Preserved - off the beaten track in the USA (large post)
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2019 5:51 pm
A few (well, quite a few) shots from a number of trips around the USA during the period 2005-2013. The shots are of preserved military hardware which is either off the regular tourist trails or on airfields that are less commonly visited.
RA5C Vigilante 156632 on display at the entrance to Sanford Airport, Florida (OK, so maybe this one isn't so far off the beaten track)
156632 by Jon Wickenden, on Flickr
Bell UH-1B 62-01876 at the SEALS / UDT Museum, Fort Pierce, Floride
62-1876 by Jon Wickenden, on Flickr
Bell AH-1 68-17023 and Bell UH-1H 71-21039 in the Breward County Memorial Park, Merritt Island, Florida
68-17023 by Jon Wickenden, on Flickr
Another Bell AH-1, this time 67-17052, in a park in St Cloud, as few miles east of Orlando
67-17052 by Jon Wickenden, on Flickr
Martin RB-57A Canberra 52-1480 on the gate of the Kansas ANG facility at Topeka - Forbes Field
Forbes Field gateguard by Jon Wickenden, on Flickr
Bell UH-1H 68-15652 is on display at the Air Veterans Memorial in Emporia, Kansas. The town is about 100 miles NE of Wichita
68-15652-emporia by Jon Wickenden, on Flickr
Olathe - New Century Air Centre Airport in Kansas is guarded by 3 ex-USMC / USN aircraft. 150596 Douglas A-4L kyhawk is one, the others are an A-7 and a TA-7
150596 by Jon Wickenden, on Flickr
McDD F-4D Phantom 65-0585 guards the entrance to Emporia Municipal Airport about a mile south of the town
65-0585-Emporia by Jon Wickenden, on Flickr
Lockheed T-33A 55-3053 is pole mounted at the entrance to the terminal area at White Plains - Westchester County International Airport, New York
55-3053 by Jon Wickenden, on Flickr
Northrop T-38A 61-0809 is preserved at Mineral Wells RAP west of Fort Worth, Texas. It never flew with the Thunderbirds
38-MW-T38-1 - Copy by Jon Wickenden, on Flickr
Mineral Wells is the site of the former Camp Fort Wolters, which was the US Army's basic rotary wing school. The old main gate is guarded by Hiller OH-23B 58-5459
44-MW-OH23 by Jon Wickenden, on Flickr
Bell UH-1H 65-10068 is located a few miles east of Mineral Wells, in the National Vietnam War Museum
65-10068 by Jon Wickenden, on Flickr
GD FB-111A 68-0275 is pole mounted in the domestic site of Kelly AFB, San Antonio, Texas
Kelly by Jon Wickenden, on Flickr
....and a few yards away is Convair B-58A Hustler 59-2437
Kelly by Jon Wickenden, on Flickr
NA F-86H Sabre 53-1528 was seen at Cincinatti - Lunken Field Airport in Feb 2007
53-1528 by Jon Wickenden, on Flickr
McDD F-101B Voodoo 59-0421 at San Antonio - Stinson Field
59-0421 by Jon Wickenden, on Flickr
On display above a pond off N Beulah Road in Hawkin, Texas (about 100 miles E of Dallas) is Bell AH-1 68-16440
Hawkin-16440 by Jon Wickenden, on Flickr
Outside an antique centre alongside Highway 80 in Forney (26 miles east of Dallas) is Mig 15 003
Forney Mig by Jon Wickenden, on Flickr
Hope you enjoyed these.....
RA5C Vigilante 156632 on display at the entrance to Sanford Airport, Florida (OK, so maybe this one isn't so far off the beaten track)
156632 by Jon Wickenden, on Flickr
Bell UH-1B 62-01876 at the SEALS / UDT Museum, Fort Pierce, Floride
62-1876 by Jon Wickenden, on Flickr
Bell AH-1 68-17023 and Bell UH-1H 71-21039 in the Breward County Memorial Park, Merritt Island, Florida
68-17023 by Jon Wickenden, on Flickr
Another Bell AH-1, this time 67-17052, in a park in St Cloud, as few miles east of Orlando
67-17052 by Jon Wickenden, on Flickr
Martin RB-57A Canberra 52-1480 on the gate of the Kansas ANG facility at Topeka - Forbes Field
Forbes Field gateguard by Jon Wickenden, on Flickr
Bell UH-1H 68-15652 is on display at the Air Veterans Memorial in Emporia, Kansas. The town is about 100 miles NE of Wichita
68-15652-emporia by Jon Wickenden, on Flickr
Olathe - New Century Air Centre Airport in Kansas is guarded by 3 ex-USMC / USN aircraft. 150596 Douglas A-4L kyhawk is one, the others are an A-7 and a TA-7
150596 by Jon Wickenden, on Flickr
McDD F-4D Phantom 65-0585 guards the entrance to Emporia Municipal Airport about a mile south of the town
65-0585-Emporia by Jon Wickenden, on Flickr
Lockheed T-33A 55-3053 is pole mounted at the entrance to the terminal area at White Plains - Westchester County International Airport, New York
55-3053 by Jon Wickenden, on Flickr
Northrop T-38A 61-0809 is preserved at Mineral Wells RAP west of Fort Worth, Texas. It never flew with the Thunderbirds
38-MW-T38-1 - Copy by Jon Wickenden, on Flickr
Mineral Wells is the site of the former Camp Fort Wolters, which was the US Army's basic rotary wing school. The old main gate is guarded by Hiller OH-23B 58-5459
44-MW-OH23 by Jon Wickenden, on Flickr
Bell UH-1H 65-10068 is located a few miles east of Mineral Wells, in the National Vietnam War Museum
65-10068 by Jon Wickenden, on Flickr
GD FB-111A 68-0275 is pole mounted in the domestic site of Kelly AFB, San Antonio, Texas
Kelly by Jon Wickenden, on Flickr
....and a few yards away is Convair B-58A Hustler 59-2437
Kelly by Jon Wickenden, on Flickr
NA F-86H Sabre 53-1528 was seen at Cincinatti - Lunken Field Airport in Feb 2007
53-1528 by Jon Wickenden, on Flickr
McDD F-101B Voodoo 59-0421 at San Antonio - Stinson Field
59-0421 by Jon Wickenden, on Flickr
On display above a pond off N Beulah Road in Hawkin, Texas (about 100 miles E of Dallas) is Bell AH-1 68-16440
Hawkin-16440 by Jon Wickenden, on Flickr
Outside an antique centre alongside Highway 80 in Forney (26 miles east of Dallas) is Mig 15 003
Forney Mig by Jon Wickenden, on Flickr
Hope you enjoyed these.....