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BFaucett
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my trip to the Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum
#119526 - 26/11/08 12:36 PM

My friend Chris Gilbert (a private pilot) and I flew from Houston, Texas to Chanute, Kansas over the weekend of November 22-23, 2008 to go visit the Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum. http://www.safarimuseum.com/ I thought I'd share a few photos from our trip.

Cheers!

-Bob F.

Our ride to Kansas. 1979 Piper Seminole, N2094C :

The Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum (and Public Library) in Chanute, Kansas:

Martin and Osa Johnson (they were both pilots):

Osa's flight suit and cap:

Osa's original pilot's license from 1935:

Some of Osa's fashion accessories:

Some of their trophies:

One of Osa's rifles donated to the museum by her mother. A Winchester Model 94 in .30-30 Winchester:

Me with life size sculptures of Martin and Osa Johnson:

Flying over the Red River which is the border between Texas and Oklahoma on the flight back to Houston:

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9.3x57
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Re: my trip to the Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum [Re: BFaucett]
#119527 - 26/11/08 12:41 PM

Bob:

Great stuff.

I have one of Johnsons's books around here somewhere. Interesting people to be sure.

Thanks for posting!

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Re: my trip to the Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum [Re: 9.3x57]
#119551 - 26/11/08 09:31 PM

I also read M & Osa's book.
In my opinion, a really nice book written by charming people. Not much adventures but a scrupulous description of Africa and its game. Osa was a terrific shot also.
I'd love having met them, Osa especially

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Paul
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Re: my trip to the Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum [Re: larcher]
#119556 - 26/11/08 11:50 PM

Yes, I stumbled on Osa's book as a kid. I remember they had a Bland .470 and my thinking that sounded like a boring brand of rifle to have.

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AspenHill
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Re: my trip to the Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum [Re: Paul]
#119608 - 28/11/08 02:04 AM

OOOOHHHHHHHHHH! I LOVE those shoes!

Way cool, that's a place I would like to see one day. Thanks for sharing your visit.

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NitroX
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Re: my trip to the Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum [Re: AspenHill]
#361631 - 07/02/22 03:37 PM

Bttt for interest

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bwanabobftw
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Re: my trip to the Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum [Re: NitroX]
#361685 - 09/02/22 01:13 AM

Thank you so much !!!!!! I think I know where I am headed when the weather warms up this spring.
Robert

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NitroX
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Re: my trip to the Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum [Re: bwanabobftw]
#361720 - 09/02/22 07:10 PM

Hopefully not all the photos were hosted on Photobucket and some remain. I may have them archived on copies of threads lost on some external HDD somewhere ...

I too would love to make a pilgrimage to this museum one-day. A longer distance for me! I need a zebra striped float plane to get there!

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