Ghostrider142 Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 I visited the F-14A at the Tillamook museum last month and then the F-14D at Evergreen Air and Space museum more recently and I wanted to share this here (I'd posted these in other threads before, but those don't get a lot of other views. Obviously there were quite a few other reasons to visit Evergreen ;) Also where else in the world is there a Mig-29 sitting next to an F-14D? Tillamook https://goo.gl/photos/FkYhaZmG91SbNFag7 Evergreen https://goo.gl/photos/QW8KmXTvHw2KBLBS6 i7-4770K @3.50GHz; EVGA 1070 8GB Superclocked; 16GB Ram; MSI Z97 Gaming; two Samsung 500GB SSD's in RAID; TrackIR; 32" 2560x1440 Samsung Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzles Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 Nice photo sets, quite a lot of aircraft in those two places. Fancy trying Star Citizen? Click here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider142 Posted June 10, 2017 Author Share Posted June 10, 2017 I feel very fortunate, I've only lived in Oregon a few years, had no idea these were here until recently, they are both in rural areas. i7-4770K @3.50GHz; EVGA 1070 8GB Superclocked; 16GB Ram; MSI Z97 Gaming; two Samsung 500GB SSD's in RAID; TrackIR; 32" 2560x1440 Samsung Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackLion213 Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 Wow, very nice collections! I might need to make my way up there some time. Thank you for sharing the photos. -Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider142 Posted June 10, 2017 Author Share Posted June 10, 2017 The Evergreen museum does not list all the holdings on their website, I thought I was going to see an F-105, a B-17 and the Spitfire lol. It is a really nice facility, two large buildings, movie theater (food too I think) with documentaries etc. You could spend all day there, justifying a long trip. I didn't even get many photographs of the space relics, I ran out of time! i7-4770K @3.50GHz; EVGA 1070 8GB Superclocked; 16GB Ram; MSI Z97 Gaming; two Samsung 500GB SSD's in RAID; TrackIR; 32" 2560x1440 Samsung Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tailhook Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 Ugh, pains me seeing them still leave it outside. I saw 106 back in 2007 when they were building the new building. Ridiculous they built the big new one and still didn't put the other jets inside. Intel i9-13900K : ASUS TUF RTX 4080 : 32GB G.Skill RipjawsV 4000 : TM HOTAS Warthog : HP Reverb G2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider142 Posted June 10, 2017 Author Share Posted June 10, 2017 I agree, I have no idea why the F-14D is outside at Evergreen. Oregon is rainy and cloudy 7 months out of the year, so it is perpetually wet, then from June to September it is exceptionally bright and can get in the 90s to 100s. i7-4770K @3.50GHz; EVGA 1070 8GB Superclocked; 16GB Ram; MSI Z97 Gaming; two Samsung 500GB SSD's in RAID; TrackIR; 32" 2560x1440 Samsung Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AG-51_Razor Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Ghostrider, go out to Madrass, OR, just a little ways north of Redmond, and take a look at Jack Erickson's new aviation museum. It will blow your socks off! :thumbup: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider142 Posted June 11, 2017 Author Share Posted June 11, 2017 Oh wow another one? Will do thanks for the tip! i7-4770K @3.50GHz; EVGA 1070 8GB Superclocked; 16GB Ram; MSI Z97 Gaming; two Samsung 500GB SSD's in RAID; TrackIR; 32" 2560x1440 Samsung Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
=DECOY= Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 nice pictures thanks for sharing Water cooled i9-9900K | Maximus Code XI MB | RTX3090 | 64GB | HP Reverb G2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drag0nWIng Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 really thanks ghostrider! your photography skill is awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert31178 Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Seen both of these Tomcats, I was a Surfman out at Cape Disappointment, and then Grays Harbor, WA, and you better believe I hit every museum I could find within a 300 mile radius lol..... The bird in Tillamook.....I had been around F-14's before, like on the Intrepid and the one at the Boeing Museum, but until I hopped on that crew ladder and looked back across the Tomcat in Tillamook I had no idea just how big that plane really is! ~S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider142 Posted June 11, 2017 Author Share Posted June 11, 2017 Thanks guys, glad everyone likes them. :thumbup: Robert, I had the exact same sensation when I climbed up there, she is so wide and huge, you can