Mexican Group Saves F-105
Wed Jun 24, 2009 8:18 pm
Hi everyone,
my friend Andre in Mexico just told me about a little airplane recovery he was involved in.
Here's the link below. It's all in Spanish, but the pictures say it all.
http://www.fsmex.com/foros/showthread.php?t=33580
I just thought ya'll might like to see the work being done in Mexico to save some aviation artifacts. As Andre told me they were both saved from the scrapper.
Cheers,
David
my friend Andre in Mexico just told me about a little airplane recovery he was involved in.
Here's the link below. It's all in Spanish, but the pictures say it all.
http://www.fsmex.com/foros/showthread.php?t=33580
I just thought ya'll might like to see the work being done in Mexico to save some aviation artifacts. As Andre told me they were both saved from the scrapper.
Cheers,
David
Wed Jun 24, 2009 8:27 pm
Hope they move it to an undisclosed location before the USAF swoops in and says their paperwork is not in order and they must scrap it! 
Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:30 pm
Wow- A New Jersey Air Guard aircraft in Mexico?! Like to know how that happened! 
Robbie
Robbie
Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:32 pm
Bad Compass!? 
????
Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:55 pm
Well that makes us look like saps. Look at the cockpit it's 95% complete with no axe holes or grafetti 
Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:00 pm
Wasn't this what Tulio posted about? One they got to be jets with Ffff-100+ numbers, I can't tell 'em apart.
Re: ????
Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:39 pm
Jack Cook wrote:Well that makes us look like saps. Look at the cockpit it's 95% complete with no axe holes or grafetti
That is because anyone who knows how to use a spray paint can is all ready in the US, just look around any city in the southern US.
Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:55 pm
According to the thread, the F-105 and the 707 cockpit are being moved to Chapultepec Park in Mexico City, where they also have a B-25 and a DC-3/C-47.
Thu Jun 25, 2009 12:01 am
Chris Brame wrote:According to the thread, the F-105 and the 707 cockpit are being moved to Chapultepec Park in Mexico City, where they also have a B-25 and a DC-3/C-47.
SPEAKING of B-25's in Mexico, anyone have any late breaking news regarding a grouping we were discussing late last year, as I recall?
Robbie
Thu Jun 25, 2009 12:48 am
JDK wrote:Wasn't this what Tulio posted about? One they got to be jets with Ffff-100+ numbers, I can't tell 'em apart.
Please, see:
http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/p ... hp?t=30547
Saludos,
Tulio
Thu Jun 25, 2009 8:12 am
What is with the police heliopter with automatic weapons at the ready?
ahhhh... forgot.., this is Mexico!
aha!
Very cool story, thanks for the link.., nice to know that our obsession with aircraft is WORLDLY.., even with all the krap that is happening south of the border they take the time and effort to save a piece of their history?.., (not exactly sure why an F-105 from the NJ National Guard plays in their history) but hey.., who am I to argue! Maybe they just love warbirds.., weird obsession
Very cool and would certainly like to see where and how she ends up!
ahhhh... forgot.., this is Mexico!
aha!
Very cool story, thanks for the link.., nice to know that our obsession with aircraft is WORLDLY.., even with all the krap that is happening south of the border they take the time and effort to save a piece of their history?.., (not exactly sure why an F-105 from the NJ National Guard plays in their history) but hey.., who am I to argue! Maybe they just love warbirds.., weird obsession
Very cool and would certainly like to see where and how she ends up!
Re: ????
Thu Jun 25, 2009 8:50 am
Matt Gunsch wrote:Jack Cook wrote:Well that makes us look like saps. Look at the cockpit it's 95% complete with no axe holes or grafetti
That is because anyone who knows how to use a spray paint can is all ready in the US, just look around any city in the southern US.
Nice, what.., did you used to play for the Braves?
Thu Jun 25, 2009 8:52 am
Robbie Roberts wrote:Wow- A New Jersey Air Guard aircraft in Mexico?! Like to know how that happened!
Robbie
Cheap liquor and some cute ladies.., how else would an american fighter end up stranded in Mexico????
Thu Jun 25, 2009 1:11 pm
I just noticed that the F-105 in this thread is the slightly older sister to the one that is the topic of discussion in Snyder, TX. This one is 784, while the one in Snyder is 789.
No big deal...I just found it interesting.
Gary
No big deal...I just found it interesting.
Gary
Thu Jun 25, 2009 1:29 pm
retroaviation wrote:I just noticed that the F-105 in this thread is the slightly older sister to the one that is the topic of discussion in Snyder, TX. This one is 784, while the one in Snyder is 789.
No big deal...I just found it interesting.
Gary
With a MUCH more complete cockpit!
