Chowing down at "Proud Bird" restaurant amongst Aviation History

Hi Kids,  Here we are still in LA, once again on the approach path to the LAX runway.  This time we're a little further away and on the south side on the landing threshold.  There's a restaurant named "Proud Bird" which I've wanted to go to for years, and we finally made it there.  Inside the building they've got a huge amount of aviation pictures and museum type displays, we were in a rush so only took pictures of the outside.  Maybe on my next trip I'll be able to pay more attention to the rest.  Here's a P-38, sitting outside the terrace.

 And some groovy nose art on the other side of the P-38's cockpit.

 Looks like an F6F Hellcat.

 With an Avenger next to it.

 It ain't all WW2, here's an X-1!  Is it the one our man Chuck Yeager took through the sound barrier?  Maybe....

 The Bamboo Bomber!  To be honest, this looks like a Beech 18.  Could I be wrong?  Probably.

 Told you we were close to the runway.  The DC3 sits idle while commercial air keeps getting it done in the background.

 An A-4 Skyhawk.  Called the Spad during the Vietnam war.  I think this is what McCain was flying when he was shot down over North Vietnam. His probably had a different paint scheme.  They used them in the movie "Top Gun" as Aggressors.  The Blue Angels used them after the F-4's, no doubt mechanics everywhere rejoiced at the change.  Exxon probably didn't dig it as much.

A Spad of another era, a World War One Spad 13.  Our boys flew them against the Huns.

 A MiG-15.  About 25 years ago the Chinese started selling these to US collectors/pilots.  IIRC you could pick one up for about US$50,000, complete with guns and ammo. Nobody told the Chinese to unload them.  Apparently the FAA took a real dim view of those first shipments. 

Looks like a Fokker D7.  A plane outlawed by treaty at the end of the WW1.

 Another Korean War relic; Trainer version, T-33.  Fighter version, P-80.  Probably not a huge difference at this point.  A couple years ago there was one on the airshow circuit.

 A Boeing 777 blasts by on the glidepath.

 While a Boeing 747 positions and holds for take off clearance.

 Out in front of the restaurant are some pedestal mounts.  This one is a P-51.  Looks like it could be a Red Tail.

 And an F4U Corsair.  Why are the wings bent like that?  To keep the 14 ft prop from hitting the ground!

With a nod to the Brits, a Spitfire.  Three bladed prop, bubble canopy, maybe a Mk5?

 Last but not least, a SPD Dauntless, the plane that won the Battle of Midway!  And thereby decided WW2 in the Pacific!  That could be my brother and nephew.  Maybe.

While its obviously not a plane, I thought this car sticker was amusing.  It was on a Dodge Durango.  Yep, that's my reflection.  Maybe.