Colorado Coffinmaker Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 I visit Disney ......... A lot. When I visit Disney, I always take a day and. Visit "Fantasy of Flight" which is the largest private aviation collection on the planet. Also serve a dinomite lunch. Sadly, Fantasy of Flight will close their doors on 6 April. If you've put off a visit, it's almost too late. Coffinmaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheyenne Culpepper 32827 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 guess I outa git my skinny butt up there soon then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Balz, SASS#46599 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Kermit will be moving it to another location closer to the main tourist area later this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waimea Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 They fly them noisy WWII planes over my house occasionally mostly on the weekends. They are pretty loud and I can imagine them diving and strafing the ground with their machine guns. Hopefully they'll continue to fly over after they get settled in their new location. Waimea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheyenne Culpepper 32827 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 I've flown in a P-51 and the noise was minimal, the 50's are on the wings so I imagine the sound wouldn't be that bad either, now, if you were on the ground and you had the attention of a P-51 I imagine it would have gotten a bit noisy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 I've flown in a P-51 and the noise was minimal, the 50's are on the wings so I imagine the sound wouldn't be that bad either, now, if you were on the ground and you had the attention of a P-51 I imagine it would have gotten a bit noisy. My Mother was a WASP, and logged lots of hours in 51's. She also did ground and in the air gun tests, as did all WASPs. She remarked with the 51. The plane would have a strong, all over vibration, with the 6/50s going. The plane that she said was the loudest of them all. When firing the guns, was the P-38. They ran 4/50s and a 20mm in the nose. Mom said firing that 20mm, when the 4/50s were run'n was like sit'n in a trash can and someone hit'n the can with a hammer. LG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Bullweed Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 A F-82 was two P-51s joined with a short mid-wing and used in the post-WWII years including the Korean War. Two Rolls-Royce Merlin engines, four .50 BMGs on each outer wing and either two 20mm on the mid-wing or rockets for ground attacks. This is the prop plane that I imagine would be louder than a P-38. I saw my first P-38 in the air over Oshkosh in 2012. Very impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheyenne Culpepper 32827 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 from the web page of FoF, it said they were closing the museum and then doing special events, didn't say anything that I saw about moving... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rancho Roy Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 I was in Pensacola FL last week and visited the air museum at the Naval Air Station. Best aviation museum I ever visited! And I've visited Smithsonian, SAC in Omaha, and dozens more. Great interatctive displays and the I-Max is not to be missed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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