Mesa Now Show #25: Commemorative Air Force Museum
MPS Happenings: RMRE Visits Commemorative Air Force Museum
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Air Force Museum (Things to do in Phoenix Arizona)
The Commemorative Air Force Museum is the largest unit of the international commemorative air force. This museum was rated as one of the top attractions in Phoenix area. The museum is located @ 2017 N Greenfield Rd Mesa, Arizona 85215. And if you want you to fulfill a life long bucket list, you can pay to take a ride in one of the following aircraft. Boeing B -17G Bomber, B-25J Mitchell Bomber, C-47/DC-3 Skytrain, Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor and many more. This place is a must visit for the hole family.
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Arizona Wing, Commemorative Air Force B-17G-85-DL Sentimental Journey at KAWO
Sentimental Journey (44-83514) FAA Reg, N9323Z, is the nickname of a B-17G Flying Fortress bomber. It is based at the Commemorative Air Force Museum in Mesa, Arizona. The aircraft is regularly flown to airshows throughout North America.
The nose art features Betty Grable, the number one pinup girl of the World War II era. The aircraft's name takes after a song made very popular by Doris Day in 1945.
Boeing B-17G 44-83514 was built by Douglas Aircraft in late 1944, and was accepted by the U.S. Army Air Forces on 13 March 1945. Assigned to the Pacific theater for the duration of the war, it was subsequently placed in storage in Japan. In 1947, the B-17G was reconfigured as a RB-17B for a new role in photo-mapping and assigned to Clark Field in Manila.
In 1950, the aircraft was transferred to Eglin Field, Florida and converted to a DB-17G for service as an air-sea rescue craft. During the 1950s, it was modified to a DB-17P standard, serving with the 3215th Drone Squadron at Patrick Air Force Base in Florida. One of its important missions was “Operation Greenhouse,” the fourth postwar atmospheric nuclear weapon test series conducted by the United States during the spring of 1951. As a mother ship, the RB-17P directed unmanned, radio controlled B-17 drone aircraft to measure blast and thermal effects and to collect radioactive cloud samples. During the test, a drone aircraft would be taken off by ground control. A “mother ship,” already airborne, would then come from behind, take control of the drone and fly it to the target area.
On 27 January 1959, the aircraft was transferred to military storage at Davis Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona. After a few months storage, 83514 was acquired by the Aero Union Corporation of Chico, California, receiving civilian aircraft registration: N-9323Z. For 18 years, the converted bomber flew as a forest fire fighter throughout the United States.
On 14 January 1978, at a membership banquet for the newly formed Arizona Wing of the Commemorative Air Force, Colonel Mike Clarke announced the donation of the aircraft to the CAF for assignment to the Arizona Wing. A contest was initiated by the local media to name the aircraft, which resulted in more than 800 entries, and the ultimate selection of the name Sentimental Journey with nose art featuring World War II pinup Betty Grable. Permission was secured from widower Harry James to add Betty Grable in her most tantalizing pose to complete the newly acquired bomber.
Although flyable, Sentimental Journey was hardly an accurate representative of the wartime B-17 bomber and in December 1981, the aircraft underwent an extensive restoration. By 1985, the addition of four operational turrets, operational bomb bay doors, navigator and radio operator stations, Norden bomb sight and machine guns completed the transformation to its original condition.
Over the years, Sentimental Journey has performed across North America, as one of the most recognizable examples of the type, keeping the legacy of the B-17 intact.
In 1979, Sentimental Journey appeared in a scene in the Steven Spielberg film, 1941. In 1991, Sentimental Journey was used in a Don't Mess with Texas ad campaign.
Arizona Wing
Commemorative Air Force
2017 N. Greenfield Rd.
Mesa, AZ 85215
480.924.1940
Hours of Operation
Oct. 1 – May 31 Open 7 days a week
June 1 – Sept. 30 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Film Location: KAWO, Arlington Municipal Airport
Arlington, Washington, USA
JULY 14, 2012
Camera: Panasonic FZ100
Mic: AT-897
Audio Recorder: Tascam DR-40
Audio Fixer: Izotope RX7
Editing Program: Davinci Resolve 16
Arizona Commemorative Air Force Base
Voiced by Joe Massa of 4 Dimensions Media.
