Warbird Information Exchange

I went today to the Warrensburg, MO airfield.

The owner of the SeaBee was there, and told me that the F-84 was being disassembled.

It turns out that someone had the good idea of stealing the instruments from the F-84 and caused some other damages to the airframe. Whoever has the power to make decissions, directed that the F-84 be disassembled and it will be transported to a museum (?) in Springfield where it will reportedly, serve as a gate guardian.

The guy who owns the Seabee, also owns the Fleet; he said that this aircraft was abandoned for over 35 years at a Kansas farmer's field, from where he rescued it and restored it back to flying condition.

Lastly, the other two airframes of interest, have been going downhill very fast from the way they were the last time I visited in 2004; the T-39 looks dirtier and forlorn . . . the TH- is at least inside the hangar, where it was the previous visit.















TH-55A 67-16755



Fleet NC70CJ



Saludos,


Tulio

Do you have any more pictures of the TH-55? Do you know if the missing window is there?

The F84 is going to Springfield, MO....to the CAF unit there for static display, we decided to pass on it in the STL CAF wing.

Who owns the TH 55? the trade school? Is the Seabee privately owned? for sale?

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Eric

"I spent most of my money on alcohol, women and skyraiders....and the rest of it I just wasted."

F-4 if you PM with an e-mail address, I will send you other angles on the TH-55. The Tech School should be the owner of the airframe. It still carries U.S.A. serial #, and I am sure it has been an instructional airframe.

As far as I know, the Seabee is not for sale. The owner was recharging the battery today, and when I was returning from shooting the pictures of the F-84, he had the engine running, and had moved the amphibian to a nearby location for tiedown.

Saludos,

Tulio

Shame to see the F-84 go. I have fond memories of seeing that Thunderstreak every trip to the lake (for as long as I can remember). The last time I got real close to it, about 6 months ago, someone had the canopy up and was working in the cockpit (possibly stealing instruments?). I hope that it is better taken care of now....although I'll miss having it 20 minutes from home.

Dante

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-Dante Cosentino