Palm Springs Air Museum

March 18th, 2016

We went to the Palm Springs Air Museum today.  We had talked with a gentlemen at the El Centro air show from there and he told us about it.  It wasn't far from the campground so it didn't take us long to get there.

The Docent's and all the staff were friendly and the inside displays were well taken care of.  The outside aircraft, not so much.  They are really in need of a paint and a polish.  They are a privately funded museum and there is a lot of money in Palm Springs!!!

F/A-18 Hornet.

  P-40N Kittyhawk. Painted after one of the Flying Tiger aircraft from WWII

P-51D "Bunny" painted as one of the Tuskeegee Airman.      

F-105 Thunderchief

F-4J Phantom

B-25J Mitchell returning from a tourist flight. They gave flights to people, don't remember how much.

This old Deuce and a Half was used as a mobile billboard.

P-63A Kingcobra

Nose art of the P-63A Kingcobra above.

Japanese Zero

US Navy F-14 Tomcat.

B-25 Mitchell "Mitch the Witch III"

F-86 Sabre

TA-4J Skyhawk

A-6 Intruder

US Navy F-16N Falcon. Really wonder who came up with this ugly paint job

Nose art on the T-33 above.

UH-1 Iroquois painted with a Patriotic paint scheme

Tail art of above UH-1

A-26C Invader

Project Fallen Hero is a local project to replicate the "Tomb of the Unknown Soldier"

            

There are very detailed histories of WWI & WWII

This flag flew on USS Stockton, September 1945

This picture is for Ryan.

After we had looked around we had lunch in the small cafe that was inside.  it was a good menu with something for everyone and very reasonably priced.

All in all, a good day and good value for money.

We finished the day off with this sunset.

Thanks to Bryan for this blog, most of which is his work.