Pics of Aircraft in Odd Places

[buffnut453]

Ok folks, I've driven past this place many times over the past 3 years and it got me thinking...what are the unusual places where we've found aircraft displayed (or abandoned)?

This is ex-Army Air Corps Saunders-Roe Skeeter XN339 sitting on the roof of an Autoglas establishment in Möhringen, Stuttgart, Germany. It suffered an accident and was struck off charge in 1968 before being sold to someone in the Netherlands. It came to Germany at some point and has been sitting on the roof here since at least July 2006:

So...over to all y'all. What are the unusual places you've found aircraft?

 

[ARTESH]

An interesting Topic it would be!

 

[Wurger]

the source: Ursus zdjęcie śmigłowca MI-2

 

[ARTESH]

I don't know that if it's real or not, but there are dozens squares and memorials dedicated to KIA pilots, both AF and Army Aviation, all across Iran.

Just an example:

Source: defapress.com

 

[Capt. Vick]

This photo instantly came to mind. Like where is it? Looks like a tropical golf club.

Picture credit SDASM

 

[buffnut453]

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the source: Ursus zdjęcie śmigłowca MI-2

Much more colourful than my effort!

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots guys!

 

[Jeff Hunt]

Dont think I have any pics to add but this is an interesting topic.

Jeff

 

[nuuumannn]

You'll find something, Jeff.

A few DC-3s I've seen.

This one was part of a cafe in the central North Island of New Zealand, in a town called Mangaweka, the kind of 'blink and you'll miss it' town you drive through on the way to somewhere else, but for the DC-3, which, I've been told has been recently removed for refurbishment - it's been out there for years and despite several repaints is a bit of a mess.

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How many McDonalds have their own DC-3? This is Taupo's Maccas in the centre of the North Island.

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This DC-3 is somewhat incongruously plonked on a stage in a park in the heart of Seoul. The writing on the side of the stage offers no clues as to why or what significance the aircraft has, apart from to celebrate that it's a DC-3, but the park is used for public functions; the day I was there, there was a display of arts and crafts the public could get involved in making.

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This in the heart of Berlin...

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It is the Deutsches Technikmuseum, but it kind'a stands out. The C-47 used to sit outside the big terminal at Tempelhof and I remember visiting Tempelhof years ago when it was an active airport and there was this display board telling passers by about this DC-3 that had taken part in the Berlin Airlift, but there was no aeroplane. Very odd.

 

[Tony Kambic]

I know it is not a good image, but the best I could get. Mig17 in Polish markings at Buddy's Auto Center, Willow Creek, CA. No airfields close by, and Willow Creek is up in the hills. There is also a canard aircraft on the roof on the building.

 

[Wurger]

A nice shot though.
Just a note .. that's not the MiG-17 but UTI MiG-15. If it is the orginal Polish made MiG trainer she can be the SBLim-1 or SBLim-2 depending on the base that was either MiG-15 (Lim-1) or MiG-15bis (Lim-2). Actually SBLim-2 was a mix of the rear part of the Lim-2 ( MiG-15 bis) fighter with the front of the UTI MiG-15. The "mixture" was powered by the Lis-2 jet engine ( licenced WK-1 one ).

 

[Capt. Vick]

Looks like a Rutan Long-EZ on the roof.

 

[GrauGeist]

No pics, but there used to be a B-17 used as a canopy for a Texaco gas station up in Oregon.
The station recently closed and the B-17 (Lacey Lady) is being restored.

 

[buffnut453]

No pics, but there used to be a B-17 used as a canopy for a Texaco gas station up in Oregon.
The station recently closed and the B-17 (Lacey Lady) is being restored.

Google can fix the "no pics" issue.

 

[GrauGeist]

Google can fix the "no pics" issue.

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But it can't fix my phone's data issues

(Good photo of "Lacey Lady", by the way)

 

[cvairwerks]

Probably the most useful one...

 

[GrauGeist]

Also in Anaheim, there's an F9F in Boysen Park - played on it when I was a kid.
Anaheim, CA - Korean War Navy Jet Fighter

 

[Wurger]

Su-20 ...

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the source: Sukhoi Su-20R, 6264 / 74314, Private :

 

[fubar57]

Probably the most useful one...

Took a film photo of that when I was there in '84 for New Years; my first taste of -40°C

 

[SaparotRob]

Probably the most useful one...

I really enjoyed watching that. It looks beautiful. Not at all a sad derelict. Nice.