Pictures from Planes of Fame in Chino, CA

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Hello Everyone,

I was able to visit the Chino Planes of Fame museum this last Sunday; I really love that place! Here are some pictures that you might like to see:

There are many more; here’s the link to all of them:

Planes of Fame in Chino

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Nice pics…but where’s the rest?

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I’m not sure what you mean; there’s a link to the gallery right at the bottom of the first post.

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Gotta love the ROCKET FLEA!

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Even fleas gotta fart!!!

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“Like A Flea But OHO!” One of a couple of logos that the ME-163 Squadrons used. If your interested there a book called “Komet” by Mano Zeigler (I think thats how you spell it) absolutley fantastic book. Great pics BTW, Thanks for sharing

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Benzdoc, Great set of detail photos. You certainly crawled all over that place. Your fellow modelers should take advantage of your hard work. Great work. Rick.

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[:$][sn0ps] My bad, tottally missed it.

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Good stuff! Thanks for posting all those. The last time I was there, about 12-14 years ago, their B-17 was in near-derelict condition. Did they ever get it cleaned up? I saw it taxiing under its own power, the first time I was there, in '71, but she sure had gone to seed by the mid-90’s.

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Thanks guys, I’m glad you were able to have a look!

Wabashwheels: There was almost no one there, so I may have jumped the barricades and took a few up close…

styrenegyrene: The B-17, Piccadilly Lilly II, is undergoing restoration; and they are collecting funds to help. They have a huge job in front of them! It would be great to see that thing fly again.

Until next time, have a great holiday weekend!!

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I was there about a year ago and that poor '17 is in terrible shape, really sad actually, a place lucky enough to have one and it looks about a step from the junk yard

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Well, it may have been in terrible shape when you saw it; but they are working really hard on it. From the bomb pay rearward, it looks pretty good…

However, there is a lot more work to do!

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Thanks for the shares [:D]

Andrew

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Thanks for the updated pics, Benzdoc. You sure can tell where they’ve worked on her and where they haven’t! That’s got to be a multi-million dollar project. Thank goodness! I was afraid there’d be nothing else for me to spend my money on!

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Great photos, especially the detailed close ups. Thanks for posting.

Darwin, O.F. [aln]