SoCal is expected to undergo heavy rain this weekend, but in the window between the two
atmospheric rivers moving through our area, I took a trip down to
Gillespie Field, where the
Kit, Model & Aviation Collectible Swap Meet was being held at the
San Diego Air & Space Museum Gillespie Field Annex.
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| El Cajon, CA |
The show is held in an old hangar containing some aircraft, various airplane parts, model planes, and memorabilia.
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| Ryan X-13 Vertijet |
Lined up outside on the grounds, mixed with parked cars, are a large number of aircraft on display.
Towering over the front parking lot is a Convair SM-65 Atlas ICBM, which is visible from down the street when you approach the annex.
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| SM-65 Atlas |
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| Stinson SM-8 Junior and Rearwin 8125 Cloudster |
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| Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk |
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| North American F-86F Sabre |
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| Convair F-102A Delta Dagger |
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|
Grumman A-6E Intruder |
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| LTV A-7 Corsair II |
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| Vought F-8J Crusader and AV-8A Harrier |
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| AV-8A Harrier and F-16 |
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| General Dynamics F-16 |
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| Ryan PT-22 Recruit |
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| Grumman F-14 Tomcat |
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| MiG-21bis |
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Marsden [sic] steel planking
behind the MiG-21 |
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| Bell UH-1 Iroquois |
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| Douglas A2D Skyshark |
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Lockheed S-3B Viking
modified for use by NASA |
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| MiG-15bis |
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Spirit of San Diego"flying" Citroën 2CV
and ??? |
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| Lockheed P-2 Neptune |
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| Piasecki H-21? |
I'll end the post with a picture of my purchases at the show. I know I don't write much about aircraft kits, but I have been known to build them on occasion.
Oh, and if you're wondering about the Citroën, I don't think it really flies (based on what I see from a video I found about an actual flying Citroën).