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Job's Daughters Bethel #13 Car Show - Mesa, Arizona
Job's Daughters Bethel #13 in Mesa, Arizona had a car show for charity Sunday 11/30/2014 so I decided to attend. They had it at the Confederate Air Force (CAF) Museum at Falcon Field. The turn out was mostly the Desert Stangs of AZ (Mustangs). Only had a couple Corvettes with mine being one. Got a trophy for Most Unique Car. Had a great time looking at all the cars and planes. They even took the Sentimental Journey B-17 out for a flight and we got to watch up close and personal. Even got some cool shots of my car with it after the show.
Williams Field 1941-1993 - Mesa Arizona
Williams AFB was active as a training base for both the United States Army Air Forces, as well as the United States Air Force from 1941 until its closure in 1993. Williams was the leading pilot training facility of the USAF, supplying 25% of all pilots.
Williams AFB was named in honor of Arizona native 1st Lt Charles Linton Williams 1898-1927.
Williams field was support by 5 auxiliary air fields, we will be checking out 2 of them in this video.
1. Gilbert Field
2. Rittenhouse Field
Previous names;
Mesa Military Airport - June 1941
Higley Field - Oct 1941
Williams Field - Feb 1942
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Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Air Expo - Naples
Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Air Expo
The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) is the largest aerial museum in the world. The CAF is a non-profit, educational organization committed to honoring American military aviation history through flight, exhibition and remembrance. The CAF has units across the United States boasting nearly 12,000 members and more than 160 airplanes. The efforts of volunteers allow these aircraft to be viewed by over 10 million spectators each year.
About the Commemorative Air Force
The CAF was founded to acquire, restore and preserve in flying condition a complete collection of combat aircraft which were flown by all military services of the United States, and selected aircraft of other nations, for the education and enjoyment of present and future generations of Americans.
To find out more or to see if there is a Wing or Squadron in your area please visit comemorativeairforce.org
Top Tourist Attractions in Mesa: Travel Guide State Arizona
Top Tourist Attractions in Mesa: Travel Guide State Arizona
Mesa Arizona Temple Visitors' Center, Mesa Arts Center, Arizona Museum of Natural History, Commemorative Air Force Museum, Golfland Sunsplash, Organ Stop Pizza, Usery Mountain Regional Park, Riverview Park, Mesa Market Place Swap Meet,
030817 COMMEMORATIVE AIR FORCE MOVE
The Commemorative Air Force Gulf Coast Wing was officially welcomed to the City of Conroe today as a ribbon cutting hosted by the Conroe/Lake Conroe Chamber of Commerce. Led by Chamber President Brian Bondy, the ceremony was attended by several WWII Veterans as well as the Stephan C. Brown CAF President/CEO and the Gulf Coast Wing of Houston, which operates the iconic bomber.
The CAF B-17 Flying Fortress Texas Raiders has moved to General Aviation Services on the north side of Conroe-North Houston Regional Airport, where it is maintained and operated by the CAF Gulf Coast Wing, a group of volunteer members who use the aircraft as an educational tool to honor and remember those who served our country during World War II.
CAF Gulf Coast Wing Leader Wayne Kennedy was pleased to welcome 97-year-old, Curtis Blair and Bill Turley of Spring, Texas and R.B. Kelley of Montgomery, Texas. During World War II Blair was a B-17 flight engineer instructor, and Kelley and Turley were both ball turret gunners who served overseas during the war.
By the end of World War II the United States and Allies had deployed the largest air armada the world had ever seen, and 12,731 B-17 aircraft had joined those forces in combat. Today only nine B-17 bombers still fly. Texas Raiders was one of the last B-17’s ever built, as it was completed in July of 1945. The CAF Gulf Coast Wing members tour across the country with the iconic aircraft giving the public can opportunity to experience history up-close by touring through and flying in the aircraft. Texas Raiders performs regularly in air shows, civic events and flyovers throughout the U.S. and in the Houston area.
ModelZona IPMS Show 2015 Part 1
ModelZona IPMS Show 2015 Part 1
From November 7, 2015 Falcon Field, Mesa AZ Home of the Commemorative Air Force (CAF)
Craig Hewett Chapter of the International Plastic Modelers Society, Phoenix AZ.
