Chanute's aircraft

[B2431]

I was just looking at Chanute's Museum web site an notice most of the aircraft
I remember seeing in 1974 are gone. Where did they go? Who got the B-29 for
instance?

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

[SteveM8597]

>I was just looking at Chanute's Museum web site an notice most of the
>aircraft
>I remember seeing in 1974 are gone. Where did they go? Who got the B-29 for
>instance?

I was there attending Maintenance Officer school in 1977. The B-29, F-84F,
S-16 and B-36 were there but even then they were sawing up planes on the
flightline with chainsawa and the like. Sadly watched them cut up an RF-105,
apparently a prototype..

[ArtKramr]

>Subject: Re: Chanute's aircraft
>From: (SteveM8597)
>Date: 1/7/04 5:31 AM Pacific Standard Time
>Message-id: >
>
>>I was just looking at Chanute's Museum web site an notice most of the
>>aircraft
>>I remember seeing in 1974 are gone. Where did they go? Who got the B-29 for
>>instance?
>
>I was there attending Maintenance Officer school in 1977. The B-29, F-84F,
>S-16 and B-36 were there but even then they were sawing up planes on the
>flightline with chainsawa and the like. Sadly watched them cut up an RF-105,
>apparently a prototype..

It is the way all planes end up. Shed a tear and never forget.


Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
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[Ed Majden]

"ArtKramr"
> It is the way all planes end up. Shed a tear and never forget.
>
Hell Art, in Canada they even cut up brand new prototypes! Remember the
CF-105 AVRO Arrow????? The government it seems are more interested in
preserving old crates, like the Sea King for instance! :-(
Is Chanute still an active base? I was there for an exchange
Maintenance Analysis course when I was with a Canadian Bomarc Squadron as a
quality control inspector way back when!.
Ed

[PPowondra]

>
>From: (B2431)
>Date: 1/7/2004 5:16 Eastern Standard Time
>Message-id:

>
>I was just looking at Chanute's Museum web site an notice most of the
>aircraft
>I remember seeing in 1974 are gone. Where did they go? Who got the B-29 for
>instance?
>
>Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired
>
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The B-36 went to the Castle Air
Museum. That plane is in very
good hands - I first visited the
museum last March and most of
the staff are retired USAF folks
who really care about the collection.
I didn't know a B-18 existed any-
where until I saw the one at Castle.

Best,
Paul

[robert arndt]

> I didn't know a B-18 existed any-
> where until I saw the one at Castle.
>
> Best,
> Paul

And what about the B-18s relative, the B-23 Dragon?

http://rwebs.net/ghostsqd/images/B-23.jpg

Rob

[Jack G]

One of each at the McChord AFB Museum (near Tacoma WA)

http://www.mcchordairmuseum.org/REV%20B%20TITLES%20MUSEUM%20COLLECTION.htm

Jack


"robert arndt" > wrote in message
om...
> > I didn't know a B-18 existed any-
> > where until I saw the one at Castle.
> >
> > Best,
> > Paul
>
> And what about the B-18s relative, the B-23 Dragon?
>
> http://rwebs.net/ghostsqd/images/B-23.jpg
>
> Rob

[B2431]

>From: "Ed Majden"


> Is Chanute still an active base? I was there for an exchange
>Maintenance Analysis course when I was with a Canadian Bomarc Squadron as a
>quality control inspector way back when!.
>Ed
>

It ceased being a military base in 1993 if memory serves. It is now a civil
airport and museum.

Dan, U. S. Air Force, retired

[Matt Wiser]

"Ed Majden" > wrote:
>
>"ArtKramr"
>> It is the way all planes end up. Shed a tear
>and never forget.
>>
> Hell Art, in Canada they even cut up brand
>new prototypes! Remember the
>CF-105 AVRO Arrow????? The government it seems
>are more interested in
>preserving old crates, like the Sea King for
>instance! :-(
> Is Chanute still an active base? I was
>there for an exchange
>Maintenance Analysis course when I was with
>a Canadian Bomarc Squadron as a
>quality control inspector way back when!.
>Ed
>
>
Chanute's been closed since the early 1990s. Got hit in the first round
of base closings.

