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"Andrew-S" I-Still-Hate-Spammers@Sorry-I had-to-leave-for-bit.com wrote in message ... When I went to Tucson a couple of year ago, I was amazed that I didn't any of these in the Boneyards. There was several aircraft that where a little older. Once a design has been retired there's no point in keeping any in the boneyard. |
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Looks like the one that's out in the desert at Edwards behind where the
abandoned fire station is. Can't remember the name of the road, was there a few times during survival equipment training firing the gyro jets. There's also a B-52 in the same area. "Mitchell Holman" wrote in message ... |
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How terrible sad...
When I was in Tucson even on the bus tour the eeriness of the place was striking... Even sadder was the almost cavalier way in which "chunks" of aircraft where scattered about the scrappers yards... Despite that strange feeling of sadness that the place seems to evoke I am certainly going to return to it. Perhaps the next time I will be a little perhaps more daring and adventurous in my explorations. I definitely would like to do an aerial photo shoot of the place... Andrew-S "Bob Harrington" wrote in message ... "Andrew-S" I-Still-Hate-Spammers@Sorry-I had-to-leave-for-bit.com wrote in : When I went to Tucson a couple of year ago, I was amazed that I didn't any of these in the Boneyards. There was several aircraft that where a little older. But apart from the one at the Pima there wasn't any B58 Hustlers. I suppose with all that high quality non space age metal the B58 was a good target for melting and scrapping. As such the scrappers must have managed to do their evil deeds 20 years earlier... In fairness the Hustler was from an era when it was more fashionable to scrap it and melt it than preserve it... Personally it was always one of my Favorites from that era. To me it always looked mean and fast, yet with all those streamlined polished surfaces also strangely elegant. There were a small number at MASDC when I visited in the late '70s, but understand they disappeared shortly thereafter. Bob ^,,^ |
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Where you been?
Jim Morris |
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Forget the daring and adventurous, unless you know someone. You have the
option of a guided tour, on a bus, with closed dirty windows that don't open. You will follow a closed predetermined cours, and, if the bus is full, you will only be able to shoot from one side of the bus. Your other option: Buy the book at the Pima museum that has excellent pictures. Ron "Andrew-S" I-Still-Hate-Spammers@Sorry-I had-to-leave-for-bit.com wrote in message news How terrible sad... When I was in Tucson even on the bus tour the eeriness of the place was striking... Even sadder was the almost cavalier way in which "chunks" of aircraft where scattered about the scrappers yards... Despite that strange feeling of sadness that the place seems to evoke I am certainly going to return to it. Perhaps the next time I will be a little perhaps more daring and adventurous in my explorations. I definitely would like to do an aerial photo shoot of the place... Andrew-S "Bob Harrington" wrote in message ... "Andrew-S" I-Still-Hate-Spammers@Sorry-I had-to-leave-for-bit.com wrote in : When I went to Tucson a couple of year ago, I was amazed that I didn't any of these in the Boneyards. There was several aircraft that where a little older. But apart from the one at the Pima there wasn't any B58 Hustlers. I suppose with all that high quality non space age metal the B58 was a good target for melting and scrapping. As such the scrappers must have managed to do their evil deeds 20 years earlier... In fairness the Hustler was from an era when it was more fashionable to scrap it and melt it than preserve it... Personally it was always one of my Favorites from that era. To me it always looked mean and fast, yet with all those streamlined polished surfaces also strangely elegant. There were a small number at MASDC when I visited in the late '70s, but understand they disappeared shortly thereafter. Bob ^,,^ |
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When I was there I took the bus tour twice... Once so I could sit on one
side of the bus and the second time so I could sit on the other side... My adventures around the scrap yards and shooting from the fence where called to abrupt halt by the approach of a very heavily armed individual who managed with just his appearance to intimidate me. That and some strange puffs of dust on a large sand hill that kept occurring after a strange crack sound. The result point taken my silver rental car was nothing but tire tracks. The next time I go there I am going to hire a pilot so I can do some air to ground stuff... Andrew "Ron Monroe" wrote in message ink.net... Forget the daring and adventurous, unless you know someone. You have the option of a guided tour, on a bus, with closed dirty windows that don't open. You will follow a closed predetermined cours, and, if the bus is full, you will only be able to shoot from one side of the bus. Your other option: Buy the book at the Pima museum that has excellent pictures. Ron "Andrew-S" I-Still-Hate-Spammers@Sorry-I had-to-leave-for-bit.com wrote in message news How terrible sad... When I was in Tucson even on the bus tour the eeriness of the place was striking... Even sadder was the almost cavalier way in which "chunks" of aircraft where scattered about the scrappers yards... Despite that strange feeling of sadness that the place seems to evoke I am certainly going to return to it. Perhaps the next time I will be a little perhaps more daring and adventurous in my explorations. I definitely would like to do an aerial photo shoot of the place... Andrew-S "Bob Harrington" wrote in message ... "Andrew-S" I-Still-Hate-Spammers@Sorry-I had-to-leave-for-bit.com wrote in : When I went to Tucson a couple of year ago, I was amazed that I didn't any of these in the Boneyards. There was several aircraft that where a little older. But apart from the one at the Pima there wasn't any B58 Hustlers. I suppose with all that high quality non space age metal the B58 was a good target for melting and scrapping. As such the scrappers must have managed to do their evil deeds 20 years earlier... In fairness the Hustler was from an era when it was more fashionable to scrap it and melt it than preserve it... Personally it was always one of my Favorites from that era. To me it always looked mean and fast, yet with all those streamlined polished surfaces also strangely elegant. There were a small number at MASDC when I visited in the late '70s, but understand they disappeared shortly thereafter. Bob ^,,^ |
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Jim,
I am more of a lurker these days... I posted a series about Police Aviation some weeks back after being away for over a year. Police Aviation has become my main subject lately and I do the occasional photo flights with several of the local Police Departments in and around the Washington DC Metro area... The attached image is from about 2 years ago, just after I vanished... Andrew "Jim Morris" wrote in message ... Where you been? Jim Morris |
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"Andrew-S" I-Still-Hate-Spammers@Sorry-I had-to-leave-for-bit.com
wrote in : Jim, I am more of a lurker these days... I posted a series about Police Aviation some weeks back after being away for over a year. Police Aviation has become my main subject lately and I do the occasional photo flights with several of the local Police Departments in and around the Washington DC Metro area... The attached image is from about 2 years ago, just after I vanished... Uh huhhuh... it said 'PP'... Oh - I mean, that's a darned purty picture Andrew! Bob ^,,^ |
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