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Museum of Aviation RAFB Part 2 of 5
Tour the inside of the Eagle building at the Museum of Aviation, Robins AFB in Warner Robins Ga. with me in part 2 of 5 of this video series. There are countless scale models as well as 1:1 scale display aircraft.
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Commemorative Air Force, Douglas built B-17G Sentimental Journey at FHC, KPAE Departure
Continuing on a nationwide tour, Sentimental Journey Departs Paine Field.
June 25, 2012
History
Boeing B-17G 44-83514 FAA Reg: N9323Z was built by Douglas Aircraft in late 1944, and was accepted by the U.S. Army Air Forces on 13 March 1945. Assigned to the Pacific theater for the duration of the war, it was subsequently placed in storage in Japan. In 1947, the B-17G was reconfigured as a RB-17B for a new role in photo-mapping and assigned to Clark Field in Manila.
In 1950, the aircraft was transferred to Eglin Field, Florida and converted to a DB-17G for service as an air-sea rescue craft. During the 1950s, it was modified to a DB-17P standard, serving with the 3215th Drone Squadron at Patrick Air Force Base in Florida. One of its important missions was “Operation Greenhouse,” the fourth postwar atmospheric nuclear weapon test series conducted by the United States during the spring of 1951. As a mother ship, the RB-17P directed unmanned, radio controlled B-17 drone aircraft to measure blast and thermal effects and to collect radioactive cloud samples. During the test, a drone aircraft would be taken off by ground control. A “mother ship,” already airborne, would then come from behind, take control of the drone and fly it to the target area.
On 27 January 1959, the aircraft was transferred to military storage at Davis Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona. After a few months storage, 83514 was acquired by the Aero Union Corporation of Chico, California, receiving civilian aircraft registration: N-9323Z. For 18 years, the converted bomber flew as a forest fire fighter throughout the United States.
On 14 January 1978, at a membership banquet for the newly formed Arizona Wing of the Commemorative Air Force, Colonel Mike Clarke announced the donation of the aircraft to the CAF for assignment to the Arizona Wing. A contest was initiated by the local media to name the aircraft, which resulted in more than 800 entries, and the ultimate selection of the name Sentimental Journey with nose art featuring World War II pinup Betty Grable. Permission was secured from widower Harry James to add Betty Grable in her most tantalizing pose to complete the newly acquired bomber.
Although flyable, Sentimental Journey was hardly an accurate representative of the wartime B-17 bomber and in December 1981, the aircraft underwent an extensive restoration. By 1985, the addition of four operational turrets, operational bomb bay doors, navigator and radio operator stations, Norden bomb sight and machine guns completed the transformation to its original condition.
Over the years, Sentimental Journey has performed across North America, as one of the most recognizable examples of the type, keeping the legacy of the B-17 intact.
In 1979, Sentimental Journey appeared in a scene in the Steven Spielberg film, 1941. In 1991, Sentimental Journey was used in a Don't Mess with Texas ad campaign that later won the best ad over 25 years in 2011.
General characteristics
Crew: 10: Pilot, co-pilot, navigator, bombardier; nose gunner, flight engineer; top turret gunner, radio operator, waist gunners (2), ball turret gunner, tail gunner
Length: 74 ft 4 in (22.66 m)
Wingspan: 103 ft 9 in (31.62 m)
Height: 19 ft 1 in (5.82 m)
Wing area: 1,420 sq ft (131.92 m2)
Airfoil: NACA 0018, NACA 0010
Empty weight: 36,135 lb (16,391 kg)
Gross weight: 54,000 lb (24,500 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 65,500 lb (29,700 kg)
Aspect ratio: 7.57
Power plant: 4 × Wright R-1820-97 Cyclone turbo supercharged radial engines, 1,200 hp (895 kW) each
Performance
Maximum speed: 287 mph (462 kmh, 249 kn)
Cruise speed: 182 mph (293 kmh, 158 kn)
Range: 2,000 mi (3,219 km, 1,738 nmi) with 6,000 lb (2,700 kg) bomb load
Service ceiling: 35,600 ft (10,850 m)
Rate of climb: 900 ft,min (4.6 ms)
Wing loading: 38.0 lb,sq ft (185.7 kg,m2)
Power,mass: 0.089 hp,lb (150 W,kg)
Armament
Guns: 13 × .50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine guns in 9 positions (2 in the Bendix chin turret, 2 on nose cheeks, 2 staggered waist guns, 2 in upper Sperry turret, 2 in Sperry ball turret in belly, 2 in the tail and one firing upwards from radio compartment behind bomb bay)
Bombs:
Short range missions (less than 400 mi): 8,000 lb (3,600 kg)
Long range missions (≈800 mi): 4,500 lb (2,000 kg)
Overload: 17,600 lb (7,800 kg)
Film Location: KPAE, Paine Field, Everett, Washington (USA)
