Camarillo Airport, February 2008
Aircraft Artifacts in the Museum
The CAF
WWII Aviation Museum in Camarillo has a nice collection of aircraft
artifacts and historical interest, ranging from early flight and WWII
to modern items such as ejection seats. Here are a few of the items of
interest seen this month.
This is the only surviving example of a
bombsight from a Japanese Mitsubishi G4M "Betty" bomber.
This is part of an Allison Engine recently
recovered from a crash sight in the local area.
This is a Link trainer used by the USAAF in WWII to train pilots
instrument flying.
An airfield light.
A Continental 40 horsepower aircraft engine.
An Allison V1710 engine used in the P-40 Warhawk and the P-38 Lighting
fighters.
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