@ Santa Ana, CA
September 2022
This was from my first trip to the gorgeous Lyon Air Museum, its not the biggest museum collection but what they do have is presented beautifully. Their Douglas A-26B Invader, “Feeding Frenzy,” was built at the end of World War II, spent a few years flying with the French in Indo-China in the 1950s and was later acquired by Hughes Aircraft Company. It is reported that Howard Hughes himself flew this very airplane. This Invader has a glass nose from the A-26C variant instead of the solid nose of the B model. First flown in 1942, more than 2,500 would be produced and used worldwide and see action in multiple wars. The last B-26 in active duty was retired from the Colombian Air Force in 1980. Fuji X-Pro2 w/18-135mm.