aka: Snohomish County Airport
Arizona Wing
Commemorative Air Force
2017 N. Greenfield Rd.
Mesa, AZ 85215
480.924.1940
Hours of Operation
Oct. 1 – May 31 Open 7 days a week
June 1 – Sept. 30 10 a.m. – 4 p.m
Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum
3407 109th Street SW
Everett, WA 98204
(206) 342-4242
Camera: Panasonic FZ100
Mic: AT-897
Audio Recorder: Tascam DR-40
Audio Fixer: Izotope RX7
Editing Program: Davinci Resolve 16
CAF B-17G Sentimental Journey startup, taxi and takeoff at CYYJ
Sentimental Journey (44-83514) is the nickname of a B-17G Flying Fortress bomber. It is based at the Commemorative Air Force Museum in Mesa, Arizona. The aircraft is regularly flown to airshows throughout North America.
The nose art features Betty Grable, the number one pinup girl of the World War II era. The aircraft's name takes after a song made very popular by Doris Day in 1945.
Boeing B-17G 44-83514 was built by Douglas Aircraft in late 1944, and was accepted by the U.S. Army Air Forces on 13 March 1945. Assigned to the Pacific theater for the duration of the war, it was subsequently placed in storage in Japan. In 1947, the B-17G was reconfigured as a RB-17B for a new role in photo-mapping and assigned to Clark Field in Manila.
In 1950, the aircraft was transferred to Eglin Field, Florida and converted to a DB-17G for service as an air-sea rescue craft. During the 1950s, it was modified to a DB-17P standard, serving with the 3215th Drone Squadron at Patrick Air Force Base in Florida. One of its important missions was “Operation Greenhouse,” the fourth postwar atmospheric nuclear weapon test series conducted by the United States during the spring of 1951. As a mother ship, the RB-17P directed unmanned, radio controlled B-17 drone aircraft to measure blast and thermal effects and to collect radioactive cloud samples. During the test, a drone aircraft would be taken off by ground control. A “mother ship,” already airborne, would then come from behind, take control of the drone and fly it to the target area.
On 27 January 1959, the aircraft was transferred to military storage at Davis Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona. After a few months storage, 83514 was acquired by the Aero Union Corporation of Chico, California, receiving civilian aircraft registration: N-9323Z. For 18 years, the converted bomber flew as a forest fire fighter throughout the United States.
On 14 January 1978, at a membership banquet for the newly formed Arizona Wing of the Commemorative Air Force, Colonel Mike Clarke announced the donation of the aircraft to the CAF for assignment to the Arizona Wing. A contest was initiated by the local media to name the aircraft, which resulted in more than 800 entries, and the ultimate selection of the name Sentimental Journey with nose art featuring World War II pinup Betty Grable. Permission was secured from widower Harry James to add Betty Grable in her most tantalizing pose to complete the newly acquired bomber.
Although flyable, Sentimental Journey was hardly an accurate representative of the wartime B-17 bomber and in December 1981, the aircraft underwent an extensive restoration. By 1985, the addition of four operational turrets, operational bomb bay doors, navigator and radio operator stations, Norden bomb sight and machine guns completed the transformation to its original condition.
Over the years,Sentimental Journey has performed across North America, as one of the most recognizable examples of the type, keeping the legacy of the B-17 intact.
In 1991 Sentimental Journey was used in a Don't Mess with Texas ad campaign that later won the best ad over 25 years in 2011.
Video shot August 14, 2015