Re: ...and then there were none.
Wed Apr 11, 2012 9:06 am
Tighar is actively pursuing a grant from the administration to get the B-32. About 4 trillion dollars last I heard, and the Sec of State has blessed it if only they take her husband on the trip to get it.
Gosh that is so funny.
Re: ...and then there were none.
Wed Apr 11, 2012 7:01 pm
Now we've thrashed the B-32 on the moon thing all over again, perhaps we could have a few posts on topic?
Re: ...and then there were none.
Wed Apr 11, 2012 7:31 pm
Veering gradually back on topic...
I remember seeing a photo in a magazine years ago of the last B-32 parked on the (Davis Monthan?) ramp around 1950 or so. The plane had been set aside for the planned USAF Museum, but supposedly the base commander got tired of looking at it and ordered it scrapped.
Another rare bird that survived until around 1950 or so was the Nakajima G8N Renzan ("Rita") heavy bomber. One of the prototypes was brought back to the US by ship for testing. It was reassembled and flown to Patterson Field in Ohio, where it was parked and more or less abandoned, then eventually scrapped. This is a pic from an old "Airpower" article, taken at Patterson sometime in the late 40s. Maybe not the last photo of it ever taken, but close.
SN
I remember seeing a photo in a magazine years ago of the last B-32 parked on the (Davis Monthan?) ramp around 1950 or so. The plane had been set aside for the planned USAF Museum, but supposedly the base commander got tired of looking at it and ordered it scrapped.
Another rare bird that survived until around 1950 or so was the Nakajima G8N Renzan ("Rita") heavy bomber. One of the prototypes was brought back to the US by ship for testing. It was reassembled and flown to Patterson Field in Ohio, where it was parked and more or less abandoned, then eventually scrapped. This is a pic from an old "Airpower" article, taken at Patterson sometime in the late 40s. Maybe not the last photo of it ever taken, but close.
SN
Re: ...and then there were none.
Thu Apr 12, 2012 5:29 pm
Over the years I have jotted down some info on various odd type aircraft. Some of this info is probably well known, but I thought interesting.
XC-112A - photos of its crash on golf course - see Warbirds volume 19, No. 6
XA-32 - demise at WPAFB, see American Aviation Historical Society Journal, Vol. 32, issue 1, Page 72 for photo
YC-129 (C-47) - See Air Classic Review Special, Vol. 1, page 11, has photo
The following notes I had not indicated if photos were attached to articles
YP-29B surveyed at Chanute AFB during 1935; Wings vol. 24, No.5
2) F2L-1K (P-63) Scrapped at Ravenna Arsenal during 1955; Air Classics Vol. 20, No.1
XC-108 at Galt Airpoprt, Warbirds Vol. 7, No. 2
UC-100 Gamma, C/N 8; Warbirds Vol. 13, No.1
2) P-66's Aircraft salvage yard in North Dakota - I recall partial frames were recovered; Air Power Vol 15, No. 2, page 54
XP-83 crashed near Tonawanda NY 1946; Air Power V.12, No. 1 & AAHS Journal V. 39, Issue 2
3) XF8B's stricken during Jan 1948 & Mar 1950 at Philadelhia ( Info source not recorded)
P-44 Mockup drawing depicted in Wings vol 24, no. 3, pages 22 & 51
A-19, XA-31, XA-41 Scrapped at Renschler Field EHT, CT; see AAHS Vol.39, No. 4. Also XA-41 in Air Classics Vol.12, No. 2
The P-48 was a concept only, no mockup was ever built as far as I know.....
Interesting thread....Leon
XC-112A - photos of its crash on golf course - see Warbirds volume 19, No. 6
XA-32 - demise at WPAFB, see American Aviation Historical Society Journal, Vol. 32, issue 1, Page 72 for photo
YC-129 (C-47) - See Air Classic Review Special, Vol. 1, page 11, has photo
The following notes I had not indicated if photos were attached to articles
YP-29B surveyed at Chanute AFB during 1935; Wings vol. 24, No.5
2) F2L-1K (P-63) Scrapped at Ravenna Arsenal during 1955; Air Classics Vol. 20, No.1
XC-108 at Galt Airpoprt, Warbirds Vol. 7, No. 2
UC-100 Gamma, C/N 8; Warbirds Vol. 13, No.1
2) P-66's Aircraft salvage yard in North Dakota - I recall partial frames were recovered; Air Power Vol 15, No. 2, page 54
XP-83 crashed near Tonawanda NY 1946; Air Power V.12, No. 1 & AAHS Journal V. 39, Issue 2
3) XF8B's stricken during Jan 1948 & Mar 1950 at Philadelhia ( Info source not recorded)
P-44 Mockup drawing depicted in Wings vol 24, no. 3, pages 22 & 51
A-19, XA-31, XA-41 Scrapped at Renschler Field EHT, CT; see AAHS Vol.39, No. 4. Also XA-41 in Air Classics Vol.12, No. 2
The P-48 was a concept only, no mockup was ever built as far as I know.....
Interesting thread....Leon