Comments on: Are You An Aviation Geek? You Will Love The Lone Star Flight Museum In Houston

By: thetravellingfool

thetravellingfool — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 21:01:10 +0000

In reply to Mallory. Lots of really cool aircraft, plus you can fly in them.

By: Mallory

Mallory — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 20:44:58 +0000

I’ve only been to the delta flight museum but this museum looks very cool!

By: Alastair McKenzie

Alastair McKenzie — Sat, 11 Nov 2017 14:05:14 +0000

In reply to thetravellingfool. Fair enough. I'm happy to back down, but they may have a signage issue. The Hellcat was a (very good) single seat US naval fighter with wings that folded backwards. What you have in the photo is a two-seater, with dive brakes, a bomb bay, and wings that fold up. A quick search on Google images for the Hellcat & the Helldiver will show the difference.

By: thetravellingfool

thetravellingfool — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 20:12:39 +0000

In reply to Alastair McKenzie. According to the museum it is a Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat built in 1944 and saw service with the US Navy in WW2 currently on loan from Comanche Fighters LLC

By: Alastair McKenzie

Alastair McKenzie — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 10:56:20 +0000

That doesn’t look like a Grumman Hellcat to me. It looks like a Curtiss Helldiver. Soz