Rare Birds in Everett, WA

[buffnut453]

Having a wee family holiday in northwest Washington State. Visited the Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum as well as the Seattle Museum of Flight Restoration Facility and Reserve Collection, both located in Everett. The former was absolutely outstanding with some unique airworthy aircraft. The latter was also worth the $5 entry fee.

I'm afraid a few of the pics didn't turn out too well due to awkward lighting within the hangar.

Here's the first group of pics from the Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum, many of which have proven combat histories:

Nakajima Ki-43-Ib "Oscar" - this is the only surviving Ib and, although restored to flying condition, will probably not be flown again due to its unique status:

 

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Polikarpov I-16:

 

[buffnut453]

Continuing the Russian theme...IL-2 and Po-2:

 

[N4521U]

A lot of stuff.....
good shots.
Can you resize to 800 PIXLES on the longest side.
Faster and smaller file size is all.

 

[N4521U]

BTW, around Adelaide there are a few that are terrific.

 

[Crimea_River]

A great museum.

 

[buffnut453]

Hopefully, these resized images work better:

Ex-Soviet early-variant P-40:

Mitsubishi A6M-3:

 

[buffnut453]

Just to shake things up a bit, here are some armour pics. As with the aircraft, many (most) of these are driveable...but clearly not the first item posted!).

Japanese Type 95 Ha Go tank:

PzKpfw IV:

Jagdpanzer 38(t):

T-34:

 

[Jeff Hunt]

Excellent!

Jeff

 

[vikingBerserker]

That's a nice collection.

 

[Capt. Vick]

More! ...please....

 

[buffnut453]

More! ...please....

Your wish is my command...here are a few more modern types (for those who care about such things).


F-105 THUD - Vietnam veteran both as a bomber and Wild Weasel:

MiG-29UB...and, yes, it's airworthy!

And the ubiquitous UH-1 - a particularly mean-looking example:

 

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A few bombers:

A beautiful B-25:

B-24 ball turret:

B-17 tail gun - nice to see inside one of these:

Lancaster forward fuselage. Apparently, the aircraft was originally destined for Tiger Force:

 

[buffnut453]

Some German whizz-bangs and a few USN beasts:

 

[Airframes]

Great pics.
I'm not sure, but the Lanc nose section may be the ex-Strathallan Lanc, which was severely damaged (broken back I believe) when the hangar roof at Woodford collapsed under the weight of snow some years back.

 

[buffnut453]

And I'll leave you with a few more armour shots...but don't worry, I'll have more to share over the next few days.

Dodge WC-54 ambulance:

German and US half-tracks:

M4 Sherman:

Churchill:

And a lovely German motorbike and sidecar (plus trailer!):

 

[buffnut453]

Great pics.
I'm not sure, but the Lanc nose section may be the ex-Strathallan Lanc, which was severely damaged (broken back I believe) when the hangar roof at Woodford collapsed under the weight of snow some years back.

According to the blurb, the Lanc was formerly at the British Historic Aircraft Museum which, I believe, was located at Southend.

 

[Tieleader]

Great photos! Any shots of my love , the D-13?
Nice to see they didn't placard the Jagdpanzer 38T as a "Hetzer"!

 

[buffnut453]

Patience, my son! All will be revealed in due time!

 

[Wurger]