I am absolutely thrilled about today as my dad and I were able to return to my "square one" in aviation with a re-visit to the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon! This is where it really started for me over a decade ago now, when my passion for flying was re-ignited and I fell in love with aviation all over again! It is definitely appropriate to finally return here once again (marking this my third visit to the museum and my first time shooting the exhibits with DSLR!) after having just celebrated a decade of doing aviation photography as of 2018.
Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum (Revisit)
Preview:
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| United States Navy Douglas A-4E Skyhawk (152070) painted to look like BuNo 149996. |
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| Cockpit of the McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom II (63-7647). I don't know why, but I stupidly forgot to get a photo of the full airframe of this plane! |
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| Curtiss-Wright CW-A22 Falcon (N500G). From what I understand, this is a rare aircraft as there are supposedly four frames left in the world. |
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| United States Air Force North American F-100F Super Sabre (56-3832). |
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| Douglas DC-3A-197 (NC16070). A former United Airlines bird! |
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| United States Air Force Republic F-105G Thunderchief (62-4432). |
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| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 Fresco (115 White). |
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| United States Air Force Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV) A-7D Corsair II (69-6230). |
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| United States Marine Corps North American FJ-3 Fury (136119). |
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| United States Air Force North American F-86H Sabre (53-1251). Formerly displayed at Cannon AFB in Clovis, New Mexico. |
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| Focke Wulf Fw-190A9 replica. |
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| Messerschmitt Me-262A-1C Schwalbe replica (110999). Representing an aircraft of Jadgeswader 7 (11/JG-7) based at Brandenburg-Briest, flown by Leutnant Alfred Ambs in early 1945. While flying the ME-262, Ambs would become an ace, shooting down seven US B-17s and one P-51. |
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| United States Air Force Republic (General Motors) F-84F Thunderstreak (51-9522). |
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| Auster Model K AOP.6 (N52874). A British military air observation aircraft that with manufacturing lineage tracing back to Taylorcraft. |
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| Nieuport 11 Bebe replica (N114). |
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| Fokker Dr.I Dreidecker replica (N10717). |
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| Hispano HA-200A Saeta (N631HA). A 1950s two-seat jet trainer built in Spain, my first time seeing one of these! |
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| Shenyang JJ-2 (N271JM), a Chinese license-build of the MiG-15. |
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| Main cabin of the museum's DC-3, which was open for people to step inside of. My dad and I have never actually set foot inside a DC-3 until today! |
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| DC-3 flight deck. I'm thinking if I had my complex and tail-wheel endorsements along with the multi-engine add-on rating, I could probably fly one of these! I think I'll need a type-rating for the DC-3 though... |
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| View of the DC-3's main cabin from the rear. |
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| Hughes H-4 Hercules (NX37602). |
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| United States Air Force Northrop F-5E Tiger II (74-1556). Former military aggressor aircraft first with the Navy as 741556 before being transferred to the Air Force. |
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| United States Navy Grumman TF-9J Cougar (146417) in Blue Angels markings. |
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| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29S Fulcrum (23 Blue). An ex-Moldovan Air Force fighter painted in Russian Air Force colors. |
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| United States Navy Grumman F-14D Tomcat (164343). |
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| United States Air Force Convair F-106A Delta Dart (59-0137). |
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| Evergreen International Airlines Boeing 747-132SF (N481EV) serving as part of the attraction for the Wings & Waves waterpark. |
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| United States Air Force Convair F-102A Delta Dagger (56-1368). |
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| United States Navy North American Rockwell T-2C Buckeye (158312). |
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| United States Air Force Lockheed F-94C Starfire (51-13575). |
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| United States Air Force McDonnell Douglas VC-9C (73-1683), a military VIP transport of the DC-9-32. |
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| NASA Northrop T-38A Talon (63-8224). First delivered to the United States Air Force. |
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| NASA Lockheed (SABCA) F-104G Starfighter (N813NA). |
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| United States Air Force Ryan AQM-34N Firebee (67-21596). The Firebee served as an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) as well as aerial target drone; it was also one of the first jet-powered drones. |
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| United States Air Force McDonnell F-101A Voodoo (53-2418). |
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| United States Air Force Fairchild A-10C Thunderbolt II (80-0186). A veteran of the Gulf War, this aircraft was struck in the tail by an Iraqi SAM and sustained over 300 shrapnel holes during operation Desert Storm. The aircraft was offline for 11 days and after 139 hours of repairs, it rejoined air operations. THAT'S how tough the A-10 really is! |
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| United States Army Grumman OV-1D Mohawk (67-18902). |
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| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21MF Fishbed (84 Red). An ex-Polish Air Force MiG-21 painted in Soviet Air Force colors. Previously displayed at the Lone Star Flight Museum in Galveston, Texas. |
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| North American X-15-3 replica (56-6672). |
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| United States Air Force Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird (61-7971). |
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| United States Air Force McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle (73-0089). Retired from service in 2009, this F-15 was the oldest, longest serving F-15 in the United States Air Force inventory. It was turned over to the National Museum of the United States Air Force, for preservation at McMinnville. This was the sixth production F-15 built at the McDonnell Douglas plant in St. Louis, and was the 23rd F-15 to enter service with the United States Air Force. |
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| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23ML Flogger (339 Red). First delivered to the Nationalen Volksarmee (National People's Army/East German Air Force). After the fall of communism and the reunification of Germany, this Flogger was absorbed into the Luftwaffe as 20+16 in 1990 and remained there until retirement, being occasionally loaned to the United States for evaluation as an adversary aircraft. |
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| Northrop Grumman RQ-4A Global Hawk mock-up. |
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| United States Air Force Douglas C-47A Skytrain (43-15512). |
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| Beechcraft 2000A Starship 1 (N74TD). The story of the Starship regarding it's commercial failure is an unfortunate one, considering how cool these planes look. |
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| NASA Grumman American G-1159 Gulfstream II/STA (N947NA). |
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| Douglas F5D-1 Skylanger (139208/NASA708). Previously part of the old Merle Maine collection out of Ontario, Oregon before coming to McMinnville in 2013. Another rare example as only four airframes were built. This particular frame was one of two built for the United States Navy. When contracts cancelled in favor of the Vought F8U Crusader this and one of two prototype aircraft were later used by NASA for various flight test studies. |
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| North American Rockwell NA-287 Sabreliner 50 (N50CR). The sole Sabreliner 50 ever built, specifically for experimental purposes. |
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| Evergreen International Airlines Boeing 747-212BSF (N482EV). |
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