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Search Now Contributions Disclaimer Directory Location Wizard Books Other Locators Survivor Lists Geocaching Individual Contributors Top of the Page Books Of course the internet is not the only source of information. Books are the original internet and I have made use of the following: European - Military Out of Service 2007 - Otger van der Kooij and Andy Marden This is a book listing various former military aircraft which survived to today and now call the Europe home. This excellant book makes a good trip planning tool and is useful when traveling to find displayed aircraft. You can obtain a copy via Scramble. U.S.A. - Military Out of Service - Andy Marden This is a book listing various former military aircraft which survived to today and now call the U.S.A. home. This excellant book makes a good trip planning tool and is useful when traveling to find displayed aircraft. You can obtain a copy via Aviation Retail Direct. Guide to Over 900 Aircraft Museums, USA & Canada - Michael A. Blaugher This is a must-have item if you like to go searching for aviation museums and sites. The Locator is a useful tool for planning a trip, but I would not actually travel without carrying a copy of this book with me. To find out more go to Aircraft Museums. Aircraft Museums and Collections of the World - Bob Ogden This is actually a series of books detailing aircraft collections around the globe. |
Books Other Locators Survivor Lists Geocaching Individual Contributors Top of the Page Other Locators There are other websites which provide lists of surviving aircraft types, however the Locator presents the same information with a search engine and provides the ability to search for locations based on coordinates as well as categories including political boundaries and airframe types. An important data source used to initially populate the Locator data base is other location lists. It is of course important to recognize those original data sources... Abandoned Plane Wrecks of the North - Ruud Leeuw Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields - Paul Freeman Air & Space Museum Links - Vik Saini Aviation Enthusiast Corner - Brooklyn College Aviation Museum - Anonymous Aviation Museums of the World - Joseph Poutre Aviation Photos - Old Relics and Preserved Aircraft Index - Paul Filmer Belgian Military Aircraft Wreck Hunters - Lambert J. Derenette & Bjorn Vermoote International Aviation Museum Guide - Skytamer Kiwi Aircraft Images - Phillip Treweek Large Canadian Roadside Attractions - Planes on Pedestals - Ed Solonyka Museum and Memorial Guide - Military.com Planes on Poles - Modelling Madness Preserved US Military Aircraft - Aerofiles Scramble Wiki, No-Ops Aircraft - Scramble, Dutch Aviation Society Warbirds and Airshows - Gateguards - David D. Jackson |
Books Other Locators Survivor Lists Geocaching Individual Contributors Top of the Page Survivor Lists There are many lists of surviving aircraft types which also provided data to populate the Locator database. These are some of those lists... Canadian F-101 Voodoos - Martin Keenan List of Museums and Preserved DC-3s - The DC-3/Dakota Historical Society Locations of Skyhawks on Display - Captain Wynn Foster, USN (Ret) Max Holste MH-1521 Broussard - Nicolas CORNETTE & Jean-Michel GARNIER Surviving F-86 Sabres - Duncan Curtis Surviving Grumman S2F Tracker Information Repository - David D. Jackson B-47 The Stratojet Survivors - John Weeks |
Books Other Locators Survivor Lists Geocaching Individual Contributors Top of the Page Geocaching There are a few sites on the web that provide specific locations of aircraft. These sites, although not all specifically aircraft oriented, have provided much valuable information making the compilation of the Locator database much more simple. It is also very important these sources be recognized... Aircraft on the Ground Geocaching Virtual Globe Trotting Waymarking.com WikiMapia Google Earth Community - Main Index Google Earth Community - Military Google Earth Community - All Blackbirds - Present and Accounted For Google Earth Community - Fouga CM-170 Magister Collection Google Earth Community - Static Display Aircraft at Military Airports |
Books Other Locators Survivor Lists Geocaching Individual Contributors Top of the Page Individuals The compilation and continual improvement of the Locator database is not just a library exercise. The Locator's biggest strength comes from the contributions of many people who have provided their knowlege of local sites and sites they have found while traveling. When this knowlege is combined into the Locator the database grows and becomes a much more useful tool for everyone. The Locator's contributors include the following generous people... |