Chanute's aircraft

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

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..

Subject: Chanute's aircraft
From: (SteveM8597)
Date: 1/7/04 5:31 AM Pacific Standard Time
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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
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
Visit my WW II B-26 website at:
http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer

"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

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

"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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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







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

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

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

http://www.mcchordairmuseum.org/REV%...COLLECTION.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

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!

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