Davis Monthan Batch 1 [27/47] - B-57 DSC_3508.jpg (1/1)

[Indrek]

[JR[_2_]]

On Sun, 02 Jan 2011 19:45:06 -0600,
(Indrek) wrote:


Ooo wow! How old is that plane?

I thought planes that old were sold to the breakers? Or some lucky
museum?

[Steven P. McNicoll[_2_]]

JR wrote:
> On Sun, 02 Jan 2011 19:45:06 -0600,
> (Indrek) wrote:
>
>
> Ooo wow! How old is that plane?
>
> I thought planes that old were sold to the breakers? Or some lucky
> museum?
>

Perhaps it's on reserve for museum purposes. Or perhaps it's retained as a
possible parts source for the remaining B-57 variants still in service.
NASA still operates a pair of WB-57Fs, I believe. Or perhaps it's an old
image.

[Indrek Aavisto[_4_]]

"Steven P. McNicoll" > wrote in message
...
> JR wrote:
>> On Sun, 02 Jan 2011 19:45:06 -0600,
>> (Indrek) wrote:
>>
>>
>> Ooo wow! How old is that plane?
>>
>> I thought planes that old were sold to the breakers? Or some lucky
>> museum?
>>
>
> Perhaps it's on reserve for museum purposes. Or perhaps it's retained as
> a possible parts source for the remaining B-57 variants still in service.
> NASA still operates a pair of WB-57Fs, I believe. Or perhaps it's an old
> image.
>
Certainly not an old image. I took the picture at the beginning of November
2010.

Cheers,

Indrek Aavisto

--
Criticism is easy; achievement is difficult W.S. Churchill

[John Szalay[_2_]]

"Indrek Aavisto" > wrote in
:

>
> "Steven P. McNicoll" > wrote in message
> ...
>> JR wrote:
>>> On Sun, 02 Jan 2011 19:45:06 -0600,
>>> (Indrek) wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Ooo wow! How old is that plane?
>>>
>>> I thought planes that old were sold to the breakers? Or some lucky
>>> museum?
>>>
>>
>> Perhaps it's on reserve for museum purposes. Or perhaps it's
>> retained as a possible parts source for the remaining B-57 variants
>> still in service. NASA still operates a pair of WB-57Fs, I believe.
>> Or perhaps it's an old image.
>>
> Certainly not an old image. I took the picture at the beginning of
> November 2010.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Indrek Aavisto
>


52-1506 EB-57B on what is known as "Celebrity Row"
a display of many of the various sircraft that have passed through
AMARC Arrived at AMARC in 1981,
from the 134th Defense system Evaluation Squadron

there should have been a long wing B-57 next to it.
and a F-16 on the other side.

[Bob (not my real pseudonym)]

On Mon, 03 Jan 2011 19:46:56 -0600, John Szalay <john.szalayATatt.net>
wrote:

>"Indrek Aavisto" > wrote in
:
>
>>
>> "Steven P. McNicoll" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> JR wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 02 Jan 2011 19:45:06 -0600,
>>>> (Indrek) wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ooo wow! How old is that plane?
>>>>
>>>> I thought planes that old were sold to the breakers? Or some lucky
>>>> museum?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Perhaps it's on reserve for museum purposes. Or perhaps it's
>>> retained as a possible parts source for the remaining B-57 variants
>>> still in service. NASA still operates a pair of WB-57Fs, I believe.
>>> Or perhaps it's an old image.
>>>
>> Certainly not an old image. I took the picture at the beginning of
>> November 2010.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Indrek Aavisto
>>
>
>
>52-1506 EB-57B on what is known as "Celebrity Row"
>a display of many of the various sircraft that have passed through
>AMARC Arrived at AMARC in 1981,
>from the 134th Defense system Evaluation Squadron
>
>there should have been a long wing B-57 next to it.
>and a F-16 on the other side.

Here's another EB-57B seen at the Davis-Monthan open house in March,
1977.

Bob ^,,^