Photography at Southern Museum of Flight

I finally made it over to the Southern Museum of Flight. I have lived, worked, and traveled around Birmingham for the better part of my life, but had never been over to this particular museum, even when I worked at the Birmingham Airport. On Saturday I had some uncommitted time in Birmingham and I decided to head over towards the airport to check it out. I wasn’t real sure how much there would be there to see, but I was pleasantly surprised and I had basically complete access to shoot throughout the museum. I love aviation museums (the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola is probably my favorite, thought I haven’t been to the Smithsonian yet). There is a civil aviation side (hanger) and a military aviation side, each with unique displays.

One of the most interesting displays was a B-25C that crashed into a lake in 1943 and was just recently recovered, and brought to the museum, and is now being restored for display. The cockpit (see below) is one of the displays that has been finished. The colorful interior is thanks to the museum lighting on the display.