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Aircraft on display at six
different locations around
Orlando, Florida
Photo taken by and from the collection of Tom Bispo.
Captions supplied by Tom Bispo |
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The B-52D, S/N 56-0687 is located at the Orlando B-52 Memorial Park, Orlando International Airport. The plaque at the site reads:
THIS PARK IS DEDICATED TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE 306th BOMB WING AND THE CITIZENS OF THE ORLANDO AREA IN MEMORY OF THE LONG-STANDING CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WHICH EXISTED BETWEEN THE MEMBERS OF THE USAF STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND AND THIS COMMUNITY BETWEEN 1957 AND 1974.
The Orlando International Airport use to be McCoy Air Force Base until it was closed by Congress in 1974 and turned over to the city of Orlando |
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The A-4A, BuNo 139931 is located at the Naval Air Warfare Systems Training Center on Research Drive near the University of Central Florida. |
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The A-4B, BuNo 142741 is located at the National Vietnam War Museum of Central Florida on Tanner Road. The members of this association are very active in the community and have a number of activities for Vietnam War Vets. |
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The RA-5C, BuNo 156632 is located at the Sanford-Orlando International Airport. This park and display is just being dedicated this week-end in conjunction with a reunion of personnel that served here at NAS Sanford. The photo of the plaque located at the site. The site is dedicated to the 53 pilots that lost their lives while training here during World War II. |
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The photo identified as F-15C 85-0125. The site is dedicated to Airman 1st Class Brian McVeigh who was killed in 1996 by a terrorist attack on the Khobar Towers Military Complex in Saudi Arabia. Brian was serving as a Crew Chief for the 58th Fighter Squadron out of Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.
This aircraft has been restored in the colors of the 33rd Wing of the 58th Fighter Squadron. The aircraft displays 3 Iraqi kills and Joe Baugher confirms an Iraqi Air Force MiG-29 shoot down with AIM-7M on January 17, 1991 during, Desert Storm. The pilot was Capt. Jon K. Kelk. |
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Warbird Restoration Museum
Kissimmee, FL |
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F9F-8T, BuNo 147287 and found out that they have done a good amount of work on her lately and now she is displaying fleet colors.
This museum in always in a state of "Work-In-Process". When they say restoration museum they mean it. There are a number of aircraft sitting around just waiting for work to be done. They actually have aircraft restoration classes on a regular basis. It is an interesting site to visit and spend some time. |
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A BIG THANKS TO TOM FOR SENDING THESE PICS. |
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