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Re: Dispersal of airframes at Former Chanute

Tue May 23, 2017 12:59 pm

Chris Brame wrote:So, now that we've gotten through the winter, any updates on the rescues/scrappings at Chanute?
Castle is expecting the B-58 sometime this summer.

Re: Dispersal of airframes at Former Chanute

Thu Jun 15, 2017 9:47 am

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?view=fimg&th=15ca8a6fa97ba511&attid=0.1&disp=thd&attbid=ANGjdJ8y3BRwOv3lW9xMJnbI3wRYKJ4deM91NfDTQ9ZZWctVz7x0r0yU1Ty6YEHzwcyXGVV-c44yEn_KuPXBHr32MSrMrazh4ja1PVDC1MdJwBwSRq2TIqVlyybZ3-w&sz=w226-h166&zwImage

Re: Dispersal of airframes at Former Chanute

Thu Jun 15, 2017 7:32 pm

Seabee, can you try that again? All I get is a request to add Gmail to my account.

Re: Dispersal of airframes at Former Chanute

Wed Jul 12, 2017 2:27 pm

The EC-121 tail, engines and domes have arrived safely at Willow Run. Per facebook the fuselage got underway this morning.

Re: Dispersal of airframes at Former Chanute

Wed Jul 12, 2017 9:13 pm

https://www.facebook.com/Worldwideaircr ... _ref=OTHER
Great news! As to the rest... Looks like everything else is still there like the last time the guy flew his drone around the area.

Re: Dispersal of airframes at Former Chanute

Thu Jul 13, 2017 7:15 am

Even on a trailer it looks fast and sexy!

Re: Dispersal of airframes at Former Chanute

Thu Jul 13, 2017 8:10 am

Does anybody have a complete list of aircraft that are there (or were there)?

Re: Dispersal of airframes at Former Chanute

Thu Jul 13, 2017 8:21 am

I will be there next Friday and Saturday for an indoor model airplane contest at an adjacent hangar. I can certainly take some pics of what is still outside.
~jim

Re: Dispersal of airframes at Former Chanute

Thu Jul 13, 2017 10:25 am

Does anybody have current contact information for somebody at the museum? Is there even anybody still there at this point?

Re: Dispersal of airframes at Former Chanute

Thu Aug 10, 2017 9:18 pm

Worldwide Aircraft Recovery has the B-58 up on a trailer; wings are coming off next:
https://scontent-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/ ... e=5A2AF87A
glider90 wrote:I will be there next Friday and Saturday for an indoor model airplane contest at an adjacent hangar. I can certainly take some pics of what is still outside.
~jim

Did you get some photos, Jim?

Re: Dispersal of airframes at Former Chanute

Tue Aug 22, 2017 6:45 am

Here's what the F-86A and T-33 looked like in February. They were relocated to the Air National Guard display in Fort Wayne.

ImageIMG_3590 by Matthew Vader, on Flickr

ImageIMG_3595 by Matthew Vader, on Flickr

Re: Dispersal of airframes at Former Chanute

Tue Aug 22, 2017 4:41 pm

Thanks Matt! I see they're using the handyman's secret weapon to seal the canopies... :D

Re: Dispersal of airframes at Former Chanute

Tue Aug 22, 2017 8:50 pm

The B-58 arrived last Friday, 18-Aug-2017. It currently looks like a crash site surrounded by a fence. I'll have a bucket of pics tomorrow, but moving to a new host has become cumbersome. I'll figure out something.

Re: Dispersal of airframes at Former Chanute

Wed Aug 23, 2017 9:36 am

Spectre_I wrote:The B-58 arrived last Friday, 18-Aug-2017. It currently looks like a crash site surrounded by a fence. I'll have a bucket of pics tomorrow, but moving to a new host has become cumbersome. I'll figure out something.


Can't wait Spectre! Excited for your team. She going at the end by the Vigilante? Maybe across from the B-36 would be a better fit to be close to her CONVAIR sisters.

The loss of free photobucket is a real pain. Think I will go to imageshack which for a few bucks allows third party linking.

Re: Dispersal of airframes at Former Chanute

Wed Aug 23, 2017 9:42 am

sandiego89 wrote:
Spectre_I wrote:The loss of free photobucket is a real pain. Think I will go to imageshack which for a few bucks allows third party linking.


Imgur is also a nice option.
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