Snyder, TX F-105B work in progress (FOR GARY!!)

Fouga23 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 31, 2017 4:16 am

I'm gonna keep bumping this thread until they are rescued. Surely some museum must be interested?

Chris Brame · **Posted:** Tue Oct 31, 2017 4:34 pm

Anyone have photos they can repost, or recent ones?
There are two Thuds at Chanute about to become beer cans, so I'm feeling your pain...

RyanShort1 · **Posted:** Wed Mar 04, 2020 10:17 am

Chris Brame wrote:

Anyone have photos they can repost, or recent ones?
There are two Thuds at Chanute about to become beer cans, so I'm feeling your pain...

I'll see if I can snag a few soon. The planes are still sitting on the ramp in Snyder and they don't appear to be in great shape, or to have gotten any significant TLC for a while. I've seen them almost every week for the last month from a photo ship.

Fouga23 · **Posted:** Thu Mar 05, 2020 3:02 pm

Unbelievable no-one will/can rescue these

Warbird Kid · **Posted:** Thu Mar 05, 2020 4:05 pm

Fouga23 wrote:

Unbelievable no-one will/can rescue these

I would love to get approval for these, have a crew go down and dismantle them, and truck them to Connecticut for our museum, but we just don't have the manpower, time, and money to get it done right now.

blue3992 · **Joined:** Fri Jul 27, 2018 9:42 am **Posts:** 24

Not sure if I maybe missed it in this thread, but any idea how those airplanes came to be located there in the first place? Museum that closed?

Clifford Bossie · **Posted:** Thu Mar 05, 2020 7:29 pm

Fouga23 wrote:

Unbelievable no-one will/can rescue these

I would be more than happy to have them at the War Eagles Air Museum if I could get the museum to agree to accepting and transporting them. But I can not speak for the museum and do not know where to start. I am guessing they are part of the NMUSAF inventory?

Brad · **Joined:** Thu Apr 29, 2004 10:30 pm **Posts:** 1131

blue3992 wrote:

Not sure if I maybe missed it in this thread, but any idea how those airplanes came to be located there in the first place? Museum that closed?

The Texas Air Museum in Slaton planned to establish a satellite museum in my hometown of Snyder. These two airplanes came from them. At some point prior to his death, they were acquired by Gary Austin. He carried many of the parts to his house and planned on moving the airplanes. After his death I was settling his estate. I gathered up all the parts and took them back to Snyder as I wanted nothing to do with moving or getting involved with selling those airplanes. I’ve checked on them a few times over the years and they are pretty much in the same shape they were when I was involved. I believe the ultimate owners are the Air Force museum.

RyanShort1 · **Posted:** Thu Oct 21, 2021 9:53 pm

Here's a look at the latest...

https://www.instagram.com/p/CVTP3ZKJB3Z/

Fouga23 · **Posted:** Sat Oct 30, 2021 6:43 am

peter · **Posted:** Thu May 15, 2025 8:01 pm

Someone needs to save these especially the 105

Clifford Bossie · **Posted:** Fri May 16, 2025 8:39 am

peter wrote:

Someone needs to save these especially the 105

I agree, I wish I could get them to War Eagles Air Museum.

Andy Marden · **Posted:** Sat May 17, 2025 5:40 am

F-101B 59-0423 is now stored dismantled in a yard on Highway 277 at the northern limit of Haskell TX (see in April).

Andy Marden · **Posted:** Sat May 17, 2025 5:42 am

delete - duplicate

peter · **Posted:** Tue May 20, 2025 4:49 pm

Do you have a link Andy??

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