FighterControl

Hi There,

Had a short business trip to San Diego (:thumb: ) so got in some museums on my time out.

First stop was Miramar which has a nicely presented museum showing Marine corp aircraft.

I will post some of them here however the rest can be seen on the following Flickr link http://www.flickr.com/photos/9643089@N0 ... 430137970/

A4 Skyhawk


Another view of the A4M


F5E Tiger (or MiG 28!)


F8 Crusader


F-18 Hornet (looking a bit sun bleached)


Saddam Hussain's helicopter liberated from the 1st Gulf war


CH-46E I think this is also an historic airframe but did not get any details


Worth a visit if you are ever in that neck of the woods. They have some Top Gun merchandise in as well :-)

WIll post some shots of my other museums visited in that area soon.

Enjoy.

Very nice shots Potter Look great to me. Not sure why you haven't got any replies

Saddam Hussain Huey is a rare beast

Edit:- Just seen your Midway shots too Shame it was a cloudy day

Agree with Gary, surprised this set hasnt got more replies. Just had a look through your flickr link aswell, certainly seems a great museum....shame my business doesnt take me to San Diego

Thanks for the response so far and I agree with the comments. 261 views so far.. only 3 comments. Maybe I should post some less exotic creatures from 30 miles up the road at CBY in poor sunlight instead of these Californian birds...

@ Pikey01 - San Diego came as a bit of a suprise to me as I was not meant to be there, was meant to be in China (again) but it was an OK excursion. A long way from Lincolnshire though! My work does drag me around a bit. Have photos from the China Aircraft Museum(s), and Finnish museums to post still from over the last 6 weeks

@Stu, agree, California was superb and took my heart as well. Food for thought...

Simon

some lovely pics there. Am heading that way in a few months on a Vegas -> San Diego -> LA trip and hoping to take in as many places as possible including this one

Very nice shot's from an excellent museum. I visited it a couple of year's ago , they didn't have the Iraqi " Huey " on display when I went .

Simon, I would certainly like to see your photos from the Finnish museums, Finland is on my to-do list