Somnus Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Hey guys, I got the opportunity to visit the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, FL last week. I don't have much experience with naval aviation, but I certainly found some things I enjoyed. I didn't get a picture of it because I was too busy climbing all over it, but they had the cockpit section of a German Democratic Republic Air Force MiG-21UM trainer, hood and all in the front cockpit. Unfortunately the canopy was closed, so, like I said, I could just climb all over it, looking at the switches and gauges and being pretty impressed with how well DCS modeled it. Here's a picture of it from their website: I did get some other neat pictures though! This is a trophy Fokker D. VII wing. You could really see how thin the fabric was that covered them! Here is a Nieuport 28 on the bottom with a Fokker D. VII above it. A closer picture of the Nieuport. Closer pictures of the D. VII. These are scale models of an Albatross D. Va, showing the skeleton of the plane. An American Sopwith Camel. I was disappointed with the snoopy doll in the cockpit. I mean, I get it, but still. A beautiful MiG-15 with a closeup of the guns and cannon. I really wish it had been down on the ground so I could have ran my hands over all those rivets! An Me 262, the world's first jet fighter! Another view of the Fokker and Neuiport, with the MiG-15 peeking in from the right. And for the final picture, the Hanriot HD.1 This was a really amazing musuem. They had a few examples of huge flying boats, and a large section of cockpit trainersthat you could climb into and sit in, including a F-4 Phantom II, an AH-1 Cobra, AV-8 Harrier and an F-8 Crusader. If you're ever in Pensacola, FL I would highly recommend visiting this free museum! Stuka, Klaiber and J5_Hotlead 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaiber Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Great pictures Somnus! I would love to check out a MiG-21 cockpit, now that I'm familiar with the one in DCS. I've seen them before in the past, but that was way before I knew what I was looking at. Love the picture of the Me 262 and the MiG-15's machine-guns and cannon! I see what you mean about Snoopy. If you're going to have him in the cockpit, at least get a better stuffed animal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butzzell Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 S! VERY nice !! The 262 looks like one of the 2 seat trainer reproductions built in Seattle. Did they post any origins on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somnus Posted May 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 To be honest, our time there was short and I was too busy running back forth like a giddy school girl looking at everything to actually read most of the plaques Although my hosts that took me did mention that the planes in there were either the actual planes, or reproductions. I have a feeling that a lot of the more modern US naval planes were original, but these WWI and WWII were reproductions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britchot Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 I had the opportunity a couple of years ago to visit that same museum. Definitely well worth the trip. I have photos of my son a little younger than 2 in a cockpit of an A-4 holding the stick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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