Warbird Information Exchange

As soon as MAPS gets some more money we are going down to get that one and give it some TLC!

Where are these planes? I am all for helping out that poor old Cougar!!

Tom P.

as it say at the bottom of the photo:

Mercer Field
Calhoun, GA
www.einsteins-emporium.com/technology/a ... 46-1970/...

Tom,

The Cougar is at Moton Field in Tuskeegee, Alabama. The F-84F is/was at Mercer Field near Calhoun, Georgia. The photo was taken in 2004.

Walt

The F-84 has been removed from Mercer. I think the F-8 and F-86D have been removed as well. The T-33 was there the last time I overflew the field.

The field is immediately adjacent to I-75. It has been (or will be - don't know the status) taken under imminent domain and will be turned into an exit ramp off of the interstate...

I have these airframes noted in the Locator as belonging to the Mercer Air Museum...
http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/Locator.php ... r%20Museum

Is the museum closed?

The airframes I have listed there are...
10+: A-7, C-131, F-84, H-34, L-17, L-21, T-29, T-33, U-8, F8U

So there was a F-86 there as well? The F-8 is gone? When did they leave. Is there anything else there?

Mike

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Walt,

Thanks for the info! It always surprises me when I see planes in this condition. After looking at the reqs and regs a museum has to go through to get a plane on loan from the USAF or Navy it amazes me that anyone would let them go this far.

Tom P.

here's a post from last July when I stopped by the field:

http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/p ... rcer+field

...not much left, especially if the F-84 is gone now. The "museum" looks like there hasn't been much activity there in a LONG time.

Dave G.

Mercer Field was one of those really strange places. I used to live about 40 miles south of there, in Marietta, and would stop by Mercer every so often. I never did find anyone there. The field was owned by a guy that operated a trucking company that specialized in transporting large boats, and I remember once seeing a Bonanza parked at the strip, but that's the only sign of activity I ever saw in my visits there.

Walt

If anyone can confirm what is left on-site that would be fantastic. Given the time I would go out of my way to view one airframe and I am sure there are others as well. However I would like to update the Locator to confirm the actuals. I don't want anyone using the Locator to be sent off on a wild goose chase either.

Mike

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Mike,

I'm going through that area the first week in July, so if no one has done it in the meantime, I'll take a look and report on what's there.

Walt

Excellant! Thanks Walt.

Mike

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Mike R. Henniger
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Do you want to find locations of displayed, stored or active aircraft? Then start with the The Locator.
Do you want to find or contribute to the documented history of an aircraft? If so then start with the Airframes Database.

I made a low pass over Mercer this afternoon. What remains is:

One H-34.

One C-131.

One T-33.

One swept wing F-84.

From memory, the following airframes have been removed from the field over the last 5 or 8 years:

Two C-47's. Both flew out. At least one of 'em didn't get far (20 miles) before requiring 2 engine changes.

Two U-3/L-27's.

One F-8 Crusader

One F-86D.

One pole mounted Mace Missile.

One H-34.

Thanks for the follow-up!

I have a note indicating a T-33 was removed by May 2007. Since you are noting there is a T-33 on-site now, is it possible they had two T-33s at one point?

Mike

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