Palm Springs Air Museum F-14 Tomcat

The F-14 Tomcat..........what a machine and my all time favourite fighter jet.
This was the first time I had seen a F-14 in person and I was actually surprised at how big it actually is, but still looks awesome. I sure would have loved to have seen one actually fly in person also.

I believe they are going to make second "Top Gun" movie and I wonder what the lead aircraft will be in that. I look forward to seeing the new movie and I hope there is more flying in it than the love story BS that was in last one....  

F-14 Tomcat

F-14 Tomcat

F-14 Tomcat

F-14 Tomcat

F-14 Tomcat

F-14 Tomcat

F-14 Tomcat

F-14 Tomcat

F-14 Tomcat

F-14 Tomcat

F-14 Tomcat

Palm Springs Air Museum - A-4 Skyhawk

Second to last post from the Palm Springs Air Museum and photos of this Naval A-3 Skyhawk on display outside the Museum.

Palm Springs Air Museum - F16

Back in Palm Springs for these photos of a F16 Fighting Falcon at the Palm Springs Air Museum.
I've never really seen one up close before, and they are not as big as I would have thought, but still looks pretty slick.

F16 

F16

Palm Springs Air Museum - A-6E Intruder

Ok, part 2 from the Palm Springs Air Museum and this time the Grumman A-6E Intruder.

The A6-Intruder was used by the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps as an all weather medium attack aircraft, which saw plenty of action of Aircraft Carriers from 1963-1997.

The A-6 Intruder first flew in 1960 and entered service in 1963.

A-6E Intruder

A-6E Intruder

A-6E Intruder

Palm Springs Air Museum

Palm Springs was one of our stops on our road trip back in July. On the afternoon of our last day in town I made a quick visit out to the Palm Springs Air Museum to see the Military display aircraft out the front of the complex. There is a good collection of fighters on display, all collecting dust in this high desert region. I'll do several posts of the photos I took there, and I'll save my favourite
US Combat Fighter Jet for the last.

The Air Museum is a living history museum dedicated to educating the public about the role Air Power played in preserving American liberties and way of life. The Museum preserves, exhibits, and flies aircraft from World War Two, Korea, and the Vietnam Wars.

So to start with is this FA-18 Hornet.

FA-18 Hornet

FA-18 Hornet 

FA-18 Hornet