I visited Navy Friends from VA-25 and Marty volunteers at this working museum, preparing planes for the Air and Space Museum in Balboa Park. I am fascinated with all the work that goes into preserving old planes. Many of the tools, plans and remnants were donated by a factory that went out of business. I wish I had enough knowledge to present them to you as they were built over time, but it's only a guess.
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| With Marty and Shirley Haldiman |
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| Flightline outside. |
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| Fun for parades. |
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| Another one for parades. |
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| Old plane with pilot. |
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| The wings are covered with cloth. |
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| Love this old biwing. Close up of the pilot on the right. |
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| The beginning. |
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| Model of things hoped for. |
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| Good start on this wing. |
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| Instructions blueprint. |
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| Helicopter? |
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| RQ-BA Fire Scout |
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| Each piece is a different shape. |
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| Many stitches and double taped wing. |
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| I tried to get how tall these are. |
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| Same as the ones on the left from the front view. Again, each piece is different. |
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| Hummm, where do these go? |
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| Or maybe it's these I'm looking for? |
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| US Army Air Corps PT-22 made by Ryan Aircraft factory in San Diego during 1941-1942. Trained cadets for WWII. How small it is compared to the wing in the background. |
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| Donated tools. |
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| Wouldn't you like to have tools like these? |
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| A plane started from scratch. |
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| The wood matches the blueprint. |
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| Pratt and Whitney 1830-17 |
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| Rolls-Royce |
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| A-7 Corsair II like Charlie flew in Jacksonville |
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| One of the first gliders. |
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WWII Jeep that Marty and others
are working on.
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