Museums
These links to pictures of military museums I've visited with a camera. I've tried to take pictures which would be useful to the modeler. With the exception of the Aberdeen proving grounds Ordnance museum, these are all aviation related but you will still find an occasional AFV or two. The number of images by no means indicate the amount of displays to see, but merely the amount of time I had to take pictures. Click on the logo to see the images.
American Air Power Museum is located in Farmingdale, Long Island next to the Farmingdale Airport. These pictures were taken on July 4th during the NY Airshow. Most of the aircraft at the airshow takes off and lands from this airport. http://www.americanairpowermuseum.com
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Cavanuagh Flight Museum is located at Addison, Texas - just outside Dallas This museum is unique in that almost all the planes are restored to flying condition. A few planes are in the open and not roped off, allowing you to get a close up view. http://www.cavanaughflightmuseum.com/
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In Long Island, New York. The museum features both space and aircraft exhibits relating to the Long Island air & space industry. http://www.cradleofaviation.org/index.html
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Dallas Frontiers of Flight is located in Love Field, Dallas. Its a smaller museum but has some very well kept aircraft on display and often have feature speakers.
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Intrepid Air & Space is located in NY City west side, the Intrepid Aircraft Carrier was recently closed for a 2 year renovation. These pictures were taken the weekend of the closing. http://www.intrepidmuseum.org/
Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) routinely gives demonstrations throughout the country. While this is not a museum nor their largest show, these are images of the equipment on display on July 4, 2010 in New York City. You will see the V-22 Osprey, a very impressive machine, the Apache, and the CH-46 transport helicopter.
The National Museum of the Marine Corps is located near Quantico, about 35 minutes south of Washington DC. Opened in 2006, it honors the people how has served and is serving the United States. Besides a history of the service told through artifacts, uniforms, and exhibits, the museum contains a good collection of aircraft and a smaller collection of armored vehicles. The center piece however in my opinion are the life size dioramas with sound effects that you literally walk through. Definitely worth a visit if you are in the Washington DC Area.
New England Air Museum is located in Bradley International Airport Windsor Locks, Connecticut. Has a great collection of military and civilian aircraft, a dedicated section for the Tuskagee Airmen, the 57th bomber group in Asia, and the Flying Tigers. These pictures are from 2009.
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Located at Chino, California - a 45 minute drive from San Diego. Planes of Fame contains both static aircraft and ones restored to flying conditions. Every month there's a airshow. There's also a huge model display, unfortunately they are stored in a building that's in a deteriorated state, at least when I visited in 2005. They were starting to renovate different parts of the museum, perhaps this has changed by now.
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This is Washington DC's new addition to the Smithsonian Institute's Air & Space Museum, its a huge place and a must see. There are some very rare aircrafts being displayed here. http://www.nasm.si.edu/UdvarHazy>
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