Tue Jun 05, 2007 4:23 pm
As soon as MAPS gets some more money we are going down to get that one and give it some TLC! 
Tue Jun 05, 2007 5:46 pm
Where are these planes? I am all for helping out that poor old Cougar!!
Tom P.
Tom P.
Tue Jun 05, 2007 6:51 pm
as it say at the bottom of the photo:
Mercer Field
Calhoun, GA
www.einsteins-emporium.com/technology/a ... 46-1970/...
Mercer Field
Calhoun, GA
www.einsteins-emporium.com/technology/a ... 46-1970/...
Tue Jun 05, 2007 8:57 pm
Tom,
The Cougar is at Moton Field in Tuskeegee, Alabama. The F-84F is/was at Mercer Field near Calhoun, Georgia. The photo was taken in 2004.
Walt
The Cougar is at Moton Field in Tuskeegee, Alabama. The F-84F is/was at Mercer Field near Calhoun, Georgia. The photo was taken in 2004.
Walt
Wed Jun 06, 2007 6:02 am
The F-84 has been removed from Mercer. I think the F-8 and F-86D have been removed as well. The T-33 was there the last time I overflew the field.
The field is immediately adjacent to I-75. It has been (or will be - don't know the status) taken under imminent domain and will be turned into an exit ramp off of the interstate...
The field is immediately adjacent to I-75. It has been (or will be - don't know the status) taken under imminent domain and will be turned into an exit ramp off of the interstate...
Wed Jun 06, 2007 6:43 am
Kyleb wrote:The F-84 has been removed from Mercer. I think the F-8 and F-86D have been removed as well. The T-33 was there the last time I overflew the field.
I have these airframes noted in the Locator as belonging to the Mercer Air Museum...
http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/Locator.php ... r%20Museum
Is the museum closed?
The airframes I have listed there are...
10+: A-7, C-131, F-84, H-34, L-17, L-21, T-29, T-33, U-8, F8U
So there was a F-86 there as well? The F-8 is gone? When did they leave. Is there anything else there?
Mike
Wed Jun 06, 2007 10:26 am
Walt,
Thanks for the info! It always surprises me when I see planes in this condition. After looking at the reqs and regs a museum has to go through to get a plane on loan from the USAF or Navy it amazes me that anyone would let them go this far.
Tom P.
Thanks for the info! It always surprises me when I see planes in this condition. After looking at the reqs and regs a museum has to go through to get a plane on loan from the USAF or Navy it amazes me that anyone would let them go this far.
Tom P.
Wed Jun 06, 2007 3:44 pm
mrhenniger wrote:Kyleb wrote:The F-84 has been removed from Mercer. I think the F-8 and F-86D have been removed as well. The T-33 was there the last time I overflew the field.
I have these airframes noted in the Locator as belonging to the Mercer Air Museum...
http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/Locator.php ... r%20Museum
Is the museum closed?
The airframes I have listed there are...
10+: A-7, C-131, F-84, H-34, L-17, L-21, T-29, T-33, U-8, F8U
So there was a F-86 there as well? The F-8 is gone? When did they leave. Is there anything else there?
Mike
here's a post from last July when I stopped by the field:
http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/p ... rcer+field
...not much left, especially if the F-84 is gone now. The "museum" looks like there hasn't been much activity there in a LONG time.
Dave G.
Thu Jun 07, 2007 6:47 am
Mercer Field was one of those really strange places. I used to live about 40 miles south of there, in Marietta, and would stop by Mercer every so often. I never did find anyone there. The field was owned by a guy that operated a trucking company that specialized in transporting large boats, and I remember once seeing a Bonanza parked at the strip, but that's the only sign of activity I ever saw in my visits there.
Walt
Walt
Thu Jun 07, 2007 7:01 am
Valkyrie wrote:...not much left, especially if the F-84 is gone now. The "museum" looks like there hasn't been much activity there in a LONG time.
If anyone can confirm what is left on-site that would be fantastic. Given the time I would go out of my way to view one airframe and I am sure there are others as well. However I would like to update the Locator to confirm the actuals. I don't want anyone using the Locator to be sent off on a wild goose chase either.
Mike
Thu Jun 07, 2007 8:27 pm
Mike,
I'm going through that area the first week in July, so if no one has done it in the meantime, I'll take a look and report on what's there.
Walt
I'm going through that area the first week in July, so if no one has done it in the meantime, I'll take a look and report on what's there.
Walt
Thu Jun 07, 2007 8:55 pm
Excellant! Thanks Walt.
Mike
Mike
Tue Jun 12, 2007 8:43 pm
I made a low pass over Mercer this afternoon. What remains is:
One H-34.
One C-131.
One T-33.
One swept wing F-84.
From memory, the following airframes have been removed from the field over the last 5 or 8 years:
Two C-47's. Both flew out. At least one of 'em didn't get far (20 miles) before requiring 2 engine changes.
Two U-3/L-27's.
One F-8 Crusader
One F-86D.
One pole mounted Mace Missile.
One H-34.
One H-34.
One C-131.
One T-33.
One swept wing F-84.
From memory, the following airframes have been removed from the field over the last 5 or 8 years:
Two C-47's. Both flew out. At least one of 'em didn't get far (20 miles) before requiring 2 engine changes.
Two U-3/L-27's.
One F-8 Crusader
One F-86D.
One pole mounted Mace Missile.
One H-34.
Wed Jun 13, 2007 7:00 am
Kyleb wrote:I made a low pass over Mercer this afternoon.
Thanks for the follow-up!
I have a note indicating a T-33 was removed by May 2007. Since you are noting there is a T-33 on-site now, is it possible they had two T-33s at one point?
Mike