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We are already somehow used to looking at the next negative from Monino or from Khodynka, grumbling in comments, “we don’t store, we do not cherish, we don’t value”, forgetting that any technical museum, let alone a museum aviation, there is a complicated thing, very expensive, requiring a huge and constant work. In the absence of all this, any, the finest technical museum very quickly turns into a simple dump of rusty metal. It often seems to us that it’s only our air museums that are such half dumps - this is far from the case, and in the west, even in quite serious and status museums, one can meet exhibits dreaming of at least washing and tinting, not to mention restoration. And what about private museums, where everything rests on the hands of enthusiasts and on the modest donations of benefactors.
Everyone who drove to Oshkosh from Chicago on the 41st road will probably remember that on the very border of Illinois and Wisconsin, on the left on the road, from the freeway, you can clearly see a small fenced field, entirely blocked by airplanes, trucks, helicopters and tanks. From the road it looks more like the backyard of some recycling enterprise or the parking of very used cars for dismantling, but in reality it all turned out to be a private military museum, which we did not fail to visit. So, the Russel Military Museum, Russel, IL. At the entrance to the museum building we are met by the M-3 Stuart tank.
1. We pay $ 10 for the entrance from the nose, and we receive instructions, "do not pull, do not break, do not fit where it is not open," almost like in Russia. We go into the only hall-hangar of the museum, here are quite closely, many exhibits are arranged and laid out, there are full-scale samples of equipment, such as this self-propelled gun M-7 Priest, which Elvis allegedly served in Germany.
2. Nearby is the Hiller OH-23 Raven helicopter from the time of the Vietnam War.
3. Many different engines, these are Pratt & Whitney R-985 Junior Wasp.
4. But the most noticeable device is this one! What could it be? New modification of Mi-24?
5. Back view.
6. Without a piece of paper you will not understand, it turns out to be no more, no less, and the Soviet shock tilt-rotor prototype, almost Osprey.
7. Found on the Internet a photo of the delivery of this device to the museum, it is very interesting who made it, for which film?
8. We went out into the courtyard, the site of the museum says that it is used by local volunteers as a restoration base, and they have already repaired the M38 jeep and dismantled the CH-53 helicopter. The first sign of the presence of volunteers, braziers, is present.
9. Here it is a repaired jeep, good work.
10. And this is a helicopter freed from unnecessary parts, I wonder why they are so his.
11. Unusual to see the giant Sea Stallion without chassis, engines and tail. On the other hand, you can estimate the size of its cargo compartment.
12. To the rest of the exhibits, the hand of the restorers apparently did not concern. Aircraft U-9 Aero Commander 500.
13.
14. The tablet is also regrettably small, it seems that Navy Seals Light Strike Vehicle (?).
15. This, judging by the inscriptions, is the fighting machine of the frontier guards. In the background is the Mi-24.
16. But he himself.
17. The fuselage of the training aircraft T-38 NASA.
18. And this is F-16C, also without bearing surfaces. They are spread throughout the site.
19. Here.
20. And more here.
21. Another couple of views on the plane.
22.
23. From behind a number of armored cars the tail of the F-15 is peeping.
24. And here he is, on the lawn.
25. Helicopter crane CH-54 with a suspended armored personnel carrier.
26. One of the many Hummers.
27. Pop tank M-60.
28. The remains of the training aircraft T-33.
29. Fighter F-84F Thunderstreak.
30. What is left of the A-7 Corsair II deck attack aircraft.
31. Engine Allison J33.
32. This T-38 looks relatively normal.
33. In contrast, the OV-1 Mowhawk.
34. A rare bird - QH-50 antisubmarine unmanned helicopter coaxial circuit.
35. Cabin from a cargo helicopter CH-47.
36. The line of helicopters UH-1 Huey.
37.
38. Helicopter AH-1 Cobra.
39. CH-34 Choctaw.
40. A number of floating tracked conveyors M-548.
41. A copy of the Abrams tank for filming.
42. Tank M-48 Patton.
43. Tracked tractor M-4.
44. M-35 truck.
45. We must somehow wrap up - the M-151 jeep ingrown into the grass and surrounded by rows of army trucks.
Such is the museum in the American province. Despite the disheveled and neglect of a larger number of exhibits, it was very interesting to look at all this, and the absence of some parts made it possible to study the exhibits in more detail. The purpose of the existence of such a museum is not entirely clear, there was no one to ask, the uncle who sold us the tickets went somewhere, and we continued on our way further.