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[John A. Weeks III]

In article >, B2431
> wrote:

> I was just looking at Chanute's Museum web site an notice most of the aircraft
> I remember seeing in 1974 are gone. Where did they go? Who got the B-29 for
> instance?

When the musuem was established, most of the aircraft that were
scattered around the base were moved into the big hangars across
the street from the USAF tech school. The B-29 and B-36 were
moved to other bases. The 36 when to Castle AFB, which then
closed, but the museum is still there. I forget where the 29
went, but it may have gone to Travis. There are still a few
planes outside at Chanute, including the B-52.

-john-

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[Eggroll135R]

>The B-36 went to the Castle Air
>Museum. That plane is in very
>good hands - I first visited the
>museum last March and most of
>the staff are retired USAF folks
>who really care about the collection.

Did the B-36 go to Castle AFB or Norton AFB? I left Chanute in November 1990
and remembered them cutting up the that big bomber and loading it up on flatbed
semi trucks. I always heard the B-36 was going to Norton AFB but that was
many, many beers ago!

NKAWTG!

Eggroll

[Jim Atkins]

Re the 36 at Castle- by all means, if you are in California, see the museum
at Castle- it is really excellent. Besides the B-36, they have a CF-100
Canuck, along with a large collection of big iron bombers (Avro Vulcan!!!)
and a large group of fighters and trainers. A little off the beaten track in
A****er, north of Fresno on Highway 99. Very definitely worth the trip.

--
Jim Atkins
Twentynine Palms CA USA

"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend.
Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."
- Groucho Marx

[Cub Driver]

>Did the B-36 go to Castle AFB or Norton AFB?

It was Castle, as previously posted. There was a good video about its
rebuilding, all done by local volunteer labor.

all the best -- Dan Ford
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[PPowondra]

>Subject: Re: Chanute's aircraft
>From: "Jim Atkins"

>Re the 36 at Castle- by all means, if you are in California, see the museum
>at Castle- it is really excellent.

>Very definitely worth the trip.

Couldn't agree more. As a former
USAF guy I really enjoyed chatting
with the staff of USAF retirees.
I remember when I heard that
some of the Bones were heading
to the D-M boneyard (does that
sound right?) that it occurred to
me that Castle deserved one of
them for display.

Best,
Paul

[Alan Minyard]

On 07 Jan 2004 10:16:26 GMT, (B2431) wrote:

>I was just looking at Chanute's Museum web site an notice most of the aircraft
>I remember seeing in 1974 are gone. Where did they go? Who got the B-29 for
>instance?
>
>Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

And who got the B-36 that was there in 1980??

Al Minyard

[N329DF]

>And who got the B-36 that was there in 1980??
>
>Al Minyard

it was moved to Castle AFB in Ca

[Merlin Dorfman]

PPowondra ) wrote:

....

: I didn't know a B-18 existed any-
: where until I saw the one at Castle.

There's one at "Wings over the Rockies" in an old hangar at the
former Lowry Air Force base in Denver:
<http://www.wingsmuseum.org/>

[N329DF]

>: I didn't know a B-18 existed any-
>: where until I saw the one at Castle.
>
> There's one at "Wings over the Rockies" in an old hangar at the
>former Lowry Air Force base in Denver:

there is 1 at the AF museum at Wrightpat, and another at the Pima Air Museum in
Tucson, Az
Matt Gunsch,
A&P,IA,Private Pilot
Riding member of the
2003 world champion drill team
Arizona Precision Motorcycle Drill Team
GWRRA,NRA,GOA

[Alan Minyard]

On 10 Jan 2004 23:34:33 GMT, (N329DF) wrote:

>>And who got the B-36 that was there in 1980??
>>
>>Al Minyard
>
>it was moved to Castle AFB in Ca


Thanks

Al Minyard