Warbird Information Exchange

These Aircraft are at the Kansas National Guard Museum in front of the Forbes Field Museum, this is the end of this post. a lot of aircraft in one spot.

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I've got to go there again. I lived on base right across from the hospital from about '57 to '62. B-47's and KC-97's were based there. That building in picture 17 sure looks familiar and brings back memories.

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I would love to see the O-47 fly again, my Dad cut his teeth on those back in 1939 with the Minnesota ANG. I think that's the O-47 that Johan Larson owned back in the sixties at Flying Cloud airport in Minnesota.

Is the large brick building the hospital from the SAC days?

Scott

When you came in the main gate and turned right onto B Street, there was a house on the right, two duplexes, and a second old white farm house. If you Google the satellite view it appears that the two duplexes and the old white farm house are still there and we were due West of the hospital and it appears to still be there.

The first house was the home of the CO of the Maintenance Squadron. The next Duplex was the visiting VIP quarters, we lived in one half of the next one and the Fire Marshall lived in the other half. The Provost Marshall lived in the old farm house.

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We drove through at Christmas time last winter and did see it as you described.

Scott

Nice shots of the airplanes in CAM hanger 602 and 604. It sure brings back the memories. The engine on the JN-1 is a 115 HP TANK engine and like the sign says is air cooled. The radiator is just a dummy. While the airplane is good replica of an actual Jenny, it has no inherent stability when being flown. It has to be flown all the time and will end up in various attitudes when you let go of it. I had a total of 3 flights in the aircraft and although enjoyable the plane makes you work all the time.

On April 20, 1996, I made the last flights in the Combat Air Museum airworthy aircraft which include the HVD MK-IV N294CH, the T-28B N759T (since sold), the DHC-2 Beaver N217GB (since sold), and the Grumman S-2F N486GT. The airplanes had just come out of annual and were being flight tested before the summer season was to begin. Without warning the museum Board grounded all of the aircraft, confiscated our $18,800 bank account and changed all the hanger door locks. A great bunch of folks! The Beaver is flying in AK. and has appeared on "Dirty Jobs" with Mike Rowe, and the T-28B is being made over somewhere in TX. The HVD and the S-2 have been dormant ever since. While the planes were flying the musem membership was right just at 1000. Following the grounding it dropped to below 100. Hmmmm!

Jake Fendermen
"Those were the days".

The markings on the 109 give credit to Mr. Dave Houser who did 90% of the restoration. The airplane was a ground static used in the B of B movie and is plywood, 2 X 4's and fabric. It came from the Dave Tallichett collection.

Jake Fendermen
"Those were the days".

Thanks for posting the photos!
What's the Guard lineage of the CH-54's in your photos?

I was just at the air show in Sacramento and they had one of the old CT NG CH-54's on display, though it looks quite different now and working for Evergreen fighting fires!
Jerry

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