{"id":8523,"date":"2014-12-11T12:36:14","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T17:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stayfocusedpress.com\/blog\/?p=8523"},"modified":"2014-12-29T17:11:14","modified_gmt":"2014-12-29T22:11:14","slug":"flying-museums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stayfocusedpress.com\/?p=8523","title":{"rendered":"Flying Museums"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Warbirds up Close<\/h3>\n<p>For more than a 15 years in one of my previous careers, our company was immersed in the world of flight simulation.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most enjoyable parts of the job was attend the many aviation air shows and events. Yearly we would trek to Florida, California, New York and Wisconsin to name a few places where we could see and touch a multitude of flying machines. My favorite time was strolling along side the many historic aircraft from World War II.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an up close look at of some of the warbird aircraft that we eagerly visited but from a slightly different viewpoint than you would ordinarily see.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=2>\n<hr>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dakota Kid &#8211; North American P-51D Mustang<\/td>\n<td><a href=\".\/images\/avphotos\/noseart\/scan_2055.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[8523]\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\".\/images\/avphotos\/noseart\/scan_2055s.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=2>\n<hr>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Marine&#8217;s Dream &#8211; Vought F4U Corsair<\/td>\n<td><a href=\".\/images\/avphotos\/noseart\/scan_2056.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[8523]\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\".\/images\/avphotos\/noseart\/scan_2056s.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=2>\n<hr>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hot Stuff &#8211; Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon<\/td>\n<td><a href=\".\/images\/avphotos\/noseart\/scan_2057.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[8523]\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\".\/images\/avphotos\/noseart\/scan_2057s.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=2>\n<hr>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Miss Magic &#8211; North American T28B Trojan<\/td>\n<td><a href=\".\/images\/avphotos\/noseart\/scan_2058.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[8523]\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\".\/images\/avphotos\/noseart\/scan_2058s.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=2>\n<hr>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Annie Mo &#8211; Vought F4U Corsair<\/td>\n<td><a href=\".\/images\/avphotos\/noseart\/scan_2059.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[8523]\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\".\/images\/avphotos\/noseart\/scan_2059s.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=2>\n<hr>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>VMF &#8211; unknown Marine Fighter Squadron aircraft<\/td>\n<td><a href=\".\/images\/avphotos\/noseart\/scan_2060.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[8523]\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\".\/images\/avphotos\/noseart\/scan_2060s.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=2>\n<hr>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Panchito &#8211; North American B-25J Mitchell <\/td>\n<td><a href=\".\/images\/avphotos\/noseart\/scan_2061.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[8523]\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\".\/images\/avphotos\/noseart\/scan_2061s.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=2>\n<hr>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Martha Jean &#8211; North American B-25J Mitchell<\/td>\n<td><a href=\".\/images\/avphotos\/noseart\/scan_2062.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[8523]\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\".\/images\/avphotos\/noseart\/scan_2062s.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=2>\n<hr>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nI think you&#8217;ll agree that there is certainly a lot of artistic pride and patriotic flavor to these fine examples of nose art.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nWritten by: Arnie Lee<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<hr<\n&nbsp;\n&nbsp;\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Warbirds up Close For more than a 15 years in one of my previous careers, our company was immersed in the world of flight simulation. 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