Nice to see many of the aircraft I viewed in the Air Park during the late '60s, '70s, and '80 are now under roof. Hopefully, someday, they will be restored and available for viewing by the public.
Kinda surprised to see the F-107A in storage and not on display since there were only 3 built. Glad to see that there doesn't appear to be any tornado damage there....
Certainly hope that the B-23 Dragon and the Foxbat are put on display within the next few years. I was in that hanger about 10 years ago and it was truly marvelous. They had a P-75 of all things!
I went to the main museum a few weeks ago. Spent two and a half days going through it and I know I still missed some things. If you're a plane nerd, this is a pilgrimage site.
Wish the public could access this, even if a scheduled paid guided tour. Interesting to see a civilian home-built experimental plane in this hanger. The Zeineth CH-801 fuselage is next to F-16 'Power by Wire'.
The Su-22 is a lot bigger than I thought... it's nearly the size of the Phantom it's next to. I had assumed it was around the same size at the MiG-21 and MiG-23. (It's one of the few fighters of the day that I never built a 1/48 model of, as I don't recall it being available.)
Right, that caught my eye as well! I didn't know they put canards on an F4. The JU-52 and the f-107 are also pretty amazing to see. I'm with you, I would love to walk through that thing for a day or two, to touch , to listen to what those air frames have to say! Peace from California!
I hope the mixmaster is restored one day. One pair of wings between the Mix and Jetmaster is sad but I really prefer the pusher-prop design. Hope they’re not any worse for wear from the tornado!
So guessing the museum going to need to add another building to house all these in storage. I remember when the museum was only one building and another building you rode a bus too.
Really need 2, not just to bring these back over, but to bring the EC and KC -135s, C-17, and NC-131 inside as well and to have space for the VC-25A when they get retired. And even hopefully a KC-10 come retirement later this year.
I remember those days as well. Even as a kid, I cringed to think of the damage that seemingly endless flightline of fantastic aircraft would experience in Ohio winters. Thank goodness the vast majority of the collection is now protected.
I remember before the Museum was relocated back in the early 70's. Being greeted by the 'Strawberry Bitch' outside the building when I was 8 years old and having a huge case of the giggles.
The passing of the Behind The Scenes tours, the emphasis on STEM exhibits and the corresponding consumption of aircraft display space, leave me unmotivated to renew my membership which I had maintained since 1977.
I am getting ready to retire, sheet metal, corrosion control and NDI, and I worked volunteer at the Paul Garber Smithsonian. I want to come work for you, maybe for free. Looks like you need help, and older aircraft is my passion.
They've had that MiG-25 on display for over 20 years. Unfortunately, it's never been put on display because they can't locate a pair of wings for it! It was disassembled and buried in the sand in Iraq to keep American forces from destroying it on the ground. The Museum officials presume they can still locate some wings because over 1100 MiG-25s were built.
All it takes is lots of money and time. Last time I was at the museum was 2014 and the F-107 was on display in the hangar with the XB-70. That place was so full you could hardly walk around without bumping into rare aircraft.
If you'd stop reserving main museum floor space for dumb things like fictional Star Wars exhibits that have nothing to do with the USAF, you might have room to put some of these "storage" aircraft out where people can see them. They don't have to be fully restored. Just an observation from someone who prefers actual history vs. what's fake.
Temporary exhibits, taking up relatively little space, help attract new visitors, repeat visitors, and family visitors with children. I have no problem with that.
@@joelandwehr6382 Joe, I respect your opinion, but I've bagged my limit of instances where the slippery slope of incrementalism blurs the lines of reality and robs us of real history through the use of stunts. We need to work harder to find administrators who have the intelligence, integrity, and fortitude to promote the core values of a museum without resorting to these sham displays and events. Someone may correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that at least one or two of the aircraft in this video that are hidden from the public were moved out of the main museum to accommodate the former Star Wars event. I'm getting too old to wait for them to come back, if ever.
@@wkelly3053 Exactly, people are stupid and ignorant of history, that is why they are bored out of mind, so they have to find ways to catered to their families and their annoying rugrats.
