Vega, Texas, 1978
Sun Jun 07, 2009 6:28 pm
Sun Jun 07, 2009 7:09 pm
Gary ain't gonna like that one. Where is Vega?
Sun Jun 07, 2009 8:37 pm
Obergrafeter wrote:Where is Vega?
Where they have large gopher holes
Rich
Sun Jun 07, 2009 9:27 pm
Isn't that Burchinal's B-25?
Jerry
Jerry
Sun Jun 07, 2009 10:21 pm
It could be Burchinal's plane. Here's a photo of his B-25 in 1971 (photo by Budd Davisson):
Walt
Walt
Mon Jun 08, 2009 7:12 am
Isn't that Burchinal's B-25?
No this is Burchinal's B-25 taken the day before we were in Vega. The B-25 with the collapsed gear is with Aero Trader now. My dad took these photos in the summer of 78.
Mon Jun 08, 2009 10:37 am
Obergrafeter wrote:Gary ain't gonna like that one. Where is Vega?
West of Amarillo, East of Nowhere New Mexico....
http://www.airport-data.com/airport/E52/maps.html
Mon Jun 08, 2009 1:13 pm
Is that the one that was hauling drugs, then crashed? There was one somewhere, I thought here in Texas around '77 or '78, that crashed on a drug run. We were looking at getting it, and had a deal worked out with the sheriff when he put it up for auction, but then someone out bid us, thinking he could make a fast buck, and got stuck with more than he could handle.
Mon Jun 08, 2009 1:34 pm
Is that the one that was hauling drugs, then crashed? There was one somewhere, I thought here in Texas around '77 or '78, that crashed on a drug run. We were looking at getting it, and had a deal worked out with the sheriff when he put it up for auction, but then someone out bid us, thinking he could make a fast buck, and got stuck with more than he could handle.
Yes. We tried to buy it too. I think the guy who wound up with more than he could handle had a restaurant in Dallas, or maybe Houston. All those big Texas cities look alike to me.
Mon Jun 08, 2009 2:34 pm
So what happened to it?
Mon Jun 08, 2009 4:25 pm
Thanks Bryan. And sorry about that, Pinecastle. I didn't see it earlier where you posted that it was at Carl's place. I've crawled around that airplane at Carl's place and didn't realize that was the one pictured here on this thread.
Gary
Gary
Mon Jun 08, 2009 7:00 pm
I'd like to buy it now and by (buy) all rights it should be mine. 
Just kidding. But i do feel an attachmentment to that aircraft. You could tell it was involved in a drug run. The guy's bong was still laying in the bomb bay. That is me in the first picture looking around for him. I think he came in too hot and collapsed the left main gear. 
Just kidding. But i do feel an attachmentment to that aircraft. You could tell it was involved in a drug run. The guy's bong was still laying in the bomb bay. That is me in the first picture looking around for him. I think he came in too hot and collapsed the left main gear.
Tue Jun 09, 2009 9:56 am
Did anyone get caught in connection with the drug smuggling?
T J
T J
Tue Jun 09, 2009 2:04 pm
The summer of 1979...May????....I was heading to Poway Ca. with my hippy chick....I can't remember where I saw what I thought were two B-25's south of the I-40....Can't remember if it was west of Armadillo, or east....guess this thread repaired the C.R.S.