Static F4 at Casselton, ND

Although a replica, this is a cool piece to stand in front of the 57th Fighter squadron Restaurant at Peachtree Airport.

The Minnesota National Guard offers tours of their base at Camp Ripley, for employers who employ national guard members. To get there they ride on the Chinook, like this or a C130. This Chinook had just arrived to dr…

Preserved at the National Air and Space Museum.

Preserved at the National air and Space Museum. Highly recommend visiting if you’re in the DC area.

This JRS1 is in the preservation process at Udvar - Hazy Air and Space Museum. This exact JRS1 is a Pearl Harbor survivor, which in itself is mind blowing.

I appreciated this Sea King enough to snap a picture. Always been a fan a fan of the Sea King. Preserved at the National Air and Space Museum

The famous “Enola Gay”. First aircraft to drop an atomic bomb. Displayed at the National Air and Space Museum

I believe this is a Grumman Widgeon? Correct me if I’m wrong. National Air and Space Museum

Was at work and heard the thunder these two fly overhead. I raced to the airport and found these two beauties sitting there.

I tried to get artsy with this black-and white shot of these E2 Hawkeyes. I was really curious why they cut the head off of a couple of them. Maybe for simulators?

Row after row of S2 Trackers. These planes were spared from the smelter (for now anyway) to support the current S2s in service as fire bombers.

Sorry for the fence, but I couldn’t help getting shots of this derelict S2.

Another Albatross waiting to be melted down, just outside of Davis Monthan AFB near Tucson, AZ

A heap of metal is getting ready for the smelter, just off base near Davis Monthan AFB

E2 Trackers sitting in the desert. They are used as a supply for parts, to keep the fleet of converted fire tankers active.

This B-17 rests in the StrategicAir Museum near Lincoln,NE. Stopped by there a couple of years ago.

P40 on display inside the Udvar-Hazy National Air and Space Museum. Note the rare P61 Black Widow in the background (Lower Left)

Definitely a highlight of our trip to the National Air and Space Museum, was “Flak Bait” B-26 under preservation (not restoration) it was jaw dropping moment, when you see it for the first time, and understand the signif…

Definitely in my top 10 favorite helicopters. Preserved at the Steven Udvar-Hasy Air and Space museum.