steve dickey wrote:
Hello Mike, living here in Beercanridge(or Monastary on the prairie Gary Austin know's about that one!)I will tomorrow get u the cooridinates for the main museum building, although not all A/C are in one hanger, usually just two.
Thanks Steve! Looking forward to those coordinates. If you need any help with that you may wish to read this…
http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/Locator.html#Mapssteve dickey wrote:
A/C owned by Howard Pardue/ B.A.M.are as follows,Fm2 Wildcat,Grumman Bearcat,Hawker Fury(I.S.S.). Others are a J-3 modified to look like an L-4 and a staggerwing but are not part of the museum per say.
Thanks. I have added those types to the list. They will be in tonight’s upload.
steve dickey wrote:
Also do U want or need pic's of A/C like say the plainview T-33 or B-25 in Pampa or F-84 in Tulia, ect. ect......?If so I just bought one of them scaner/printer thingys and will try to fire it up tommorrow.
For a description of what info is going into the Locator visit…
http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/Locator.html#ScopeThe short of the long is that I am NOT taking pictures. That would make the task of building the Locator just too large, besides the Locator is about finding them. However, Scott Rose would likely very much appreciate your photos for the Warbird Registry. You should send any pics you have to him.
steve dickey wrote:
Being is that I growed up in New Mexico some of those I know about but I don't remember if U mentioned the F-84 in Artesia?
Already have that one in the Locator…
http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/Locator.php?City=ArtesiaJBoyle wrote:
mrhenniger wrote:
#1: Is there a Big Country Squadron in at the Abilene Elmdale Airpark? If so which hangar?
Yes, it's the largest hangar on the field..at the NE corner or thr property.
A very nice facility.
The NE corner puts you in a farm field. Did you mean the SE corner? There is a building there which appears to have access to the grass strip.
JBoyle wrote:
mrhenniger wrote:
#15: Is there a Atlas ICBM Historical Society in Abilene? If so where? Any aircaft?
Yes there is. They are trying to restore a site south of Abilene in what's called the Denton valley (NOT the Denton north of DFW). No aircraft or missiles at this time.
Thanks.
JBoyle wrote:
mrhenniger wrote:
#67: Apparently there is a T-33 displayed in a city park in Sweetwater. If so where exactly is it?
Several blocks NE of city center. It's the city's largets park and is near their Fairgrounds. Also they have a UH-1H "Huey" and M-60 tank on display.
I think I found the T-33 at 32 29 03.12 N 100 24 36.91 W. Is it pole mounted. Is the UH-1 near-by?
JBoyle wrote:
Other items... I think the C-119/F-102 at Granbury is actually the now defunct Pate Museum. If Goodfellow has an HH-43, I think that's whhere they got it from.
So the Pate Museum is now closed? When did that happen? Are any of the aircraft still there?
JBoyle wrote:
Other notes:
There is a T-33 at a VFW post in San Angelo.
I thought there is one at a high school. I can’t find it myself. Is the one at high school the same as the VFW (possibly next-door neighbors)? Or are there two separate aircraft? Do you happen to have a street address or coordinates? I am not having much luck with these T-33s.
JBoyle wrote:
Other notes:
The airport at Brownwood has an F-4 and F-111 on display ...and I believe an A-7 as well.
I have the F-4 and F-111. Where is the A-7? Is it near the other two?
JBoyle wrote:
Other notes:
There is also a UH-1B on I-20 just east of Midland at a military surplus store.
I’ll need more info for this one. Helos are very difficult to pick out in the satellite images. What is the name of the store? Street address or maybe even coordinates.
JBoyle wrote:
And A UH-1H at a Vietnam memorial at Big Spring...along with the museum at the old Webb AFB.
I have the one at the memorial. Is the UH-1 at Webb part of the Hangar 25 museum or is it displayed outside someplace?
Old Shep wrote:
Besides the CAF HQ at Midland International Airport, there are three restored Hueys and one Cobra belonging to a private individual living here and he bases them at Midland Airpark, which is in the northeast corner of the city. Not open to the public, but he and his crew will be flying them in our CAF Airsho in September this year.
Cool. Does he tour to air shows with them?
Old Shep wrote:
Also, there's a T-34, AT-11, Harvard IV located at Mabee Ranch, which is 13 or so miles north of Midland.
You might already have these, Mike, so forgive if I'm only restating stuff.
Are these display outside? Or they some kind of museum? Privately owned?
retroaviation wrote:
There's also an L-39 based here at MAF as well. Old Shep can probably give you more details on that one though.
Thanks for the tip. I likely won’t be including privately held aircraft in the Locator. Museums and static display aircraft are OK since they typically don’t move around too much. Flying museum’s are OK since the aircraft come home to roost. The privately held aircraft are usually not viewable anyway, and can be here today and gone tomorrow.
It looks like there may yet be some updates to the Locator.
Thanks again.
Regards,
Mike
EDIT: The "Need Help" list has been moved to my most recent post.