Odds and Ends at the Hangar ( CAF III )

[kiltie]

Finally, here is some of the stuff on display at the little museum in the CAF Central Texas Wing hangar in San Marcos, Texas. The displays have fewer big "set piece" types of things and more...ephemera. Lots of pocket computers and personal items, as well as a lot of models of various AC.

Details on jacket above:

This was described as a full length Navy flying coat -

And of course there's tones more, but this gives you an idea. The museum and shop seems to be run by the guys who work on and crew the aircraft, so it's not what you'd call a top of the line affair. In a way, it makes it that much cooler though, I suppose, since it's got kind of a clubhouse vibe.
So, if you ever make it to Central Texas, NUMBER ONE: see the National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg, and NUMBER TWO, this place. Both within an hour and change of San Antonio or Austin. Hopefully I'll make it up to Fort Worth ( four or five hrs drive ) and see the big CAF hangar there within the next couple of months.

 

[Skip]

Nice work Kiltie, really liking those details shots, and nice chit. Reading a book at the moment about PR jobs, so its great to see a PR camera there too.

 

[kiltie]

Nice work Kiltie, really liking those details shots, and nice chit. Reading a book at the moment about PR jobs, so its great to see a PR camera there too.

Thanks.
They had three or for more different cameras, too. I thought I'd gotten a picture, but that seems not to be the case. Sadly, I didn't bring my polarized lens dumaflunkie, so there's a lot of glare on the stuff in the cases.
As I alluded to in the OP, the display is almost more like a mass of stuff just accumulated, rather than what you'd call an actual museum. It's definitely secondary to the aircraft. I'd really like to get up there and see what I can do to help out.

 

[dmar836]

Be careful. That's a trap!

 

[kiltie]

Be careful. That's a trap!

HAR!
Yeah - they're not shy about trying to get you to join the club. But I can honestly say, and what I told them, I'm not gonna get involved with something I can't seriously dedicate time to. I've wanted to get into it in one form or another for many years ( I first saw the Yellow Rose about 23 or so years ago: the pin-up wasn't wearing a vest back then and people weren't terrified of saying Confederate Air Force...sigh ) but expect it to be a few more before I can putter around for long hours with those old timers.

 

[dujardin]

thankkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkks

send us more

 

[herk115]

Be careful. That's a trap!

Yeah. I learned that here in California with the Minter Field Air Museum. "Hey, if you spend a year buffing our aircraft into shape by hand, and if your hand isn't amputated by the end of the year, we *may* give you one ten minute P-51 ride."

And when the promised year is up: "Oh, well, we really don't have time to give rides..."

Fool me once. Never again. That's why I've never given even a second's serious consideration to CAF.

 

[dmar836]

That navy coat is an officer's coat. I have one worn by the Captain of the USS Augusta during the war.