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I was going to add this to the existing IAFM thread as part 3, but thought that it was worthy of a thread in its own right.

 

I knew a lot of what to expect at Hatzerim, and as I said it did not disappoint, but while taking a winding path from the end of the display area I saw another enthusiast on the same trip walking towards me, a big grin plastered across his face.

 

"There's loads of stuff down there," he said. "Phantoms, Skyhawks, loads of them."

 

And he wasn't wrong. Before long I had the same daft look on my face, for within the Museum area was an enormous storage area, utilising a number of revetments, a compound and many more airframes just left out in the open. I had no idea of this, and it was certainly the icing on the cake. To say nothing of the marzipan fruits, birthday candles and hundreds and thousands.

 

First, some of the aircraft left out in the open:

 

49915683851_6d279c1ae1_b.jpg004 Douglas C-47A Skytrain by Martin Schofield, on Flickr

 

49915170773_f85fe00d2f_b.jpg10 Dassault Mystére IVA by Martin Schofield, on Flickr

 

49915982812_bf31f07dce_b.jpg043 Nord N.2501D Noratlas by Martin Schofield, on Flickr

 

49915168928_e273392e8d_b.jpg'113' Dassault MD.450 Ouragan by Martin Schofield, on Flickr

 

Then, the compound:

 

49915169083_a63619fea6_b.jpg'103' Boeing Re'em by Martin Schofield, on Flickr

 

49915675641_4546136949_b.jpg010 Boeing 720-023B by Martin Schofield, on Flickr

 

49915682376_a15377fb62_b.jpg035 Boeing Anak by Martin Schofield, on Flickr

 

49915982862_4408aa8473_b.jpg042 Douglas C-47B Skytrain by Martin Schofield, on Flickr

 

And lastly, there were the revetments. There were four or five of them, crammed with aircraft. We were able to walk around the top of the embankment and snap away at our leisure.

 

49915163948_71a219f6ec_b.jpg20080509217 by Martin Schofield, on Flickr

 

49915978362_c2b319a92b_b.jpg844 Douglas Ayit by Martin Schofield, on Flickr

 

49915979622_7561976bdc_b.jpg385 McDonnell Douglas Ayit M by Martin Schofield, on Flickr

 

49915167458_d7cb80cdd8_b.jpg295 McDonnell Douglas Kurnass by Martin Schofield, on Flickr

 

49915167623_905ae4f72f_b.jpg261 McDonnell Douglas Kurnass by Martin Schofield, on Flickr

 

49915168313_3712ae866b_b.jpg187 McDonnell Douglas Kurnass by Martin Schofield, on Flickr

 

49915980997_d5d419f7f9_b.jpg217 Hughes Lahatoot by Martin Schofield, on Flickr

 

49915677891_a5e27a9f81_b.jpg639 IAI Tzukit by Martin Schofield, on Flickr

 

49915975882_863d5893cf_b.jpg20080509218 by Martin Schofield, on Flickr

 

49915676211_75d9a1e835_b.jpgBuNo.999725 IAI F-21A Lion by Martin Schofield, on Flickr

 

So that was a big tick off the bucket list for me, and what a tick it was. And we still had two more days to go!

 

 

 

 

 

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Wonderful shots, I managed to spend a whole day there before they kicked me out!

 

I'm not sure the KC-97 was there or the Little Birds...................

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Been twice and a truly superb collection. Don’t recall the Hughes helicopters and suspect the KC97 I saw was not this one. Brings back memories seeing this little lot, thank you!

 

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