around the world trip planning

[ollieholmes]

For my year out i am planning to go around the world for a year. I am looking for any infomation on air museams like old warden, flying planes of a simmiler age, jets dont interest me or individual aeroplanes in the following countrys:
· Usa
· Canada
· Peru
· New Zealand
· Australia
· Beijing
· Moscow
· Ste Petersburg
· Spain
· Denmark
· Czech Republic
I would prefer to go and visit little known collections rather than huge ones. Even individual Aeroplanes. Any help/suggestions i would greatly apreciate.

 

[Gnomey]

Go to Alaska, it is great. If you are on your way around the world you cannot miss Africa it is amazing (not that there are many planes there but for the experience you cannot beat it).

 

[cheddar cheese]

Go to Wright-Patterson AFB in America...I kinda wanna go there a lot

 

[evangilder]

It also depends on where in the USA you are going. It's a huge country and to see all of the good air museums in the US, you would need at least a year in the USA alone. There is a short list of North American air museums at:
http://www.aerofiles.com/museums.html

Ones that I would highly recommend off the top of my head:

Air Force Museum- Wright Patterson AFB, Fairborn Ohio http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/

Planes of Fame- Chino California (There are three air museums in Chino)
http://www.planesoffame.org/index.php
http://www.yanksair.com/

Pima Air Museum- Pima, Arizona http://www.pimaair.org/

Of course, if you get out to Camarillo, let me know when, and I can give you the big tour of our CAF museum.
http://www.orgsites.com/ca/caf-socal/

 

[syscom3]

The Japanese have a Judy dive bomber at the Yasakuni shrine in Tokyo.

 

[pbfoot]

witin 30 miles of niagara falls is a pretty good selection of flying a/c canadian warbird heritage has a flying lanc to which they are adding a flying blenheim(bolingboke) and lysander and a gentlemen nearby has a flying 109e
spit 9 and hurricane and just across border in us the original home of bell and curtiss with a p39 and possibly a p63 and p40
http://www.warplane.com/ http://aerospace.bfn.org/
and within a 2 hour drive theres a halifax being restored a swordfish

 

[ollieholmes]

Evanglider i may just take up your offer on a tour at your place. I will let you know closer to the time exactlly the date. I am realy looking for the smaller less known collections or even individual aeroplanes.

 

[FLYBOYJ]

pb is right - been there!

Wright Pat, and the Smithsonian in DC - Excellent when you're in the USA

Get with Eric though - he'll hook you up and will also be able to point out other places in Southern California - You'll need a month to see them all!

 

[Nonskimmer]

within a 2 hour drive theres a halifax being restored a swordfish

That's up at Trenton, isn't it? Only static though, but still amazing.

 

[pbfoot]

That's up at Trenton, isn't it? Only static though, but still amazing.[/quote]\
yeah they dragged it up from the depths of some norwegian lake or fiord can't see them making it flyable

 

[evangilder]

No problem Ollie. As long as I know a bit in advance, I can plan accordingly. If the Jeep is running, I might be able to take you down the airport to see the T-28s that are in abundance near the old alert hangars.

 

[ollieholmes]

Anything will be greatly apreciated. I will post dates as soon as i know them on here.

 

[evangilder]

I recently discovered that the largest collection of aircraft at a museum in California is the Castle Air Force Base museum in Atwater, CA.
http://www.elite.net/castle-air/

Something for me to add to my list of places to check out.

 

[ollieholmes]

Thak you all. Once i know more specificaly ewhere i will be in the us i will let you know. I plan to visit this coming summer and do camp america but then go on to visit as many air museams as i can. Espesialy old rhinebeck, due to having a great love of realy old aeroplanes.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Well if you hit the German go to the Sinsheim Museum. It is a large collection which you did say you are not interested in but it has a very large selection of WW2 aircraft including many Luftwaffe fighters and some of there secret aircraft.

 

[ollieholmes]

I can do Europe during half terms etc so i may visit that one sooner than my round the world trip. Is there a websie for it?

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

http://www.museum-sinsheim.de/

 

[ollieholmes]

Thank you.

 

[v2]

Welcome to Poland, Cracow . We've got Aviation Museum here.

http://www.muz-lotnictwa.krakow.pl/estrona.html

 

[ollieholmes]

Thank you.