T-37/A-37 road runner

[Andy Marden]

I saw a paint-stripped T-37 or A-37 fuselage being towed behind a pick-up on the I-10 westbound to the west of Tallahassee FL on Friday morning.
Anyone have any more info please?

[Warbirdnerd]

Did it look like this one? Listed with Courtesy...

http://courtesyaircraft.com/aircraft/n4 ... dragonfly/

[Andy Marden]

It was a different "shade" of natural metal.
It has been suggested to me that it was on its way to Montana to act as a spares ship for Jim Smith's machine at Fortine.
Thanks anyway.

[Hooligan2]

Spot of thread hijacking... in 1999 I visited the Valiant Air Command Museum at Space Coast Airport (and had a nice ride in a Stinson Junior!). Dismantled outside was what I thought may have been modified T-37 with NASA markings. I'm not positive that it was a T-37 and can't find anything listed under NASA operated airframes that fits the bill. Certainly wasn't the modified F-5 that the museum has on display now, nor does it feature in their list of airframes. Does anyone recall what it was please?

[Andy Marden]

As per various editions of my USA Military Out of Service, this was OA-37B 70-1304, marked as "NASA 909". It was modified for film work I believe.
Photo here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/elaref/9682137891

[Hooligan2]

Many thanks Andy, that's it, a near quarter century mystery solved!