This is the place where the majority of the warbird (aircraft that have survived military service) discussions will take place. Specialized forums may be added in the new future
Fri Dec 20, 2013 12:45 pm
Has anyone been here recently? Just wondering what shape the planes are in.
www.tinker.af.mil/photos/mediagallery.a ... eryID=9874
Fri Dec 20, 2013 3:18 pm
I go by every once and a while. Overall not bad. Good from 20 feet. Lots and lots of paint. I would guess (and it's purely a guess) that they get a liberal coat of paint from time to time. I think that the B-29 is an Aberdeen transplant. It's one that would be really nice to have somewhere under cover and out of the weather. No museum in OK big enough to house it, though, or any that have the cash on hand to bring it in and put it under cover. The neat thing would be to transport it to a museum, strip the paint, and polish it with some Oklahoma related nose art. Problem will be transport, disassembly, and getting the Tinker folks to let go of it in the first place...
kevin
Sat Dec 21, 2013 3:21 pm
All the WW2 planes on outside display need to come indoors. Otherwise there will be a mass scrapping of those aircraft in 10 to 15 years.
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