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This Web page introduces airplanes of the Lone Star Flight Museum (LSFM), located in Galveston, Texas in USA.
The LSFM is an aerospace museum that displays more than 40 historically significant aircraft and many hundreds of artifacts related to the history of flight.
The museum's collection is rare because most of the aircraft are flyable.
Located next to Scholes International Airport at Galveston, Schlitterbahn Galveston Island Waterpark, and Moody Gardens,
the museum is housed on about 100,000 ft2 (10,000 m2) of property, including its own airstrip.
The LSFM was damaged by Hurricane Ike September 13, 2008.
Aircraft flown out of harm's way in advance include their B-25, F6F, F4U, SBD, and the F8F.
Most of the airworthy planes were flown out of the museum prior to the hurricane.
Those remaining as well as the static displays were largely destroyed or heavily damaged.
The museum is in the process of moving to Houston to avoid a repeat of the devastation suffered during Hurricane Ike.(*1)
These photographs were got when I visited the LSFM in autumn, 2007 before the disaster by the Hurricane Ike.
Notes *1: This sentence is quoted from Wikipedia in USA.
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1. F4U-5N Corsair (Side View)
The F4U CORSAIR was designed by Vought Aircraft in 1938 as a very powerful single-seat fighter suitable for operation from aircraft carriers. |
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1.1 F4U-5N Corsair (Side Close-up View) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1.2 F4U-5N Corsair (Front View) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2. F6F Hellcat (Side View)
In combat the last two years of the war, the F6F Hellcat downed more Japanese air craft than any other American Naval fighter, with a kill-to-loss ratio of 19-1. |
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2.1 F6F Hellcat (Back View) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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3. F8F Bearcat (Side View)
The F8F BEARCAT is the last of the Grumman WW II "CAT" family. Designed as a carrier-based interceptor, it first entered service in May 1945, just missing the end of WW II. |
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4. SBD-5 Dauntless (Front View)
The first of the SBD (Scout Bomber, Douglas) series of aircraft went into production in June, 1940.
By December, 1941, the SBD-3 was the standard dive bomber for the U.S. Navy, and equipped units on the aircraft carriers USS Enterprise, Lexington, Yorktown, and Saratoga. |
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4.1 SBD-5 Dauntless (Back View) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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5. TBM-3U Av enger (Front View)
Built by General Motors (Eastern Div.) under license from Grumman Aircraft, the TBM differs little from the Grumman built TBF, and was far more numerous. |
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6.SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE MK LF XVI(Side View)
Fewer in number than the hawker hurricane, the supermarine spitfire became synonymous with the raf's desperate defense of the British isles in the summer of 1940 - The battle of Britain. |
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7. B-25 MITCHELL (Side View)
Used by all services in WWII, the B-25 is probably best known for the Army/Air Corp raid on Tokyo in 1942. |
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8. PB4Y-2 PRIVATEER (Side View)
Based on the Consolidated B-24 built for the Army Air Corps, the U.S. Navy needed a low level, long range patrol bomber with increased stability at lower levels and speeds. |
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Other Aircrafts ------ その他の飛行機
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9. C-1A TRADER (Side View)
The C-1A Trader is really one example of a series of three different roles played by one design. The Trader was built for "Carrier On-board Delivery" or COD. of mail, parts and people - a flying, carrier based "truck". |
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10. H18 BEECHCRAFT (Side View)
It was designed in the 1930's for corporate transportation the "Twin Beech" quickly gained favor with the U.S. Military, serving both the U.S. Navy and the Army Air Corps. |
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11. TB-58 HUSTLER (Top View)
The convair TB-58 Hustler is the only supersonic strategic bomber to enter squadron service in the West. |
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These photographs were got when I visited IBARAKI airport in Ibaraki, Japan.
These airplanes were displayed on the fields beside the airport park.
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12. F-4FJKai PHANTOM II (Side View)
F-4EJKai is the upgrade type of the F-4EJ fighter used by Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) from 1971 and has been improved radar system and so on. |
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12.1 F-4EJKai PHANTOM II(Front View) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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12.2 F-4EJKai PHANTOM II (Cockpit View) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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13. RF-4FJ PHANTOM II (Side View)
RF-4EJ was converted from the F-4EJ as to install the reconnaissance equipment so as to refill RF-4E reconnaissance jet in Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF). |
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13.1 RF-4EJ PHANTOM II (Right View) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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12.2 RF-4EJ PHANTOM II (Cockpit View) |
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Item 1-2 (In the make) 1 (準備中) 2 (準備中) 3 (準備中) |
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Item 2-1 (準備中) 1 (準備中) 2 (準備中) 3 (準備中) |
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Item 2-2 (準備中) 1 (準備中) 2 (準備中) 3 (準備中) |