Chino museums August 2011

[cliveh]

Holiday to California last month brought some ideal opportunities to take the wife round some museums. Unbeknown to me there are two museums at Chino- Planes of Fame and the larger more impressive Yanks Air Museum. One of the highlights has to be having spent 42 years spotting and never seen a C 46, there were 2 on the airfield. Wife not that impressed!!!! Yanks air museum is divided into an oldies hangar and a more modern Jet era hangar. Some of the real goodies are outside in /around the junkyard. Anyway on with some pics.
Occasional lapses in identification knowledge (oops) if someone could fill in non identified aircraft most grateful.
P63A Kingcobra ( I think)



P40E



P38L



No idea what this is



Also don't know what this is


PB4Y-2 Privateer





Dead Harrier!


F 105D



F104A


And here it is The evasive beast C46F


Cessna T37


C47A


A7B


A6E


A4


FJ1 Fury


F9F


Another first F106B Delta Dart


F100C


A walk across the large apron revealed some unexpected items, Draakens and Magisters



What is this?



Another first C123


Convair 440?



I will post the Planes of Fame separately, great place and great weather 110 Fahrenhit when these were taken

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Clive,

51-11602 is a Beech C45- which is privately owned great pics thanks for sharing with us all


Bob

[john1958]

Not a Convair 440, but the military version of the Convair 340 the C-131.
I think that one was actually based at Mildenhall in her distant past too......she is also currently airworthy as N131CW, and I think based in Arizona.

Nice shots.....any more? :-)

John

[calflier]

Nice report,heres a picture from my library,of Rich International C46 N74173,at the customs hut NW36th street at Miami International,in the early eighties,when I had permission to take photographs there,it was operating a Rich charter from the Bahamas,a sight to behold.