Today I had a job at a usual customer of mine down in Galveston, Texas. I took a "lunch break" at the Lone Star Flight Museum museum/hangar complex on the island while I was there. Many Texans have been there of course, but for those who haven't here's some pics. Some of the planes here are flyable and others are AI.
Don't hold me to the same standard as cawimmer (aka Christian). For one thing, I shot these with an old pocket camera with 110 film () and the fact that this place is a working hangar which means that you don't get the best angles to photograph and many planes are being serviced while you walk around. Plus, I don't have a sister to look at like Christian does, so no pin up pics here. Sorry.
I will tell you this though, there were at least a dozen visitors speaking German, and 4 other visitors speaking French. They were spying on our superior technology and probably forwarding pics to Christian. Evil doers!![]()
Anyway, I'm starting the pics with a jet. A Convair B-58A Hustler that is AI only.
Notice how the nose gear of the B-58 dwarfs a B-29 Super Fortress. Believe it, baby!
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Below, you can see clearly here the German spy pretending to take photos of a Stinson L5, but us Americans know the real truth.
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Here you can see the not so clandestine Frenchmen, conspiring to plane-jack the B-58 just because they got the idea from seeing Firefox in their hotel room last night on cable TV. (Look at the lower right corner!)
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Radial engines - cutaway displays.
Wright R-1820 Cyclone 9 as used in the Douglas SBD-5.
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Wright R-3350 Duplex Cyclone as used in the Boeing B-29.
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The prop reduction planet gears for the Duplex Cyclone.
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Last pics for tonight, then I'll post some more tomorrow!
Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp as used in the Consolidated PB4Y Privateer they are restoring.
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Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major as used in a Convair B-36.
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