Sixes with MA-1 still installed (Read 1,105 times)

Ted, I don't know the answer to this one, for sure, but maybe Mr Smalley might be able to help out.

I would think that the one airframe with any MA-1 inside MIGHT be the one at Wright Pat Museum. I would hope that they might also have assembled one of the Crazy Nose trainers we sent them when we closed down the tech school at Lowry. We sent everything that was attached, along with pictures and instructions on how to reassemble the thing. As I recall, we even volunteered to come along and put it back together for them. No response was had!

Out side of a few airframes in Tuscon, I really doubt that there are any out there with the MA-1 intact, or even together in a heap!

I wonder what happened to the Wood Nose at Hughes Aircraft, Any one out there have an answer???

A couple of Beers to you and if there is one, I would like to go see it! All I have left are memories and pictures!


MArv

If there is a six with the MA-1 stuff still installed, it may be the one at PIMA Air Museum in Tucson. That aircraft was towed over to Pima from AMARC in the 90's and as far as I know still has all the stuff in it (including engine). It was never turned into a drone. One could email curator Scott Marchand at smarchand@pimaair.org and ask him.

Last year I spoke with the curator at the Smithsoniam Air & Space Museum to encourage them to get one of the last F-106s at AMARC. They'd love to have one but have no budget to get it.

He did say that if a group of folks wanted to obtain one and restore it to their strict specs, they would be glad to receive it as a donation to thier collection (I'm sure they would!). They also insist that the bird have some historical significance in its history and be fully equipped with all the parts. I figured it would cost 300-400 thousand to supply them with a display-ready six so I pretty much dropped the idea to even start the project of fundraising. Instead, I decided to work with smaller museums to help them get the last remaining sixes from AMARC. The last ones there are all spoken for and are just waiting for the museums to finish raising the funds to come get them. Case in point is the KI Sawyer Museum which needs about 15-20 thousand more dollars to get the last one. I'm sure Lee Nellist would appreciate any and all donations.

It's too bad that the Nations biggest air museum (NASM) will never have a six unless an existing museum surrenders theirs for the cause (and that ain't too likely after they worked so hard to get one).

I'd sure like to see one with all the MA-1 components in it.
Pat Perry