MAPS Museum, Akron-canton, Ohio

Captain Canada · July 17, 2015, 04:18:56 AM

Found this little beauty of a museum yesterday. Great little museum. Lots to see, I'll have to go back for sure. The gift shop was huge as well. There weren't a lot of folk around so it was perfect. Got to sit in a few and 'pretend' fly. A lot easier when there's nobody around

The F-100 was my favourite.

Fibreglass gate guard. Still looks impressive !

Inside the hangar

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Captain Canada · July 17, 2015, 04:32:23 AM

Some wrecks and relics in the pile :

S-76 or something ? Was to be a spy type built in Akron but crashed on it's maiden flight. I'll have to google it

This was built and flown by an ex-Catalina pilot, also need to check my facts

From the F-14

A Sabre to finish the trio

The rest of this Invader is in the maintenance shop being rebuilt

Captain Canada · July 17, 2015, 04:40:58 AM

This lovely SP was off in the distance. Such a neat aeroplane.

Dak, or DC-3 or C-47 as you will

And your Captain for the day

zenrat · July 17, 2015, 04:42:29 AM

Look at that poor old neglected Dagger.

Good pics. Thanks Cap'n.

Captain Canada · July 17, 2015, 04:53:27 AM

I guess the Dagger was from Florida, where the sun and the salt were wreaking havoc on the aluminium and magnesium. They got 4 aeros from there. Not sure which.

kitbasher · July 17, 2015, 05:11:31 AM

Grumman Tiger. Such a pretty aircraft which to me has more than a hint of Sidney Camm about it. All it needs is a Hunter-style fin/rudder and tailplane, a couple of drop tanks and a pair of Firestreaks.....

scooter · July 17, 2015, 05:17:55 AM

That Thud looks like one of the ones the USAF Security Police Academy had in their training areas at Lackland...including as simulated B-52s

sandiego89 · July 17, 2015, 05:21:43 AM

Great photos, thank you for posting. I love museums like this, especially poking around the outside displays.

Hope you got to make jet noises while sitting in the Hun cockpit!

NARSES2 · July 17, 2015, 07:10:01 AM

Some great photo's there Capt, thanks for posting

I particularly like the photo Panther/Cougar ? She looks like a bird of prey just to depart the nest with her wings like that.

Quote from: kitbasher on July 17, 2015, 05:11:31 AM
Grumman Tiger. Such a pretty aircraft which to me has more than a hint of Sidney Camm about it.

Yup. Always looked far to dainty for a US design to me. I've built an Aeronvale one and it's one of the few jets I could build multiples of

Captain Canada · July 17, 2015, 07:43:10 AM

Thanks guys. As always, wish I would have spent more time looking around but I'll be back

Says the Thud was used at a battle damage school. Their descriptions are rather lacking and could defo use some help.

https://sites.google.com/a/mapsairmuseum.org/f-105b-57-5820/