Thump's Gulf Coast Museum Tour (1 Viewer)

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I'm attaching the article from the previously mentioned Eduard-magazine. The full edition is free for download here.
Cheers!

Thank You for posting the links to the Eduard article on the Bf 109 G-10. I last saw that aircraft in the flesh in 1987, unfortunately, not with the cowlings open.
The time-capsule of that aircraft is incredible, mainly due to the way it has not been badly "restored", and we have the previous owners like Ed Maloney to thank for that!
It is unfortunate that there are not even more detailed shots of the engine, but it is quite good. With more knowledge, the photographer would have been able to get much
more information. Things to note in the shots are, that is a DB 605 D engine, but from the pics shown we cannot tell which model.
The Supercharger intake is missing the rubber flange that sealed the intake ram-air flowing in from the cowling scoop.
The top MG 131 guns are removed.
The prop Spinner is remodelled or a replacement, it has not got the correct front aperture for the 30mm MK 108 blast tube and, the rear edge of the spinner seems to be
riveted around the edge in a non-standard way.
Overall though, the best there is of the late 605D engined survivors, AFAIK.

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So the Chief of the Procrastination Department earned a healthy bonus for outstanding performance, but here we are and onto the second stop -- the National Naval Aviation Museum located aboard NAS Pensacola, FL. It's a very impressive institution and I loved being so close to an active flightline again.

Anyway, once we get in the building, I'm going to organize these photos by era. Heading in, we see these static displays:

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And the first era is of course the early years, before aircraft carriers. The Museum has a surprising amount of displays devoted to this, I thought.

Curtiss A1 Triad:

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Curtiss flying boat NC-4, the actual plane which made the first crossing of the Atlantic (with stops, of course):
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Curtiss Jenny in cutaway. This was a really cool feature on a couple of the displays, and in this case the very basic construction techniques are made plain:

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Fokker DVII. Sorry for the poor quality, it was originally somewhat blurred and I had to sharpen it:

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One of the Fokker's antagonists, a Nieuport 28 (again, not the best picture):

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... and another, the Sopwith Camel:

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That's all for the moment, next up will be Golden Age birds.
 
If there's a more frustrating driving experience than NO, I am unaware of it ...

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Ireland. Especially Cork but the whole except Northern Ireland.
Streets where the street signs name the businesses but not the street name.
Streets on council boundaries where the numbers on one side go 1, 2, 3, etc from one end and 1, 2, 3, etc from the other end and the two sides of the street have a slightly different name.
Street signs where they are on the side you can not see from the one way street you are driving on.
Streets shaped like a tree branch with the numbers diverging up and down the branches.
etc.
 
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Ireland. Especially Cork but the whole except Northern Ireland.
Streets where the street signs name the businesses but not the street name.
Streets on council boundaries where the numbers on one side go 1, 2, 3, etc from one end and 1, 2, 3, etc from the other end and the two sides of the street have a slightly different name.
Street signs where they are on the side you can not see from the one way street you are driving on.
Streets shaped like a tree branch with the numbers diverging up and down the branches.
etc.

Street names change on square intersections. Street signs are unclear to the point that you think a left-hand turn is okay when it isn't. Tripartite intersections where street-names diverge wildly. Coming to an intersection, the street goes straight, but the street-name takes a 90-degree turn.

Throw in a bunch of drunk touristas walking down the street, and a tram system built in the 20s crossing your path.
 
I think this is the street I got lost on -- the numbering started at #1 in the bottom left, #2 was next on the same side of the road, when you get to the first corner the numbers continue up the side street, then back down to the intersection, then left up the hill etc etc etc.
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