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Post by glenn on Sept 7, 2013 19:17:07 GMT 12
Started off heading out to Palmdale. From there, went out to Lancaster, just up the road. The Museum is small but does have a couple of nice exhibits.   |
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Post by glenn on Sept 7, 2013 19:18:56 GMT 12
Also around the Area was the Western gate to Edwards Air Force Base   |
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Post by glenn on Sept 7, 2013 19:26:13 GMT 12
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Post by glenn on Sept 7, 2013 19:27:18 GMT 12
Then, a quick trip to Santa Monica to have tucker at the Spitfire Cafe  |
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Post by glenn on Sept 7, 2013 19:31:24 GMT 12
And to round off day 3, found myself at Chino's Planes of Fame   |
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Post by glenn on Sept 7, 2013 19:33:36 GMT 12
Heading back from a week in Nevada, stopped off at the Northern gate to Edwards and snapped this NB-52  |
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Post by glenn on Sept 7, 2013 19:34:39 GMT 12
And a little further up the road, stopped into Mojave International Space station ;-) And spotted the F-4 along with a Convair  |
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Post by glenn on Sept 7, 2013 19:36:03 GMT 12
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Post by glenn on Sept 7, 2013 19:36:54 GMT 12
And a quick pop in up the road to get a shot of this movie star  |
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Post by glenn on Sept 7, 2013 19:40:27 GMT 12
And back to LAX to fly back home. A cup of coffee or two at the Proud Bird Cafe Only a short two week trip of which 1 week ended up photographing no aircraft. But I reckon I still got enough to make it seem worthwhile.  |
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Post by Gavin Conroy on Sept 7, 2013 20:02:41 GMT 12
Great shots Glenn, love the "Thud"
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 8, 2013 2:00:21 GMT 12
Neat shots. It's interesting to see that Argosy, odd that such a rare British aircraft is in the USA. Also what is that movie star from? Is that a 747 front section? Which film?
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Post by glenn on Sept 8, 2013 10:18:22 GMT 12
Picture a little Tom Cruise running around it.
I think it was called War of the Worlds.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 8, 2013 11:12:14 GMT 12
Oh right, one of his very few decent films.
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Post by ngatimozart on Sept 8, 2013 22:14:35 GMT 12
Nice photos. I wonder what the missile is underneath the port wing of the B52.
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Post by ErrolC on Sept 8, 2013 22:31:55 GMT 12
Nice photos. I wonder what the missile is underneath the port wing of the B52. Perhaps (the outer parts of) a Hound Dog |
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Post by eieio on Sept 14, 2013 17:54:45 GMT 12
Neat shots. It's interesting to see that Argosy, odd that such a rare British aircraft is in the USA.
Dave.... My memory says the Argosy [8 ?] were used by Riddle for a military contract.
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Post by flyjoe180 on Sept 17, 2013 10:38:13 GMT 12
Thanks for sharing these pictures Glenn. Love the F105s and F104s.
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Post by nuuumannn on Sept 18, 2013 19:51:49 GMT 12
Neat! That NB-52 has a heck of a history to it: it looks like its dropped some X-planes; X-15, all those odd ball Nasa lifting bodies. I wonder what they'll do with that On Mark Mitchell, probably turn it back into a bomber. I'd like to see one maintained as a VIP aircraft just to see what the inside of these conversions was like.
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