MGM back Lot tour Lockheed Loadstar

[mustangdriver]

Does anyone know the history of this thing. I saw it one trip and it was all together, then went back a few years later, and it was taken apart. Anyone know if it is still there?

[jet1]

.....uh......um.....pic?

maybe this will help....

http://www.amazon.com/What-Thing-Martin ... 0895269791

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[WIXerGreg]

It was there a little over a month ago and it's still there, still torn apart. It looks pretty sad and could sure use some help but I doubt it will ever see any. They've moved the R/C plane that was used in Con Air to the outside now (was inside the building where you wait in line), and they've completely sawed an entire wing off to give room for the trucks to drive down the path instead of finding a place where the plane would fit. They don't seem to care about preserving anything so I really wouldn't expect the Lodestar to get any attention. It sucks to see it there rotting under a tree in pieces. I went through the pictres of my last trip and couldn't find any of it, but I can dig through some from other trips and may be able to find one if needed.

On the bright side they finally repainted the Pearl Harbor P-40's. They were in pretty bad shape in recent years. Sorry for the crappy shot.

[jet1]

are thewing spars made out of old railroad track?

It was there a little over a month ago and it's still there, still torn apart. It looks pretty sad and could sure use some help but I doubt it will ever see any. They've moved the R/C plane that was used in Con Air to the outside now (was inside the building where you wait in line), and they've completely sawed an entire wing off to give room for the trucks to drive down the path instead of finding a place where the plane would fit. They don't seem to care about preserving anything so I really wouldn't expect the Lodestar to get any attention. It sucks to see it there rotting under a tree in pieces. I went through the pictres of my last trip and couldn't find any of it, but I can dig through some from other trips and may be able to find one if needed.

On the bright side they finally repainted the Pearl Harbor P-40's. They were in pretty bad shape in recent years. Sorry for the crappy shot.

[rwdfresno]

I beleive it is made of a lighter tubular or I beam. It is been a while since we had the wings off but this is as I recall. Rail road track would be much too heavy for this application.

Ryan

[b747cf]

I was their yesterday and it is still their in parts. Here is a picture of it when it was in one piece.
http://picasaweb.google.com/b747cf/Lcok ... 0115161442

Mark

[WIXerGreg]

Here are some fresh pictures if anyone is still interested in Disney planes. I took these a couple weeks ago, the date is wrong on some of them.

Here is the one Chris was asking about.






This one is in the Great Movie Ride. It's pretty dark, the plane is behind a black screen, flash photography isn't allowed, and you move through pretty fast, so these two aren't the best.







These last two are on Disney's island in the Caribbean, Castaway Cay.

[the330thbg]

Go Disney!

[old iron]

I was their yesterday and it is still their in parts. Here is a picture of it when it was in one piece.

I hate being a word nazi but let us start learning the language: there, not their

[mrhenniger]

A few of the Hollywood Studios airframe IDs are here...
Aerial Visuals - Location Dossier - Disneys Hollywood Studios

I think I have an ID for the Lockheed 10/12 in my notes someplace. I will need to look for it when I get home (post Geneseo).

As for Castaway Cay... there are actually two Beech 18s there. One is "displayed" at about the mid-point of the runway. This is the one pictured here. There is another at the end of the runway closest to the "no children" beech. See the satellite image here...
Aerial Visuals - Location Dossier - Disney Castaway Cay, Castaway Cay, Bahamas - Beech 18, Beech 18
...Does anyone have any ID information for either of the Beaches near the beach?

Mike

[WIXerGreg]

The first two Beech pictures I posted are of the one at the half way point down the runway where the bike path goes back, the second two pictures are the down at the end at the entrance to the adult beach.