Storage Facility at the NMUSAF

Wed Aug 26, 2009 4:13 am

That T-6A would make a good addition to KAM, too bad it got shipped up to NMUSAF.

Wed Aug 26, 2009 10:15 am

Chris, What are the plans for the B-23 and the C-39?

Wed Aug 26, 2009 11:10 am

Is there a published list of priority (ever changing as it might be) of what aircraft get restored?

Shay
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Wed Aug 26, 2009 6:10 pm

I have never seen a list. And if there was, man it would be always changing. Right now it is from main focus to least
Memphis Belle
Swoose
Helldiver

These 3 aircraft should be coming out of the shop around the same time, although the Belle will be first. THe B-23 is going to pre war aircraft as well as the C-39. Just waiting their turn in the shop.

Wed Aug 26, 2009 6:46 pm

I was just wondering when if ever they were going to get to converting and restoring the CASA. It has been in the depicted condition even back when I was a kid when you could see it poking out above a display partition.

Shay
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Semper Fortis

Wed Aug 26, 2009 7:30 pm

I think that it is going to be in the next group after the B-17's.

Wed Aug 26, 2009 8:09 pm

mustangdriver wrote:I have never seen a list. And if there was, man it would be always changing. Right now it is from main focus to least
Memphis Belle
Swoose
Helldiver

These 3 aircraft should be coming out of the shop around the same time, although the Belle will be first. THe B-23 is going to pre war aircraft as well as the C-39. Just waiting their turn in the shop.

What about the XC-99? I thought that was a high priority as of a year or so ago? Did it change?

Wed Aug 26, 2009 8:10 pm

Shay wrote:I was just wondering when if ever they were going to get to converting and restoring the CASA. It has been in the depicted condition even back when I was a kid when you could see it poking out above a display partition.

Shay
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Semper Fortis

Regarding the CASA, I know there was talk some time ago about replacing the Merlin engines to Jumo's and trying to make an "authentic fake He-111". Has that plan been scrubbed?

Wed Aug 26, 2009 9:41 pm

warbird1 wrote:
mustangdriver wrote:I have never seen a list. And if there was, man it would be always changing. Right now it is from main focus to least
Memphis Belle
Swoose
Helldiver

These 3 aircraft should be coming out of the shop around the same time, although the Belle will be first. THe B-23 is going to pre war aircraft as well as the C-39. Just waiting their turn in the shop.

What about the XC-99? I thought that was a high priority as of a year or so ago? Did it change?

The XC-99 is sort of a beast of it's own nature. A seperate company is rebuilding the aircraft to have it placed on it's landing gear. THen the NMUSAF will take over from there.

Wed Sep 09, 2009 5:33 pm

I can see the restoration of the XC-99 lasting 15 years or more just because of its shear size.

Wed Sep 09, 2009 8:45 pm

I just interviewed one of the four Flight Engineers that were qualified to fly the XC-99 for a magazine article. He supplied many photos to the museum to help them and is on file for questions when they need him. Great guy. Told me he got out of the career when those new fangled turbo prop C-130's started to get into the inventory! He didn't trust a plane without pistons driving the prop.

Thu Sep 10, 2009 12:54 am

hurk130 wrote:I just interviewed one of the four Flight Engineers that were qualified to fly the XC-99 for a magazine article. He supplied many photos to the museum to help them and is on file for questions when they need him. Great guy. Told me he got out of the career when those new fangled turbo prop C-130's started to get into the inventory! He didn't trust a plane without pistons driving the prop.

My first crew chief at the airline told me the same thing. He was a flight engineer on DC-6/DC-7 but slid into a mechanic slot when they bought the Electras. He didn't like the idea of turboprops or pure jets, either.

Scott