Shanghai Aerospace Enthusiast's Center.

[nuuumannn]

Some pictures from the slightly odd Shangai Aerospace Enthusiast's Center. I saw ads for this on video screens in the subway and it looked great, but unfortunately it didn't live up to the hype. The display areas were a bit dull and none of the interactive stuff was going. I saw two staff members who looked bored and they paid me no attention at all. Outside, it was stinking hot; Shanghai had just suffered a huge monsoon storm and it had been raining for days. The Il-14 was up to its axles in water and its interior was unbearably hot. The OAT was around 33 deg C with 90% humidity, so sweat was raining off me and my camera fogged up. I couldn't get a clear picture for at least half an hour. It was so hot I wandered about with my shirt off! Anyway, a few pics and a link to more.

Model of the COMAC C919, indigenous airliner designed to compete with B737s and Airbus A320s, which are currently being built in Tianjin.

State official transport Il-14.

Ilyushin Il-14.

Il-14 VIP interior, regularly ferried Chairman Mao and Zhou En-Lai about.

L to R; Dong Feng 102, Shenyang F-6, Shenyang J-8, rotors from Harbin Z-5.

Douglas DC-8-61.

Link to page: Shanghai Aerospace Enthusiast's Center

 

[Airframes]

Good stuff.

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots!

 

[Jeff Hunt]

Oh thank goodness, the way you typed your message I thought the pictures were of you with your shirt off. Like a bad car crash, I had to look

Cheers,
Jeff

 

[nuuumannn]

Now that made me laugh, Jeff! No, I wouldn't subject you to that, as funny as I might have thought the idea! Note that the DC-8 pic is slightly blurry, this is from my camera misting up. I had never experienced that before; as soon as I walked outside it just fogged up, inside and out. I couldn't clean it with a rag as the lens inside the body has also misted up and it took awhile before it unfogged. It did get cooler later in the day, when I went to my next destination, the rather surreal Oriental Land.