March Field Air Museum

Drove about 70min north to go to another aircraft museum. It is between the freeway and the active airforce base there. I saw a lot of airplanes. Many I have not seen before. Some of them are airworthy. Most are slowly degrading in the elements. There are raising funds to keep them in a good state.

Mike should take note of the first image, the white and blue Cessna150. Particularly the text on the door.

There was supposed to be an airworthy P-38 Lightning there, but it was in a closed hangar undergoing maintenance. Drats.

It is quite possible that I have worked on the KC10 tanker they had. They were handled by us when they came through BNE. At least once a week, sometimes twice for over a decade.

It was worth the trip for the awroplanes and, .... I saw a police chase while at the museum. Six police cruisers chasing a motorbike all went past, turned around at a nearby overpass, and came back, then bizarrely all came back again 10min later with some more police in tow. It ended shortly after as the sirens began to shut down. Couldn't see what happened. I assume the rider came off. A bit of entertainment. Distracted all the visitors from the nice aeroplanes.

On a side note, due to my freeway driving, there are an incredible number of Tesla's here. One of the guys at the business I visited said that this part of the world has the highest level of ownership.

I also had my first road scare. I was doing 70mph with no traffic near me and the Driver assist being turned on.
Suddenly the car applied brakes heavily. No idea why, it behaved afterwards. Can't trust this auto stuff.

Got passed by a female biker gang. I looked them up later, and they were close to their base where I saw them. Hurrican Biker Babes. Looked to be in 30 to 50s age group.

On the way to the museum, I passed the large model plane field I went to last visit. There was a small group flying r/c gliders. I thought I might drop in on the way back, but it had become too windy, and they had gone by then.Read more