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Cavanaugh Flight Museum Addison, Texas February 2019 |
A brief photo-report |
The open air collection surrounded by the museum's for hangars |
Left to right: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15UTI (NX115PW '115'), Panstwowe Zaklady Lotnicze (PZL) TS-11 Iskra (0524 registered NX524SH), Lim-5 (1228) ex Polish Air Force, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21UM Mongol B (4504 registered N1121M). |
Left to right: Grumman US-2B Tracker (136431 'D-485' registered N37AM), LTV A-7E Corsair II (160615 'AC-310'), Lockheed F-104A Starfighter (56-0780 'FG-780'), Bell UH-1B Iroquois (62-4567). |
North American B-25J Mitchell (N7687C). |
Left to right: North American B-25J Mitchell (44-28925 registered N7687C),
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth (R5130 previously G-APOV) Stinson L-5 Sentinel (N40020 'LT') US Marines. |
Left to right: North American P-51D-20-NA Mustang (44-72339 '9D-J' registered NL51JC) named 'The Brat III', Hispano HA1112 M1L Buchon (NX109GU) Ex-Spanish AF C.4K-172 was previously owned and operated in the UK by Robs Lamplough as G-BJZZ and Charles Church as G-HUNN through the 80's. It appeared in the 1969 Battle of Britain film and Memphis Belle film in 1990. It moved to the USA in October 1991, Yakolev Yak-3M (0410101 registered NX854DP) built in 1994, Curtiss P-40N Warhawk (44-7369 '5' registered N40PN). |
Left to right: North American AT-6D-NT Texan (42-85697 registered N29947), Boeing-Stearman N2S-4 Kaydet (05256 '214' registered N741BJ), Cessna O-2A (21334 registered N5VN). |
Republic F-105F Thunderchief (63-8343 'TH'). |
Left to right: Sikorsky UH-34D Seahorse (150213 'YP-4'), CASA 2.111E (B2-H-155 registered NX99230), Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk.VIII (MT719 registered N719MT previously I-SPIT and G-VIII) Built in 1944, it was assigned to 17 Sqn in Bombay, India. In December 1947 it was transferred to the Indian AF. The derelict hulk was recovered from Jaipur AB in 1977 and restored to an airworthy status as I-SPIT by October 1982, and finished in the current dubious gloss scheme. Transferred to the UK in November 1988 as G-VIII, it went onto the Cavanaugh Museum as NX719MT in September 1993, North American F-86 Sabre Mk.IV (51-2821 'FU-821' registered NX4689H). |