Warbird Information Exchange

The following lists are of aircraft that were offered through the DOD Surplus Catelog venue. These military aircraft remains are essentually broken up scrap - not being offered as a possible flyer. I thought maybe those WIX members that are looking for a souvenir or are parts collectors may find the lists useable. For full explanation of subject, please refer to same title above, except use - 1970.

Sale Date.............Aircraft Remains............Sale Location............Buyer If Known

5 Jan 1971.............T-33...................Duluth Int'l Airport, MN
5 Jan 1971.........CH-21B, CH-21C...........Fort Eustis, VA
12 Jan 1971......CH-47,UH-1,U-6A,......... Fort Benning, GA
23 Feb 1971...........TA-4B.......................Fort Tilden, NY
23 Feb 1971............F4D...................Seymour Johnson AFB, NC
6 Apr 1971..............T-33..................Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, NH
21 Apr 1971.......13) A-1E, GF3B(?).......NAS Millington, TN
21 Apr 1971............C-124C....................Kelly AFB, TX
22 Apr 1971...........T-33.........................Brandywine, MD
27 Apr 1971...........F-101......................Fort Bragg, NC............Greenville Metals, NC
4 May 1971............TU-6A...................Plattsburgh AFB, NY
4 May 1971..........B-52, KC-135............Loring AFB, ME
4 May 1971.............F-84.......................Otis AFB, MA
18 May 1971..........C-119, B-47.............Chanuite AFB, IL........Belson Metals, Kankakee, IL
3 Jun 1971..............U-6........................Fort Riley, KS..........Novak Ranch, Lost Springs, KS
3 Jun 1971..............F-101...................Little Rock AFB, AR.....W.E.Kinman, Wynne, AR
22 Jun 1971..........T-37, T-38...............Moody AFB, GA........Rice Metals, Valdosta, GA
22 Jun 1971............F-105B.................McGuire AFB, NJ

The second half of 1971 will follow soon..

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Be happy to serve your fellowman

Belson is still in business. From their website:

Happy hunting!

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)

I can't say it was either of these specific aircraft, but I remember years ago talking to someone in Valdosta who said he worked in a scrap yard many years before that, that'd had a T-38 sitting in the yard, all stripped out, that his kids would play in from time to time. Might have been this.
But the idea of a civilian scrap yard with a complete military airframe sitting there... man, that's something we won't see again.

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Life member, 91st BG Memorial Association
Owner, 1944 Willys MB #366014
Former REMF (US Army, O3)

Bit of a fixer upper, huh Chris?

Andy

From the Col.
T-33 Portsmouth Naval Shipyard was used for fire train scrapped by 76
B-52C, KC-135A both were scrapped at Dow, the 52 nose section used to be in a local scrap yard gone by 1995
F-84 Otis sat at the base for 6 years then cut up do to corrosion

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Andrew King
Air Museum Director with no Museum to Direct
Open to Suggestions

Geez, imagine finding a nose section like that, even stripped down... I've always wondered why nose sections are never kept even as curiosities, as scrap yards will often keep 'interesting' pieces around just for the heck of it, I've seen a lot of cool stuff stashed away at scrap yards over the years because the owners just thought they were interesting, in times of low scrap value, of course.

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Life member, 91st BG Memorial Association
Owner, 1944 Willys MB #366014
Former REMF (US Army, O3)

Brandywine T-33 may have become a gate guard at Montgomery Airpark in Gaithersburg, Maryland through the late-1980s when it was move to a VFW in Pocomoke City, Maryland -- which is quite a haul!