Flying Heritage Collection

[Nikademus]

I just spent an afternoon visiting the FHC up in Everett WA. This is not a museum....but a personal collection of (mostly) flyable WWII and WWI planes owned by Paul Allen. These planes have been beautifully restored and maintained and it was a joy to see these planes.....some of them extremely rare. I took a gaggle of photos and thought the forum might like to see them.

[RevRick]

Ah.. Yeah!!!!

[stuman]

Yes sir ! Show'em, show'em.

[Alikchi2]

No!! We HATE WWII planes here [:@]

[DuckofTindalos]

Indeed. I would also like to discourage you from posting any sort of picture of any sort of military aircraft. That's just not what this forum is about.

[Long Lance]

Bring'em on!!

[Nikademus]

[:D]

k. took a while to reduce the photos down to a size the forum can handle. Hopefully the quality hasn't suffered too much.

Ok....first off on the tour.

The Polikarpov U-2/PO-2

[Nikademus]

the first eye candy on entering the hanger

[Nikademus]

German soldier in foxhole view.

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engine closeup.

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bomb racks

[Nikademus]

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cockpit closeups

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[Local Yokel]

Very nice!  Quality is fine.
 
The Russian 'Washing Machine Charlie'?  Not quite the U-2 that first comes to mind.
 
And what looks like a Mosca and an Emil yet to come?

[Nikademus]

Yes...only more numerous and organized. U-2's were mainly used at night on ground harrassment raids. A good number of women pilots flew them...hence "The Night Witches" story

[DuckofTindalos]

Very often used for nuisance night raids over the Eastern Front.

Okay, LogBoy, bring on the next one...