[Milsurplus] A Chance To Fly Again
Brian Carling
bcarling at cfl.rr.com
Thu Feb 12 06:42:05 EST 2015
Can anyone tell me which would be the best aircraft museums to visit in Central Florida? There appears to be about six of them.
http://www.aero-web.org/museums/fl.htm
Best regards - Brian Carling
AF4K Crystals Co.
117 Sterling Pine St.
Sanford, FL 32773
Tel: +USA 321-262-5471
> On Feb 12, 2015, at 1:38 AM, Hue Miller <kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:
>
> If you find military aircraft interesting, Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen's collection
> at Everett WA, north of Seattle, is truly awe inspiring. Most of the planes are
> airworthy and are exercised regularly. There is no oil on the huge floor anywhere,
> though. He cannot be making money on this effort, so I think we owe him thanks
> for maintaining this museum with its many programs as his personal project:
>
> http://www.flyingheritage.com/
>
> Somewhat south of Portland is the Evergreen Museum,
> which has Howard Hughes’ “Spruce Goose” massive wooden aircraft prototype.
> I toured there some years back with warbird radio enthusiast Brad Whiting
> ( “Corvallis Air Depot” ). It’s a more modest sized museum but still worth
> a visit if you happen to be in Oregon.
>
> http://evergreenmuseum.org/
>
> And a little smaller yet is the Tillamook Air Museum, on the coast, and
> occupying former a former WW2 blimp hangar – a massive wood construction:
>
> http://www.tillamookair.com/
>
> I really enjoy checking out the books available in the museum shops!
> -Hue Miller
>
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