Castle Air Museum - Atwater CA

March 6, 2013 Wed
I spent last weekend with the FreeWheelers at The Lakes RV Resort in Chowchilla CA. We had a great time sharing meals and catching up. The band had a rehearsal on Sat. That went well. We are preparing for our next performance at the Jackson outing. Friday I visited the Castle Air Museum in Atwater CA. I walked the entire flight line and paid dearly for it. Ibuprofen kept me walking the next couple of days. Glad I have a Pod Doc appointment tomorrow. Here are images of some, but not all of the planes at the museum.

Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird

The SR71 was built at the top secret Lockheed Martin facility "Skunk Works" in the southern California desert. One flew from Los Angeles to Washington DC in 64 minutes 5 seconds at an average speed of 2,153 mph. 

Boeing B-52D Stratofortress

Boeing B-29 Superfortress

Boeing B-25J Mitchell

Boeing B-17G

Doublas B-18 Bolo

Boeing B-47E Stratojet

Boeing WB-50D

Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker
Carried 31,200 gallons of jet fuel for "in air" refueling of fighter aircraft

Refueling boom on the KC-135A

Curtiss C-46D Commando

Convair RB-36H Peacemaker
The largest bomber ever built. It could carry 72,000 pounds of conventional and/or nuclear bombs.

Convair RB-36H Peacemaker with an MK-17 Thermonuclear bomb

Boeing KC-97L Stratofreighter

Fairchild C-123K Provider

Douglas B-23 Dragon

Convair C-131A Samaritan

Vought RF-8G Crusader

North American F-86 Sabre

McDonnell F-4E Phantom II

Lockheed F-104B Starfighter

Grumman F-14D Tomcat

Douglas A4 Skyhawk

AVRO CF-100 Canuck