Pacific Coast Air Museum in Santa Rosa, CA

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I have not been to the PCAM museum in 10 years or so. I went back and enjoyed the small collection of aircraft on display. There were only a few visitors and a group of teen girls who were taking group selfies while giggling hysterically. I have a whole bunch of pictures and I will post them over the next few days. It's just too much to edit in one sitting. This former airfield used to be an Army Air Station During WW2. The museum building used to be a parachute rigging shack.

Let's check it out!



Pitts Special S1 (1945)


BD-5J Gede kit jet plane. A plane like this was flown by James Bond in Octopussy (1983)




Ilyushin-14 engine next to IL-14 (DC-3 knockoff)








Ilyushin-14 Crate (Uzebistan, former USSR), 1954-1960(?). The IL-14 was a DC-3 knockoff.


I took a panorama of the whole aircraft standing on the gangway and panning from left to right. The door was closest to me while the tail and the wingtip were farthest from me - hence the unnatural bloated banana shape


More tomorrow.

 

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North American Aviation F-86 Sabres and a T-28 Trojan

F-86 H is the larger variant


F-86 F



The same F-86 F


T-28 Trojan

 

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Douglas A26 Invader with the cockpit covered, unfortunately

 

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Vought F8U Crusader


McDonnell Douglas F15. This particular plane was a 9/11 first responder clearing airspace above NY City after the 9/111 attacks.

 

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Douglas A-4 Skyhawk


Cessna T37 Tweet


Grumman A-6 Intruder

 

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General Dynamics F16


Hawker Siddeley/BA/McDonnell Douglas/BAE/Boeing jump jet


Harrier intake


Harrier landing gear

 

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Sikorsky H-34/S-58 Choctaw


H-34 fan below cockpit/in the nose behind wire mesh

 

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Grumman S2 Tracker and HU-16 Albatross


Grumman HU-16 Albatross flying boat

 

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McDonnell Douglas Phantom F4

 

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Republic F105 Thunderchief




A Convair F-106 Delta Dart that is in the process of being restored

 

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Grumman F-14 Tomcat

 

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The interchangeable nose cone of a Lockheed SR-71


Nose cone detail


Another detail


A retractable intake spike of an SR-71 jet engine

 

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Lockheed D-21 Drone, top speed, Mack 3.3

 

[LazyDog]

Thanks for sharing the photos

 

[Astro14]

Vought F8U Crusader


McDonnell Douglas F15. This particular plane was a 9/11 first responder clearing airspace above NY City after the 9/111 attacks.

Glad to see the Tomcat in the proper colors!

The one you list as an F-8 is in fact, an A-7 Corsair, however. Same basic design, but the F-8 has a variable incidence wing, internal .50s on the fuselage, AB and a pointy nose.

 

[Pablo]

Nice!

Brought back some memories.

No F-111?

 

[wings&wheels]

Thanks for posting. Great museum. Castle should be next on your itinerary.

 

[4WD]

Vought F8U Crusader


McDonnell Douglas F15. This particular plane was a 9/11 first responder clearing airspace above NY City after the 9/111 attacks.

Wasn’t the F15 first where thrust exceeded weight (loaded*) ?
*mission based

 

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Wasn’t the F15 first where thrust exceeded weight (loaded*) ?
*mission based

That sounds correct but I'm not 100% sure.

 

[vavavroom]

Thanks for posting. Great museum. Castle should be next on your itinerary.

I really need to go there again.