Devil 505 Posted July 19, 2016 Posted July 19, 2016 Hey Gents, Since we all share the same love for aviation, thought you might enjoy a few photos from one of our local museums here in Texas. Took a day trip with my wife to enjoy the history. The vast majority of these aircraft fly. If you have the money, you can ride in them as well, that includes the P-51, Skyraider, B-25, C-47 ect.... They have an F-86 as well. Some others too that were not on display. The B-24 and B-29 are at another hangar in Fort Worth. Photos of those soon. I could only upload 20 photos. I will post another thread in future if you guys are interested. %5Bimg%5Dhttp%3A//i.imgur.com/sNi2Ct6.jpg[/img]
VAF [136] Striker Posted July 19, 2016 Posted July 19, 2016 Cool stuff! Thanks for posting. Nvidia GTX-1080 Intel i7-4820K 3.7 Ghz ASUS ROG Rampage IV Extreme MB 32 GB Memory Windows 7 Pro 64 Bit [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Schwarzfeld Posted July 19, 2016 Posted July 19, 2016 Have been lurking on the forum for a while after getting into DCS but never registered... CFM is an excellent facility, I volunteer at that museum, doing tours, working on building the library, and also marshalling, pushing & pulling aircraft. Let me know if anyone ever would like a private tour, I usually work Saturdays. CFM has some excellent projects in the south hangar undergoing work for restoration, includuing: He-111 (RR Merlin engines) PT-17 Stearman (pre-electrical system model) T-34 Tank P-47D AC-26 Invader/Marauder (hvy ground attack version) I highly recommend rides in the Bell 47 chopper (very cheap) and I've been up in the stearman, which is really great (open air!). I'm a student pilot finishing up my taildragger training in Piper Cubs locally... maybe one day I'll get to try my hand at my grandfather's beloved AD-5 Spad (dreaming!)
MegOhm_SD Posted July 19, 2016 Posted July 19, 2016 By all means post em up! Thanks for sharing. Cooler Master HAF XB EVO , ASUS P8Z77-V, i7-3770K @ 4.6GHz, Noctua AC, 32GB Corsair Vengeance Pro, EVGA 1080TI 11GB, 2 Samsung 840 Pro 540GB SSDs Raid 0, 1TB HDD, EVGA SuperNOVA 1300W PS, G930 Wireless SS Headset, TrackIR5/Wireless Proclip, TM Warthog, Saitek Pro Combat Pedals, 75" Samsung 4K QLED, HP Reverb G2, Win 10
Greekbull Posted July 19, 2016 Posted July 19, 2016 That's right by my sisters new house in Addison. Hope to go there in the next few weeks when down there visiting. AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | ASUS Crosshair Hero X670E | 64GB G Skill Trident Z DDR5 6000 | Nvidia RTX 4090 FE| Samsung EVO Plus 6 TB M.2 PCIe SSDs | TM Hornet Stick/WinWing Hornet Throttle and MIP | VPForce Rhino FFB Base | TM TPR Rudder Pedals W/Damper | Varjo Aero/Pimax Crystal | NeoEngress NACES Seat VFA-25 Fist of the Fleet Carrier Strike Group One(CSG-1) Discord
Raven68 Posted July 19, 2016 Posted July 19, 2016 Good stuff!! Keep em coming! :) Intel i5-9600K @ 3.7GHz; Gigabyte Z370XP SLI Mobo; G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 64GB (4 x 16GB) 288-Pin DDR4 GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4080 16GB 256-Bit GDDR6; Thermaltake Water 3.0 Certified Liquid Cooling System Windows 11 Professional HP Reverb G2 /TrackIR 5 in case VR dies; Thrustmaster HOTAS Warthog w/ Thrustmaster T-Flight Rudder Pedals
TwoLate Posted July 19, 2016 Posted July 19, 2016 Nice pics. Was there last year will be there in two weeks. Two years ago tried to get a ride in a Mustang but the Mustang had trouble flying to Cavanaugh. It was grounded. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Destroyer37 Posted July 19, 2016 Posted July 19, 2016 I'm local to the area, perhaps a DCS CFM meet will one day happen... Specs:Fractal Design Define R5 Black, ASUS ROG Strix Z370-E, Intel Core i5-8600K Coffee Lake @ 5.1 GHz, MSI GeForce GTX 1080ti 11GB 352-Bit GDDR5X, Corsair H110i, G.Skill TridentZ 32GB (2x16GB), Samsung 960 Evo M.2 500GB SSD
Ripcord Posted July 20, 2016 Posted July 20, 2016 Where is it in Texas? EDIT: Ah I see, up in Addison TX (DFW). I might have to take a ride up there one of these days. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Mtnbiker1998 Posted July 20, 2016 Posted July 20, 2016 Very cool looking displays! Added to bucket list ;) Come fly with me, lets fly, lets fly away! -Sinatra [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] My Specs: Lenovo Y50 with GTX 860m (2GB), i7 4700HQ 2.4GHz, 8GB Ram. Corsair K70(MX Blues are awesome!), Benq GW2760HS monitor, Steelseries V3 Prism headset, TM Warthog Hotas, Sidewinder FFB2 W/ FLCS grip, CH Pro pedals, TrackIR5, KW-908 Jetseat
Schwarzfeld Posted July 20, 2016 Posted July 20, 2016 A DCS meet @ CFM would be AWESOME. Let me know and I'll talk to the events coordinator to set it up, like I said I'm there on Saturdays as I have a day job, but I'm local in Plano so, PM me if you guys would like to set it up, we can start a thread and get the ball rolling. We host all kinds of events at CFM, pretty frequently catered. Hangar 1 has plenty of Rise of Flight planes in it (LoL) but we usually do events in 3 or 4 as there's more room. I'm working on building the library which is attached to the canteen in hangar two, which has air conditioning and comfy chairs (yay), we also have a conference room with a dryboard, TV for presentations, coffee makers... the usual! We can setup and do an even in a hangar with folding chairs etc but its pretty warm (95ºF right now on the ramp) outside these days :)
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