Dobbins ARB B-29 and Marietta Air Museum photos Sep 2013

[Ken]

I was able to walk around the B-29 as well as the statics at the Marietta Air Museum. Photos here:

https://picasaweb.google.com/1090793804 ... directlink

[APG85]

Thanks for posting the pictures. The B-29 is looking a little weather worn but at least she survives (she nearly didn't)...

[RMAllnutt]

Thanks very much for posting... you must be the first person in some time to be able to get permission to enter and photograph. They were incredibly rude to me when I wanted to visit a few years back. The guy at the gate took great glee in saying no, despite a very polite request. And I remember others on here have been threatened with arrest even for photographing from across the street. Great to see the photos though... I hadn't realized so many other aircraft were there as well.

Cheers,
Richard

[RareBear]

Good to see the A-7E from NAS Atlanta has been preserved. That was my first project when I went to work at the Air Station in 1989 - putting that bird up on the pedestal next to Atlanta Road. Lots of good memories from my time there.

Walt

[Chris Brame]

I'm getting an internal server error on the link; anyone else?

[Ken]

Good to see the A-7E from NAS Atlanta has been preserved.

Yup, as the "ownership" of various parts of the base has changed hands, I believe all the statics have been corralled into one spot, except the B-29.

For those of you familiar with Dobbins, there also used to be F-100, F-105, and F-4 and the former ANG entrance. IIRC those airplanes were moved to Robins AFB as statics and, when the ANG B-1s converted to JSTARS, I believe the statics then went across base to the Robins Museum. I would have to check, but some of these likely are now surplus to the Robins collection (and were looking for new homes) as has been discussed in another thread.

The other fascinating Dobbins "statics" are the NOS C-130s built for Libya and never delivered. I have never attempted to gain access, but I understand these are true time capsules. I recall seeing an interior photo online at one time but darn if I can find it now.

http://www.11alive.com/news/article/183 ... eed-planes

[APG85]

The other fascinating Dobbins "statics" are the NOS C-130s built for Libya and never delivered. I have never attempted to gain access, but I understand these are true time capsules. I recall seeing an interior photo online at one time but darn if I can find it now.

http://www.11alive.com/news/article/183 ... eed-planes

Those Herc's have been the subject of discussion in the C-130 community for years. They were never properly preserved or stored and have been sitting for decades in the grass almost since they were built...full of boxes of "new" (at the time) spare parts. Years ago, they were looked over for possible use and it was determined that they were junk (corrosion had taken its toll. They still sit howsoever...embargoed...

Pictures can be found here...but you have to dig for the tail numbers...

http://www.c-130hercules.net/gallery/

[BK]

Thanks very much for posting... you must be the first person in some time to be able to get permission to enter and photograph. They were incredibly rude to me when I wanted to visit a few years back. The guy at the gate took great glee in saying no, despite a very polite request. And I remember others on here have been threatened with arrest even for photographing from across the street. Great to see the photos though... I hadn't realized so many other aircraft were there as well.

Cheers,
Richard

My understanding is the plane is open (gate unlocked) to the public during hours that the new Visitor Center is open. I went on a Saturday when the center and gate were closed and took photos through the fence. Nobody said anything or stopped me. The Visitor Center and it's parking lot are to the side of the plane, outside of the main gate. See page 4 http://www.dobbins.afrc.af.mil/shared/m ... 02-050.pdf