Warbird Information Exchange

These photos were taken February 28, 1974 before many of these planes were fixed up and brought inside, so there's an abundance of cosmoline and Spraylat:
FJ-1 120351


UC-45J 09771


F6F-5 94203


UH-34D 150227


OH-43D 138101 and PBY-5 08317


T-28C 140542 (Registry lists this as N5321X, under restoration in 2008 - update?)


D-558-1 37970


YS2F-1 129153 (last pre-production Tracker built) and Skyraider - is it AD-7 135300?


FJ-4 139486 and AM-1 122397


Closeup of each. The Fury wears its last operational markings from NAS Glynco:


Mauler:


F4D-1 134806 (marked "U.S. Navy Test Pilot School")


F3D-2 124598


T-28s at Pensacola for overhaul: 2G-143 140659, 2G-104 137764, 2P-212 looks like 137752, 2W-303 ?

140659 is registered N75ES on display at the Southern Museum of Transportation
137764 is flying as N2207Y
137752 is registered as N752WW (current status unknown)

Many thanks to Leon for passing these photos along. Enjoy!

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Great stuff! Thanks for posting them. Love the T-28's.

Amazing what 40 years of work can accomplish. Things are so much better now than then.

Interesting on the F4D - and I realize that the plane is not in operating condition in the photo - BUT - most of the photos I have seen of parked F4Ds show the large rear "pitch trimmers" in an upward position and in this photo they are sagging down. I had assumed that upward was a parked and 'locked' position. Just thinking out loud. . .

Tom P.

Thanks for posting the photos and
Thank You Leon for taking the photos and saving them all these years!
It is always interesting to know the history of aircraft.

Any idea on why they'd have 2-3 H-21s?
No Navy or USMC use....of course they did have the HRP...not the same thing.

Trade material?

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johnB - I too have wondered about the H-21 useage by the Navy. I also wonder if there are any HRP's in existance. As I recall these stored aircraft were near or on the WWII seaplane ramp, but what I can now remember is no longer clear. I'm glad WIXer's can enjoy photos...

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I don't know of a surviving HRP.
Circa 1980 when I was just out of college, I had a job with a regional airline. Our maintenance chief was retired USMC, and he had flown HRP, and had a photo on his wall.
One day I commented it was a nice shot of HRP. He looked at me with shock.
"Not many people know what an HRP is..." he said.

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HMX-1 USMC operated some H-21's..