Aviation museums

[jb747]

The B52s and their refueller aircraft KC135s (I think) were regular visitors to Darwin in the mid 1980s, hence a B52 was donated to the museum. Also of interest was a 75 squadron Mirage fighter that was recovered many years later after flaming out circa 1985, just prior to FA18s came to Darwin

OT....but the Mirage in question was one of the dual seaters. The bloke in the back seat at the time was a navy pilot, who had orginally been posted to the A-4, but when the government decided to can them, he was amongst the group that moved to the RAAF. I don't know whether he ever flew the Mirage, but he did fly the F18.

 

[jastel]

I've long wanted to visit the Udvar-Hazy Centre at the Smithsonian and, finally, I should be able to wrangle a visit next week. Can't wait!

Did you see my post on the previous page? Pretty current info.

Pictures etc in the Trip Report

You will enjoy it.

I'll explane my North American Trip

I have posted this in the Aviation Museum Thread last week but did not include any pictures...so I will try to add some in here and make it a trip report. We all know pictures are better. Its my first report on here so apologies in advance for any stuff ups...

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