A6M5 Walkaround
by Rod Larson
 
Visited the Planes of Fame Museum on the day that the A6M5 Zero flew. It was quite exciting. Aerial photos are not very good because of the extreme range. It was obvious that this was not an official air show (FAA) cuz the Zero flew quite high. The pictures are mostly w/ 28-70 zoom on the ground & 170-700 mm in taxi and air. 
The following pictures are actually of 2 different Zero aircraft: Tail Number 61-120 is the one that flies and Tail Number HK-102 is in the hanger. You will even notice on one of the photos of HK-102 that the prop
has a very serious nick making it un-airworthy.

Zero-Air-3.jpg (15498 bytes) Zero-Air-4.jpg (11578 bytes) Zero-Air-8.jpg (10888 bytes)

Zero-Taxi-5.jpg (25867 bytes)Zero-Cannon-1.jpg (30331 bytes) Zero-Ground-1.jpg (39632 bytes)

Zero-Ground-2.jpg (32338 bytes) Zero-Ground-3.jpg (40059 bytes) Zero-Ground-5.jpg (34433 bytes)

Zero-Ground-7.jpg (41932 bytes) Zero-Ground-8.jpg (44528 bytes) Zero-Ground-9.jpg (15369 bytes)

Zero-Taxi-1.jpg (11465 bytes) Zero-Taxi-2.jpg (36745 bytes) Zero-Taxi-3.jpg (32855 bytes)

Zero-Taxi-4.jpg (39325 bytes)

Zero-Ground-11.jpg (39649 bytes)

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