Cavanaugh's Caribou?

warbirdguy · **Posted:** Thu Apr 24, 2008 12:50 am

Did the Cavanaugh Flight Museum acquire a Caribou? If so which was is it? Is the one formerly operated by Army Aviation Heritage?

http://www.cavanaughflightmuseum.com/ai ... _2008.html

B29Gunner · **Posted:** Thu Apr 24, 2008 1:39 am

warbirdguy wrote:

Is the one formerly operated by Army Aviation Heritage?

Yep, ole '49 :wink:

Cripes A Mighty · **Posted:** Thu Apr 24, 2008 3:49 am

warbirdguy wrote:

Did the Cavanaugh Flight Museum acquire a Caribou?
http://www.cavanaughflightmuseum.com/ai ... _2008.html

and a Fat Faced Skyraider????? when did all this come about?

CAPFlyer · **Posted:** Thu Apr 24, 2008 4:12 am

The AD-5 acquisition was announced here. The C-7 acquisition hasn't, but there were rumours floating around the area...

FG1D Pilot · **Joined:** Fri Mar 04, 2005 10:42 am **Posts:** 450

How do you get a 34' tail into a 29' 11" door?

Take a bomb jammer, modify it to your needs.

slide her in

kalamazookid · **Posted:** Fri Apr 25, 2008 4:09 pm

Congrats to Cavanaugh on acquiring the Caribou. I got to see it at Muskegon in 2006, and was very impressed with the restoration work done on it. Nice to know it will be on good hands.

slinky · **Posted:** Fri Apr 25, 2008 10:12 pm

LOL!!!! That rig sure looks familiar..... For years, we had to do the same type thing to get the KC-135s in the Flight Test Hangar at Tinker AFB prior to modifying the doors. Lowered the mains, raised the nose strut extension to it's max and put the nose gear on a lift. Worked great....but there were a few accidents! Like the probe on the HF antenna being knocked off! Oops! :oops:

Bill Kistler · **Posted:** Fri Apr 25, 2008 11:39 pm

The double post strikes again,

http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=21435

Bill.

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