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.
The show is held in an old hangar containing some aircraft, various airplane parts, model planes, and memorabilia.
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.
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).
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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).