And I realized that I like landfills.
Everyone who drove to Oshkosh from Chicago on the 41st road will probably remember that on the very border of Illinois and Wisconsin, on the left on the road, from the freeway, you can clearly see a small fenced field, entirely blocked by airplanes, trucks, helicopters and tanks. From the road it looks more like the backyard of some recycling enterprise or the parking of very used cars for dismantling, but in reality it all turned out to be a private military museum, which we did not fail to visit. So, the Russel Military Museum, Russel, IL. At the entrance to the museum building we are met by the M-3 Stuart tank.
1. We pay $ 10 for the entrance from the nose, and we receive instructions, "do not pull, do not break, do not fit where it is not open," almost like in Russia. We go into the only hall-hangar of the museum, here are quite closely, many exhibits are arranged and laid out, there are full-scale samples of equipment, such as this self-propelled gun M-7 Priest, which Elvis allegedly served in Germany.
2. Nearby is the Hiller OH-23 Raven helicopter from the time of the Vietnam War.
3. Many different engines, these are Pratt & Whitney R-985 Junior Wasp.
4. But the most noticeable device is this one! What could it be? New modification of Mi-24?
5. Back view.
6. Without a piece of paper you will not understand, it turns out to be no more, no less, and the Soviet shock tilt-rotor prototype, almost Osprey.
7. Found on the Internet a photo of the delivery of this device to the museum, it is very interesting who made it, for which film?
8. We went out into the courtyard, the site of the museum says that it is used by local volunteers as a restoration base, and they have already repaired the M38 jeep and dismantled the CH-53 helicopter. The first sign of the presence of volunteers, braziers, is present.
9. Here it is a repaired jeep, good work.
10. And this is a helicopter freed from unnecessary parts, I wonder why they are so his.
11. Unusual to see the giant Sea Stallion without chassis, engines and tail. On the other hand, you can estimate the size of its cargo compartment.
12. To the rest of the exhibits, the hand of the restorers apparently did not concern. Aircraft U-9 Aero Commander 500.
13.
14. The tablet is also regrettably small, it seems that Navy Seals Light Strike Vehicle (?).
15. This, judging by the inscriptions, is the fighting machine of the frontier guards. In the background is the Mi-24.
16. But he himself.
17. The fuselage of the training aircraft T-38 NASA.
18. And this is F-16C, also without bearing surfaces. They are spread throughout the site.
19. Here.
20. And more here.
21. Another couple of views on the plane.
22.
23. From behind a number of armored cars the tail of the F-15 is peeping.
24. And here he is, on the lawn.
25. Helicopter crane CH-54 with a suspended armored personnel carrier.
26. One of the many Hummers.
27. Pop tank M-60.
28. The remains of the training aircraft T-33.
29. Fighter F-84F Thunderstreak.
30. What is left of the A-7 Corsair II deck attack aircraft.
31. Engine Allison J33.
32. This T-38 looks relatively normal.
33. In contrast, the OV-1 Mowhawk.
34. A rare bird - QH-50 antisubmarine unmanned helicopter coaxial circuit.
35. Cabin from a cargo helicopter CH-47.
36. The line of helicopters UH-1 Huey.
37.
38. Helicopter AH-1 Cobra.
39. CH-34 Choctaw.
40. A number of floating tracked conveyors M-548.
41. A copy of the Abrams tank for filming.
42. Tank M-48 Patton.
43. Tracked tractor M-4.
44. M-35 truck.
45. We must somehow wrap up - the M-151 jeep ingrown into the grass and surrounded by rows of army trucks.
Such is the museum in the American province. Despite the disheveled and neglect of a larger number of exhibits, it was very interesting to look at all this, and the absence of some parts made it possible to study the exhibits in more detail. The purpose of the existence of such a museum is not entirely clear, there was no one to ask, the uncle who sold us the tickets went somewhere, and we continued on our way further.
And I realized that I like landfills.
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