Our week in Palm Springs continues...for those of you who know Steve, he loves airplanes, so whenever there is a museum close, he has to check it out!
Tuesday afternoon, Allison and I dropped Steve off at the Palm Springs Air Museum while we went for haircuts. Needless to say, he was in his glory...Earl's back is still acting up, so unfortunately, he missed out on the museum. I'll pass this over to Steve now....
If you have the dollars you are able to take a flight in one of the many aircraft from $99 to $4,995!!! They have a huge aeronautics library, and half a dozen flight simulators to play on.
Right - AH-1 Huey Cobra, Sikorsky H-34 Choctaw
Side view...
Rear view...
P-40 WARHAWK FIGHTER
We toured this ship a few years ago in Pearl Harbor...
USS LEXINGTON (CV-2) Sunk May 8,1942
BELL HUEY UH-1H
Rear view
NORTH AMERICAN F-100 SUPER SABRE
The description was blank but I believe this to be a REPUBLIC F-105 THUNDERCHIEF
Another blank description but I believe this to be an LTV A-7 CORSAIR II
F-14 TOMCAT ( Made famous in the TOPGUN movie)
GRUMMAN EA-6B PROWLER
CONVAIR F-106 DELTA DART
F-4B PHANTOM II FIGHTER BOMBER
C-1A "COD" TRANSPORT
GRUMMAN F9F-P PANTHER
PV-2 HARPOON
LOCKHEED F-104G STARFIGHTER
PBY-5A CATALINA waiting for restoration...
F-117 NIGHTHAWK undergoing restoration...
BOEING B-17 HIGH ALTITUDE LONG RANGE BOMBER
Rear view...
NORTH AMERICAN AT-6 TEXAN (Known as a Harvard in Canada) under restoration...
The following were on display in front of the museum...
USS MINNEAPOLIS (CA-36)
F8F "BEARCAT" FIGHTER
SHORT VIDEO OF NORTH AMERICAN T-28 TROJAN
ANOTHER NORTH AMERICAN T-28 TROJAN
STUDEBAKER...don't know why this was on the flight line...
MIKOYAN-GUREVICH MIG-21
GRUMMAN A-6E INTRUDER
McDONNELL DOUGLAS F-18 HORNET
MIG-17
McDONNELL DOUGLAS A-4 SKYHAWK
There was much more to see and read but the girls were done and ready to pick me up. Great afternoon!
This one I didn't see until we were leaving the museum...
GENERAL DYNAMICS F-16 FIGHTING FALCON
Wednesday...and our last full day here! Bummer! Allison and I headed off for a final Costco shop. We were home around noon, and after lunch Steve and I went to the pool one final time. Earl and Allison joined us a little later after they got back from another shopping trip.
Earl cooked us a delicious chicken curry for dinner....
Thursday morning we had the truck all packed up by about 10:00 and then decided to take one final walk around the resort. After checking out, we hit the road east and had an uneventful drive home, make one final stop at Albertson's in Blythe to pick up the last of the groceries needed.
We arrived back in Q just after 2:00...and then the fun of unloading and putting away got started! Thank goodness for Earl's pickup...we were fully loaded, including groceries on the floor by our feet!
