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Post by chaplain on Jan 8, 2012 17:44:45 GMT 9
My prints are all over her too. Especially on the drone equipment and paint. I sealed all the drone antennas and painted the wing tips and tail orange. I'm sad to see the nose art fading so much. I told the bosses at AEL when they asked me to touch it up, that if they didn't let me do something besides just paint over it that it wouldn't last too long.
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Post by tmbak on Jan 9, 2012 4:30:04 GMT 9
In the early 60's at McChord we had several aircraft with the engines removed because of a shortage of J75's for thr F-105's in SEA. The difference between the J75 17 and 19 was the fuel control and afterburner. Other than that the engines were the same.
Tom
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2012 10:46:25 GMT 9
took this a few weeks ago at Pima Air Museum, across the road from AMARG, and caretakers for some of the exhibits on Davis Monthan AFB.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2012 10:47:46 GMT 9
one more shot. will get there again, soon, and get some closer shots of this bird in the desert.
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Post by MOW on Apr 28, 2012 15:31:07 GMT 9
Someone really ought to save this girl! She's looking pretty sad there.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2012 15:51:02 GMT 9
yes, she does, just dusty, covered, not looking like the special lady she was. I'm gonna try to find out who'd be responsible for where they are kept, what goes inside, what get's restored, etc.
It's just sad to see all of them there, but naturally she's a little more important to me. A lot of you other guys spent time on a lot of birds, I only had some short time on a T33, some kind of U1 or something like that. 3 seater utility plane with an overhead wing and rotary engine, used to pick up parts from nearby depots.
So the 6 is my one and only.
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Post by pat perry on Apr 29, 2012 1:17:57 GMT 9
yes, she does, just dusty, covered, not looking like the special lady she was. I'm gonna try to find out who'd be responsible for where they are kept, what goes inside, what get's restored, etc. It's just sad to see all of them there, but naturally she's a little more important to me. A lot of you other guys spent time on a lot of birds, I only had some short time on a T33, some kind of U1 or something like that. 3 seater utility plane with an overhead wing and rotary engine, used to pick up parts from nearby depots. So the 6 is my one and only. Try here www.pimaair.org/contact.phpWrite your message to the Director of Collections and Aircraft Restoration or call 520-618-4811 About 6 years ago I was told they had a queue of 5-6 years in line waiting for restoration and repaint. At that time they did wash it and glob some goo on it to try and reduce corrosion rate. My guess is they sometimes change the queue priority based on donations by interested groups who want to make something happen to a specific aircraft. I donated $100 back then but none since. They are a non-government funded museum with over 300 aircraft and have a repaint cycle of 5-10 years and they are probably still way behind on that. They also receive donated aircraft from all over the world some of which are probably funded for restoration by the donor(s). I don't know what their cash flow is annually but I'd imagine their growing list of things to do far exceeds the cash they bring in annually - as it is with most air museums. Watch out... they may recruit you as a restoration volunteer. Their restoration guys were very helpful in loading the F-106 we picked up from AMARC for Castle Air Museum back in 2003. Pat P :teacher
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2012 1:27:21 GMT 9
thanks for the info, I will try contacting them soon and see where it goes.
If they recruit me as a restoration volunteer, they can have all that this busted up old body can give. If it will help put her back inside, at least under some shelter, so be it. She just looks so sad sitting there.
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