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"Charles Talleyrand" wrote in message
... The US had more than a thousand F-4s, along with scads more A-4, F-101s and so on. Obviously some went to museums. But where are the rest? And if they are sitting in a desert somewhere, what's their condition. Basically, could someone with a lot of money build themselves an old airforce out of what's available, or has everything been scrapped? Some are scattered about the countryside having been given to veteran's clubs or municipalities. I pass by an A-4 (Village of Oriskany), a B-52 (local veteran's club) and a Sherman tank (another veteran's club) every workday. Joe -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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"ArtKramr" wrote in message ... Subject: Old Planes...Where Are They Now The B-26 Martin Marauder is a case in point. Every one that has ever been rebuilt to date has crashed killing all aboard.incliding the one that the CAF rebuilt and flew. The pilot had heavy hours in Marauders. But not recently and for all prectical purposes was unqualifed because he wans't current. If I had a chance to fly in a Marauder today, would I? Not a chance in hell. Been there. Done that. And 1100 hours in that beast is more than enough. Art, you may wish to visit Kermit Weeks at Polk City Florida. He flies a B-26 every now and then though I don't know how recently. http://www.fantasyofflight.com/aircraftpages/b26.htm I had the pleasure of seeing him fly it at the Sun n' Fun in Lakeland, Fl. a number of years ago. I hadn't seen a B-26 since I used to go down to Ballast Point on Tampa Bay to watch for the "1 a day's in Tampa Bay" in the 40's. I may add that he flies all of the flyable aircraft in his GREAT facility, which includes most of them. It's well worth a visit! He is obviously qualified!!!!!!!!! Ron |
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On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 10:09:27 -0600, Ed Rasimus
wrote: The drone program was remarkable to watch while I was at Holloman. During the four years I was doing Fighter Lead-In, I watched the F-102, the F-100, the F-106 and the beginnings of the F-4 programs. (My favorite was the F-100 which came with the call-sign "Attila"....think about it.) They even had a few F-86s when I started. The last time we flew against the QF-4s at Holloman, they still used the call sign Atilla. --Rolf |
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"John A. Weeks III" wrote: The problem with allowing combat aircraft into private hands began when an unqualified pilot attempted to fly a privately owned F-86 Sabre Jet out of the Fresno airport. That was Sacramento Metro, which resides in an area surrounded by residential neighborhoods. My wife grew up a couple miles west of the airport. He botched the take-off, and crashed into an ice cream stand killing a number of children who were standing in line for ice cream on a hot California afternoon. |
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Basically, could someone with a lot of money build themselves
an old airforce out of what's available, or has everything been scrapped? Yeah, you never know when a soccer game may get out of hand. Walt |
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The most famous graveyard for the USAF is at Davis-Monthan AFB outside Tucson AZ. My father ended his days there--not in the graveyard exactly, but sussing out how to package up say four engines for shipment to someone who needed them. I think it was the only job in which he was ever truly happy. all the best -- Dan Ford email: (put Cubdriver in subject line) The Warbird's Forum www.warbirdforum.com The Piper Cub Forum www.pipercubforum.com Viva Bush! weblog www.vivabush.org |
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