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PostPosted: Fri Nov 13, 2015 11:56 pm 
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Just enjoyed the privilege of going through a new packet of photos from Leon Cleaver (known here as Woodsy Airfield). As he puts it:
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Family took a recent 4 day trip to the Atlanta area, and as I always do, some stops along the way were in order to take photos of display or other known military types. There were 10 stops of note.

These were taken from 4-27 through 4-30-15.

T-33 marked 51-9766*, Cambridge, OH Airport:
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*This is an F-84G serial - anyone know the real one? (Ed. note: 52-9604 - see below)

F-105 serial 57-5792, Zanesville, OH Muni:
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Recent restoration covered on WIX.

F-84F serial 52-7066, Jackson Park, Vienna WV:
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AKA the "other" West Virginia Thunderjet. Here it is in service, courtesy Forgotten Fighters:
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AH-1F serial 68-17040, American Legion Post 65, Statesville, NC:
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B-25C serial 41-13285
Delivered electronics for Mitchell restoration
South Carolina Historical Aviation Foundation, Columbia, SC Hamilton-Owens Airport:
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Gary Byrd and Xen Motsinger (VP, Networking and Membership of SCHAF).

SNJ-4 BuNo 27377/N299FM (the 12533 is part of its North American c/n 88-12533), transit area, Hamilton-Owens Airport:
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UH-1H, serial 66-16405, American Legion Post 77, Conyers, GA:
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This one's a Vietnam Medevac veteran; more history here: http://www.vietnamdustoff.com/dustoffaircraft.html

Gyrodyne QH-50D DASH drone helicopter serial 1715, upon delivery to Larry Montgomery in Carrollton, GA:
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Alice Cleaver on right.

F-4E serial 66-0319, VFW Post 5146, Athens, TN:
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This actually was a Thunderbird in 1971-72; here it is in camo, again courtesy Forgotten Fighters:
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AH-1F serial 68-17085, VFW Post 5156, Sweetwater, TN:
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And finally F-101B serial 57-308, Airborne Airpark, Wilmington, OH:
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Hope you enjoyed this little road trip! Thanks for looking and thanks to Leon for sharing it with us.

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Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)


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PostPosted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 6:58 am 
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Thanks for posting!

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Glad you got to see our F105 at Zanesville. .

On your next trip try to drop by newark heath airport east of columbus to see the f4 we restored their as well...also a nice Flypast feature!

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Our Family had a great trip. Thank you Chris for posting. Rauhbatz - Took a snapshot of F-4 at Newark in March 1992...It looked pretty good then...The WIX network can provide an astounding array of information...Keep on watching. :D

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That's the SNJ that I help take care of! It's based at Cherokee County Airport (KCNI) and belongs to Vintage Flights. (Note: the N number listed is incorrect--it's N299FM.)

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Always enjoy aircraft history from Leon! Thanks for sharing! I got excited seeing the F-84 until I saw the "Owned by the usafm" sign. LOL :drink3:

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Rod Schneider wrote:
That's the SNJ that I help take care of! It's based at Cherokee County Airport (KCNI) and belongs to Vintage Flights. (Note: the N number listed is incorrect--it's N299FM.)

Correcting - thanks!

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Rod Schneider wrote:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/622/22972834396_b5afc8140c_b.jpg
That's the SNJ that I help take care of! It's based at Cherokee County Airport (KCNI) and belongs to Vintage Flights. (Note: the N number listed is incorrect--it's N299FM.)


Nice plane! Very Harvard 4 looking...


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Re the mismarked T-33 at Cambridge, OH - Update from Nathan Decker at Forgotten Fighters:
Nathan Decker wrote:
Hi Chris,
On that T-33, it is actually 52-9604. I'm not sure when or why they changed the serial there, but Ohioans are a weird lot :).
Nate

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Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)


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