Warbird Information Exchange

I know that the F-104 here is the aircraft that they used the wings of to supplement the wings on the F-104 out front of the museum. But, what's the story behind it? It almost looks fake to me, like it's a mock-up... my efforts are useless, I can't find anything... Anybody know the story? And maybe the story or some information on the T-33 back behind it?

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Sterling, when was this shot taken? The T-33 is 51-6754, which until last year was in a playground in Huntington, IN (the park district replaced it with T-33 51-4271/N271AP, which they own outright). 754 was expected to have been scrapped - it's pretty rough although not unsavable - so it's interesting so see it may still exist. Thread here:
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Baugher has this on F-104D 57-1322:

So it looks like the NMUSAF went to Huntington, collected both of its toys and went home.

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

There can't be many "D"s left, they only built 20.
Glad it's saved.

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The City told the NMUSAF to take them back...it wasn't like the NMUSAF swooped in and demanded them. The F-104 was out front of our airport and the airport is undergoing a major ramp expansion so they told the NMUSAF they didn't want it anymore. Made a few folks here unhappy. The T-33 was in really bad shape and full of cement. The City wanted to put a T-33 on a pole so they purchased a project from Courtesy and mounted it in their veteran's memorial park. I was surprised the T-33 wasn't scrapped on site. Both airplanes at in front of my hangar for a few days before the left.

The 104 had a colorful history in Indiana.

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Thanks for the clarification, Tom.
Two questions: Is the T-33 now standing on its gear, or just the poles it was on at the park? Second, what part of it is full of cement? The photos I got from Nathan Decker in 2015 on the other thread show the cockpit all open and the seats are still there.

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)

Sent a notice to Nathan Decker, and just now got a reply. In part:

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)