Spotting in America

[reddfoxx]

The Veterans' Memorial in Munster, Indiana, is impressive.  Sort of artsy, nicely landscaped, with some seriously horrific aspects.  The Huey there looks like it is landing/crashing.  There's a fake "P-51" tail in another area.

[Logan Hartke]

There's a fake "P-51" tail in another area.

Are you referring to the image above? The markings are actually those of an F2H-2P Banshee from the late '50s/early '60s, but the tail itself isn't. That model did see combat in Korea, but not in those colors. I agree with you that it's weird, though.

Cheers,

Logan

[reddfoxx]

Interesting.  It is in the WW2 section of the memorial, and is completely fabricated.  Looks like they're trying for a P-51 appearance.  Odd that the markings would match something else; maybe they had a bunch of pictures around as inspiration and just copied those?

[reddfoxx]

F-84, South Whitley, Indiana.  Stopped for some sugar cream pie, found an airplane.

[reddfoxx]

Aviation Heritage Center of Wisconsin, Sheboygan:

[PR19_Kit]

That T-33 looks great way up there. 

Did T-28s have ejector seats? 

[kitnut617]

There's a fake "P-51" tail in another area.

Are you referring to the image above? The markings are actually those of an F2H-2P Banshee from the late '50s/early '60s, but the tail itself isn't. That model did see combat in Korea, but not in those colors. I agree with you that it's weird, though.

Cheers,

Logan

If you compare this tail with the tail of the T-28 in the last post with photos   -------------

[rickshaw]

Interesting.  Laotian markings.  Most unusual.  I've seen a T-28 downunder which was recovered from Laos, post war, the markings were on slide-on/slide-off placards when they recovered it.   It allowed them to change the markings to confuse Western Journalists...   

[NARSES2]

F-84, South Whitley, Indiana.  Stopped for some sugar cream pie, found an airplane.

Win, win (I think, not sure what sugar cream pie is ?). Nice shots, cheers 

[Logan Hartke]

Interesting.  It is in the WW2 section of the memorial, and is completely fabricated.  Looks like they're trying for a P-51 appearance.  Odd that the markings would match something else; maybe they had a bunch of pictures around as inspiration and just copied those?

I agree. Unusual.

Cheers,

Logan

[Old Wombat]

Stopped for some sugar cream pie,

Is that really a real thing?


Nice photo's you've been putting up, by the way.

[reddfoxx]

Thank you all for the comments.  Let's see if I can answer them all.

That tail does look like a T-28s, too.  I just assumed since it was in the WW2 area, they were going for a 51.

I don't think T-28s have ejection seats.  Could be wrong. I see the markings, and they sit up high, so maybe.

That particular 28 was painted to represent Hmong pilots.  There were a lot of Hmong who resettled in Wisconsin and Minnesota.  The museum is fairly small, and a good part of it is about Hmong pilots, Americans who flew with them, and T-28s.  Very cool, very well done.  Also, the 28 is one of my favorite planes, and many (and that particular one) were built a few miles from where I sit, at the Port Columbus airport in Columbus, Ohio.

Yes, sugar cream pie is a real thing.   It's a bit like a custard pie.  Just cream and sugar, cooked down, a little vanilla in it, a little nutmeg sprinkled on top.  No egg as in a custard pie.  A bit like thickened pudding (American pudding) in a crust.  Subtle and sweet. It's my favorite pie.  My grandmother made it, and I have tried and failed to come close.  My cousin does it pretty well, so I get it on holidays.  Hard to find in stores; we were stopping at the house of a lady who sells them from her porch in that little town, and the 84 was at the VFW.

[reddfoxx]

Went looking for an A-4 in Cincinnati, but it seems to have been parted out.  Some of it went to a museum in South Carolina, some to one in Arizona.  There was a very forlorn looking Aero Commander in its place, apparently N69AT, a 1954 model.  It is at the Hamilton County airport in Fairfield.



Since we have some armor fans on here I keep my eyes peeled for that, too, and passed an M-1 on the way to the airport, at a National Guard armory/recruiting center.









Also passed an M-60 in northwest Cinci.

[reddfoxx]

Not sure why some of these pictures are so small.  They are all around the same size when I upload them to Flickr.

[Rick Lowe]

I have to say that I'm surprised to see an Abrams in that sort of display - especially as they're still the premier front-line tank and are planned to be so for the next few decades, plus they're not being made anymore...  and particularly as the documentary I saw made a big thing of those points as they were showing you the line where they are sent to be rebuilt and zero-timed... huh...