Galveston's F-100

Cking · **Posted:** Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:32 am

Hi all
My proposed trip to South Florida was a complete failure. I ended up in Texas!
I flew into Houston and stayed in Galveston.
I managed to get a morning pass to get to “Lonestar”. As you all know it’s a fantastic museum! I will highly recommend it to anyone
I would bore you with my pictures but armyjunk2 beat me to it
http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/p ... =galveston
His pictures are almost exactly the same as mine but a lot better! (Rdgs armyjunk2)
I will bore you with my pictures of the F-100 on a pole. It was quiet nice to see an F-100 in SE Asia colours with drop tanks and a re fuelling probe. On closer inspection she is in a bit of a state. I know it’s nothing to do with Lonestar but it is a shame that the airport doesn’t pay them to give it some attention.

The U/C bay

Hope these might be of interest

Rgds Cking

SPANNERmkV · **Posted:** Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:48 pm

We used to joke about used cars from the Island...
"Ah yes... another rust free Galveston car!"

Thanks for posting... It is easy to just breeze past the pop-sickle stick airplane knowing what is waiting inside.

Tulio · **Joined:** Mon May 03, 2004 1:05 am **Posts:** 3236

Cking wrote:

Hi all
My proposed trip to South Florida was a complete failure. I ended up in Texas!
I flew into Houston and stayed in Galveston.

Rgds Cking

Google "Wrong Way Corrigan" : )

Saludos, and great to have you in Texas. YeeeeehaaaaaWW!!!

Tulio

Cking · **Posted:** Wed Aug 20, 2008 1:50 pm

If "wrong way Corrigan" had ben using airline staff consessionary travel, god knows where he would have ended up.
Any way at least I got the right continent!
I enjoyed Texas and will TRY to go back next year. I don't think I stared at the B-58 enough :shock:

Rgds Cking

gary1954 · **Posted:** Wed Aug 20, 2008 2:20 pm

Whom ever is responsible for the maintenance or lack of it, probably considers the "rust" as color, and the Co-Rosen hole as flak damage.

Elroy13 · **Posted:** Wed Aug 20, 2008 4:08 pm

Cking wrote:

If "wrong way Corrigan" had ben using airline staff consessionary travel, god knows where he would have ended up.
Any way at least I got the right continent!
I enjoyed Texas and will TRY to go back next year. I don't think I stared at the B-58 enough :shock:

Rgds Cking

Come back in April next year for our airshow!

RickH · **Posted:** Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:30 pm

Unfortunately the responsible party is lLone Star. The loan of the F-100 happened at the same time as the B-58. They both came from Ft Worth.

gary1954 · **Posted:** Thu Aug 21, 2008 6:54 am

B-58??? where is this loverly lady stashed??

airnutz · **Posted:** Thu Aug 21, 2008 7:10 am

gary1954 wrote:

B-58??? where is this loverly lady stashed??

Inside, very nicely placed below the upper level viewing spot. I've wondered why the crewmembers names
were removed? You can still see the 'ghost' image of thier names on the NMF.

gary1954 · **Posted:** Thu Aug 21, 2008 7:22 am

Now that is a slap in the faces of the crew. Yes, it would be nice to put them back on the aircraft, after all, these were probably the last "Assigned" crew to pilot this example of the "Hustler"

Sharp, sharp....Sharp aircraft

airnutz · **Posted:** Thu Aug 21, 2008 7:49 am

gary1954 wrote:

Now that is a slap in the faces of the crew. Yes, it would be nice to put them back on the aircraft, after all, these were probably the last "Assigned" crew to pilot this example of the "Hustler"

Sharp, sharp....Sharp aircraft

Mellow out there Gary..it's been November since I saw her last. Can't remember if it was the support
crew 'ghost' names I viewed..tho I suspect not. However, being that the B-58 was probably THE most demanding
machine in support requirements..they should be there in remembrance.

I've heard it bantered about, that the Hustler ground support equipment and electronics support cost more than
the aircraft per a/c! We probably could have driven the Soviet Union into economic failure much sooner, if we had
supplied them with an air force of B-58's. :lol:

gary1954 · **Posted:** Thu Aug 21, 2008 7:59 am

"""I've heard it bantered about, that the Hustler ground support equipment and electronics support cost more than
the aircraft per a/c! We probably could have driven the Soviet Union into economic failure much sooner, if we had
supplied them with an air force of B-58's"". :lol:

I'm mellllllllowed now. I had to chuckle at your post, have to agree.

Ztex · **Posted:** Thu Aug 21, 2008 8:19 am

gary1954 wrote:

B-58??? where is this loverly lady stashed??

SEXY BEAST!

airnutz · **Posted:** Thu Aug 21, 2008 8:21 am

gary1954 wrote:

"""I've heard it bantered about, that the Hustler ground support equipment and electronics support cost more than
the aircraft per a/c! We probably could have driven the Soviet Union into economic failure much sooner, if we had
supplied them with an air force of B-58's"". :lol:

I'm mellllllllowed now. I had to chuckle at your post, have to agree.

Funny, but true...I have yet to see a Hustler website run by a former Crew Chief, I'm pretty sure
they just want to forget the whole experience!! :shock:

airnutz · **Posted:** Thu Aug 21, 2008 8:36 am

Ztex wrote:

gary1954 wrote:

B-58??? where is this loverly lady stashed??

SEXY BEAST!

Ahhhh..Thaanks Z..there's my girl, well one of 'em anyway. Legs dangling off the tailgate of a family wagon..popcorn,
Dr. Pepper, and JP aroma, watching the 'dusk departure' of the Hustlers from Carswell. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM....

Sigh..back to Womens Soccer.. :roll:

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