
3) Here is my volunteer priject. It is a Bell YP-59A (S/N 777):
4) Here is one of the two GE I-16 engines installed:
I also have pics of my work project. It is an F-86 Sabre. But I want to wait and ask Steve before posting like I want to wait to post more details of the Zero. He is away at this time, but will be back soon, and I WILL ask.
Meanwhile, these are a small sample of our planes. The Zero is flyable when it is put back together, the Yak is flyable when we get a shaft seal, Steve's P-51 flies frequently (twice today alone), the B-25 is a frequent flier, the Judy can start and taxi (controls work and has brakes that work), the Raiden is restorable, but I am not sure if it on the list yet. Maybe one more ...
5) Here is our Hispano Ha.1112 Buchon. We had a movie crew ask us to paint Isralei markings on one side and we did, but it will be in German Bf 109 colors when it flies again:
All for now.
Hey Shortround, You're very welcome.
If you know of any of our planes you want pics of let me know. Some I can get detailed pics of and some I can't ... depending on what is wanted. For instance, I can't crawl around inside the Raiden to get detailed interior pics (can ... but the museum will want compensation for it), but CAN get good outside pics. I CAN get good interior pics of out B-17, but just haven't as yet.
I can get inside the Corsair and get an interior cockpit pic if desired. Ours is the oldest Corsair flying and started life as a bird cage F4U-1. It was later upgraded to an F4U-1a and then to an F4U-1d. We are currently in the process of returning it to F4U-1a configuration while it remains flyable. I already made the wood radio antenna and Steve Hinton already attached it to the firewall. Next is the F4U-1a canopy ... we are waiting on the plexi panels from Aero Trader.
I'll get pics of our P-26 tomorrow. It is magnificent and flies only rarely ... about every 3 - 4 years or so, but Steve says it is VERY responsive and aerobatic, and accelerates quite well, as does our Seversky AT-12 Guardsman (a 2-seat version of the P-35). John Maloney days it flies exquisitely and climbs VERY well. When you see the AT-12 and the P-47G side by side, the family resemblence is obvious.
All in all a neat place to hang around ... and the people are just fantastic. Everyone is upbeat and Steve feels there is NOTHING that can't be done. He might be right.