Displays & Tours
Check
Six Tours
Check-Six will conduct tours to some of key sites in the history of
aviation, as well as provide tours of many of the facilities in the
area of Edwards Air Force Base, the home of the Air Force Flight Test
Center, NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, and the Air Force's Test
Pilot School.
AeroWeb:
Aviation Enthusiast Corner
Names and addresses of museums and places to see WWII aircraft.
Champlin
Fighter Aircraft Museum
Falcon Field Airport, Mesa, AZ Aircraft include Japanese "George",
which is now on long term loan to Champlin. Allied planes include the
P-40N and P-51. They restored the Kawanishi (Shiden) for the Smithsonian.
More than 700 autographed photos paper the "Hall of Aces," honoring
the world's top fighter pilots.
Confederate
Air Force, Arizona Wing
Great webpage. This group does a large airshow in May.
Flight Centennial
Collection Website
A very interesting website and exhibit of aviation relics.
Museums
United
States Air Force Museum
This is a large, well maintained site that details the 250 aircraft
on display at the museum at the Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio. It has
excellent technical data on aircraft, search capabilities and many related
articles. One of the best aircraft related sites on the Internet.
National
Museum of the Pacific War (Admiral Nimitz Museum)
The National Museum of the Pacific War is the only institution
in the continental United States dedicated exclusively to telling the
story of the Pacific Theater battles of World War II.
Paul
E. Garber Facility
Smithsonian Air & Space Museum's long term storage facillity located
in Silver HIll, Maryland. It is open to the public, with tours and holds
some of the world's most unique aircraft from around the world and WWII.
WWII Memorial
Website with information on the new Washington, DC memorial that will
be completed in 2003.
