Air Force Museum At Elgin?

Hurlburt's AirPark took some serious damage. The Porter was overturned and
the O-2 is missing.

Les Matheson
F-4C(WW)/D/E/G(WW), AC-130A, MC-130E WSO/EWO (ret)


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From: Orval Fairbairn
Date: 9/21/2004 1:12 PM Central Daylight Time
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From: "Kyle Boatright"
Date: 9/20/2004 9:47 PM Central Daylight Time
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The F-104's gear has collapsed, nothing repacking and servicing
couldn't

cure.
The RF-4C's left wing wasn't locked down so it folded up. Assuming
it
wasn't a
major slam it willeasily be lowered. The only aircraft that appears
damaged is
the B-17G. A tree landed on it's right wing tip. The tree is
obscuring
the
tip,
but I can't imagine anything serious was done.

I don't know about inside since it is not open. There is a piece of
roofing
membrane and several pieces of corrugated steel on the grounds so
who
knows.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired


Amazing. Doesn't the museum have a U-2 and a B-57F parked outside.
I'd
have thought those low wing loading and built to razor thin structural
margin airframes would have been damaged. Glad that doesn't seem to
be
the
case? Do they still have an SR?

KB

The SR-71 longtail is still there and looks healthy. They never had a
U-2
since
they can't drop bombs or fire guns. It's an the Armament Museum. I
can't
remember which model of B-57 it is, but I don't think it's a stretch
wing.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

IIRC, they also have a B-47 at the Armaments Museum. The SOF also have a
museum at Hurlburt Field, which probably took more damage than Eglin.


The B-47 looks OK. I suspect it will be a week or so before I get to
Hurlburt.
Traffic is madness.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired


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The U-2 can't drop bombs or fire guns, but the SR-71 can? Did I miss something?

(B2431) wrote in message ...
From: "Kyle Boatright"
Date: 9/20/2004 9:47 PM Central Daylight Time
Message-id:



The F-104's gear has collapsed, nothing repacking and servicing couldn't
cure.
The RF-4C's left wing wasn't locked down so it folded up. Assuming it
wasn't a
major slam it willeasily be lowered. The only aircraft that appears
damaged is
the B-17G. A tree landed on it's right wing tip. The tree is obscuring the
tip,
but I can't imagine anything serious was done.

I don't know about inside since it is not open. There is a piece of
roofing
membrane and several pieces of corrugated steel on the grounds so who
knows.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired


Amazing. Doesn't the museum have a U-2 and a B-57F parked outside. I'd
have thought those low wing loading and built to razor thin structural
margin airframes would have been damaged. Glad that doesn't seem to be the
case? Do they still have an SR?

KB

The SR-71 longtail is still there and looks healthy. They never had a U-2 since
they can't drop bombs or fire guns. It's an the Armament Museum. I can't
remember which model of B-57 it is, but I don't think it's a stretch wing.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

From: (frank may)
Date: 9/23/2004 7:33 AM Central Daylight Time
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The U-2 can't drop bombs or fire guns, but the SR-71 can? Did I miss
something?


You know, I really don't know why the SR-71 is here, but I am not complaining.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

The O-2 is there. I drove by it yesterday.
Ed

Not Fonda Kerry