just see how she gets so much lift, the low wing load of the Tomcat just screams out at you. i7-4770K @3.50GHz; EVGA 1070 8GB Superclocked; 16GB Ram; MSI Z97 Gaming; two Samsung 500GB SSD's in RAID; TrackIR; 32" 2560x1440 Samsung Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaceFuel85 Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 I do kind of understand why the D at Evergreen is outside..She's stripped internally and is basically just a shell. The A at Tillamook is still mostly intact..I think the only thing they did to de-mill her was take her electronics and cut her wing spars..otherwise she's complete as she was at her last flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert31178 Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 "I think the only thing they did to de-mill her was..... cut her wing spar" Single tear. Followed by another. And another..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaceFuel85 Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 "I think the only thing they did to de-mill her was..... cut her wing spar" Single tear. Followed by another. And another..... I know..but not every museum jet suffered the same fate! There's at least one where the only thing missing is some of her avionics and radar black boxes. Otherwise she's intact, uncut wing spars, complete lower hour TF-30's..everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frixon28 Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 Does anyone know the story about that A-10's camo scheme? The light blue & grey scheme is only something I have seen Eagles before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider142 Posted June 16, 2017 Author Share Posted June 16, 2017 Does anyone know the story about that A-10's camo scheme? The light blue & grey scheme is only something I have seen Eagles before I plan on spending the day there soon, I will do my best to remember and ask about that. i7-4770K @3.50GHz; EVGA 1070 8GB Superclocked; 16GB Ram; MSI Z97 Gaming; two Samsung 500GB SSD's in RAID; TrackIR; 32" 2560x1440 Samsung Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkDCS Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Thanks for shots! I was there as a kid in that museum at Tillamook when I was a kid. Used to have alot of Navy planes and even a blimp inside it. Looks kinda barren now. Theres a F14A about 10 miles from me in a museum here I should go drool over. Edit: I just noticed the blimp is still there with the aliens inside it! Thanks again! Rig: 5960X @ 4.5GHZ 32GB 3000Mhz DDR4 Titan XP Dell 3415W 21:9 Thrustmaster Warthog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_der Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 (edited) @Ghostrider142 Thanks to you I went to the Tillamook Air Museum last month when I visited friends in Portland :thumbup: Seeing the F14 in person for the first time (there are none in Germany :D) was very exciting! The Size of the Blimp Hangar where the Museum is in is just crazy... Tillamook Air Museum by BMAutomotivePhotography - Ben Tillamook Air Museum by BMAutomotivePhotography - Ben There's also a VF-84 Tomcat at the Museum of Flight in Seattle. Edited August 3, 2017 by VFlip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaceFuel85 Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 They've cleaned her up! Is she still sitting near the A-7 or did they move it away? I see the Crusader cockpit is still there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_der Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Yes the A7 is still there :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert31178 Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 I read a few months back that the museum is closing down. That wouldn't surprise me, the last few times I was there the guy who owned that fantastic warbird collection was selling selling selling. As of my last visit he had sold the Jug and the Mustang and the Catalina was up for sale. I also saw somewhere that Evergreen is closing down :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaceFuel85 Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 I'd be shocked if Evergreen closed up shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AG-51_Razor Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 I read a few months back that the museum is closing down. That wouldn't surprise me, the last few times I was there the guy who owned that fantastic warbird collection was selling selling selling. As of my last visit he had sold the Jug and the Mustang and the Catalina was up for sale. I also saw somewhere that Evergreen is closing down :-( Are you referring to the Erickson collection? [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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