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Post by rogerrz on Nov 17, 2011 5:05:21 GMT 9
Hey all, I'm new here, and right off the back, I have what might be an interesting question--My line of work has me doing a lot of walking in the woods, and yesterday, I came across this in the middle of a 50 foot tall stand of trees, just sitting on the ground. I couldn't help but lug it out and cart it home.
A bit of digging around revealed that it was the nose cone from a CF101-B, and I'm just wondering how the heck it would have come to be sitting there?
Did they just fall off jets or what?
Thanks in advance,
Roger
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Post by Bullhunter on Nov 17, 2011 6:25:57 GMT 9
Things do fall off aircraft. No mystery there.
Nice that you found it. Whats your plans for it?
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Post by Jim on Nov 17, 2011 7:58:40 GMT 9
Hey all, I'm new here, and right off the back, I have what might be an interesting question--My line of work has me doing a lot of walking in the woods, and yesterday, I came across this in the middle of a 50 foot tall stand of trees, just sitting on the ground. I couldn't help but lug it out and cart it home. A bit of digging around revealed that it was the nose cone from a CF101-B, and I'm just wondering how the heck it would have come to be sitting there? Did they just fall off jets or what? Thanks in advance, Roger Found this: November 16, 2007, 1:09pm- Back in the 80's, I was a radar and communication tech in the CAF, One night during a flight a CF-101 Voodoo pilot ,complained that he lost his radar during the flight. After the landing we took a look at the A/C and it was missing the radome, radar antenna and the transmitter/receiver was crushed. What happened the A/C flew in a flock of snow geeses. Each panels that we open had guts and feathers in them and the stink was horrible. They had to replace the nose of the A/C because it was bend. Laurent Laurent Triumph GT6+ 69 My blog: www.myfirsttriumph.blogspot.com Btw, what is your location? Some CF 101s flew over the US during landing patterns... The Old Sarge |
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Post by rogerrz on Nov 17, 2011 8:42:32 GMT 9
Things do fall off aircraft. No mystery there. Nice that you found it. Whats your plans for it? I  . What exactly does one do with old Voodoo parts? Garden planter? Ebay? On a further note, one of my friends is a retired serviceman that worked at the local airbase, and he tells me that they lost a CF101 in the vicinity of where I found the cone. He tells me he's surprised it's in as good a shape as it is. |
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Post by Bullhunter on Nov 17, 2011 10:11:29 GMT 9
One day a couple of hunters brought into the McChord Air Museum an old ejection seat they found in the Olympic Mountains. It was narrowed down to a F-86D Sabre Jet that went down many years ago after it departed the base. A little peace of history was saved.
On another day a main engine cowling fell off a C-141 and landed in the middle of Interstate-5. All that was good for was scrap metal.
One mans junk is another mans treasure.
A old F-101 pilot might see it on ebay or craigs list and take it off your hands.
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Post by rogerrz on Nov 19, 2011 11:48:25 GMT 9
A bit of an update--one of my friends used to work at the local air force base (now closed), and tells me that one afternoon back in the early '80s, a couple of Voodoos were dogfighting, and one of them experienced a pitch up at roughly 20000ft, and came almost straight in. They only found the tailhook and a 100' patch of burnt forest. Both crew bailed (one of the guys suffered a broken collar bone) and was recovered by helo. He says this happend very close to where I found the cone.
Why only the tailhook and nose cone made it relatively intact, I guess no one will ever know...
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. What exactly does one do with old Voodoo parts? Garden planter? Ebay?
