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Titan II Installation
The Titan IV at Evergreen isn’t the only Titan there. They also have a Titan II ICBM. This is installed upright in a recreation of the launch facility that would originally have been buried deep under a remote part of … Continue reading
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Tagged complex, evergreen aerospace museum, exhibit, launch, mcminnville, military, missile, nozzle, oregon, photo, recreation, rocket, silo, titan II
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Skyray – Or Is It?!
The A-4 Skyhawk had a long and illustrious career in many air forces around the world. It has a close cousin that didn’t fair so well. The Skyray shared a few design cues with the Skyhawk but it was designed … Continue reading
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Tagged aircraft, airplane, Douglas, evergreen aerospace museum, fighter, jet, mcminnville, military, oregon, photo, skyray
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Nozzle Details on Titan IV
The missile display at Evergreen Aerospace Museum is impressive. They have sourced a lot of different types and they have a Titan IV section lying on its side. You can get up close to the nozzle of the rocket motor … Continue reading
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Tagged detail, evergreen aerospace museum, mcminnville, military, missile, nozzle, oregon, photo, rocket, structure, titan IV
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Seasprites Don’t Show Up Too Often
The first time I ever heard of the Kaman Seasprite was in the 1980s when Airfix released a new kit of the SH-2F variant. I thought it was a cool looking model but I wasn’t very aware of what it … Continue reading
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Tagged aircraft, evergreen aerospace museum, helicopter, Kaman, mcminnville, military, oregon, photo, seasprite, sh-2, US Navy
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Was This Sensor Once Highly Classified?
The SR-71 Blackbird provided a reconnaissance platform that was unmatched. It would have been pretty high in the sensitivity list when it came to its sensors and capabilities. Now the jets are all retired. The example that is in the … Continue reading
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Tagged aircraft, airplane, blackbird, display, evergreen aerospace museum, lockheed, mcminnville, military, oregon, payload, photo, reconnaissance, sensor, sr-71, USAF
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Sabreliner Testbed
The Sabreliner is a neat little jet under normal circumstances, combining as it does the wing of the Sabre with a fuselage for passengers. This example, that now lives in the Evergreen Aerospace Museum in McMinnville Oregon, is even better … Continue reading
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Tagged aircraft, airplane, business, civil, corporate, evergreen aerospace museum, jet, mcminnville, North American, oregon, photo, radar, Sabreliner, sensor, testbed
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Build a Blackbird Pano
While I was wandering around by the SR-71 at Evergreen and taking some pictures, one of the museum docents approached me and asked if I wanted to go upstairs. I had seen the stairs and a gallery but the signage … Continue reading
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Tagged aircraft, airplane, blackbird, evergreen aerospace museum, jet, lockheed, mcminnville, military, oregon, panorama, photo, reconnaissance, sr-71, USAF
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NASA Gulfstream STA
The Evergreen Aviation Museum has more aircraft than it has space to display. Some of them are parked out in the parking lot including a NASA Gulfstream II. This is no normal GII either. It is one of the four … Continue reading
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Tagged aircraft, airplane, business, civil, corporate, evergreen aerospace museum, gulfstream, jet, mcminnville, NASA, oregon, photo, shuttle training aircraft, sta
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Blackbird Motor
The SR-71 that is located in the Evergreen Aerospace Museum is configured to give some interesting views of the aircraft. One side of the aircraft is opened up to show the engine. The whole of the outer portion of the … Continue reading
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Tagged aircraft, airplane, blackbird, engine, evergreen aerospace museum, jet, lockheed, mcminnville, military, oregon, photo, reconnaissance, sr-71, USAF
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Return to Evergreen
I have made one previous visit to the Evergreen Aviation Museum in McMinnville Oregon. That was probably ten years ago. I was in Portland for the morning Open House at the ANG unit so, having gone that far, I decided … Continue reading