A-25A Restoration Project

[wendovertom]

To display my total ignorance - Mike, you mentioned a A/C that come out of a Utah lake?? what lake and when?

Also, can anyone shed more light for me on the Helldiver that AeroTrader has for sale?

Thanks,

Tom P
www.wendoverairbase.com

[HELLDIVERS]

HI TOM 2 A-25S AND 1 SB2C-1 WERE RECOVERED FROM LAKE WASHINGTON REMAINS OF 2 CRASHED A-25S WERE RECOVERED FROM BLACKROCK CANYON ON THE SHORES OF THE GREAT SALT LAKE,1 A-25 WAS RECOVERED FROM BARBERS POINT HAWAII.NO A/C HAVE BEEN FOUND IN A UTAH LAKE HOPE THIS HELPS.I GREW UP IN MAGNA AND MADE MANY TRIPS TO HISTORIC WENDOVER FIELD!AS FOR THE MOVIE GAS S S S THIS IS NEWS TO ME IS IT AVAILABLE ON VHS/DVD?AS FOR A SB2C IT COULD BE CHARLY NICHOLS,OR MAYBE THE FIBERGLASS REPLICA WHICH IS NOW ON DISPLAY ON THE INTREPID I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT LET ME KNOW IF ITS AVAILABLE THANKS MIKE

[dj51d]

A quick check over at imdb the film "Gas-s-s-s" is not even available on VHS, but perhaps this is a good thing. The film was directed by Roger Corman who has the dubious distinction of having had more of his films on Mystery Science Theater 3000 than anyone else.

[wendovertom]

Interesting, there was a large aircraft scrap heap in Wendover for years and would have been here during 1969-1971 era. I am wondering if the plane used in that movie was actually here. Hummm.

[HELLDIVERS]

HAVE YOU SEEN ANY PHOTOS OF THE STUFF THAT WAS THERE?IVE NEVER HEARD OF MUCH OUT THERE, WERE WAS IT AT ON THE BASE?THANKS MIKE

[wendovertom]

Mike,

One of the current airport employees grew up in Wendover and played on P-47s and B-24s in his youth - that would have been mid 1970's. I'll ask if he has any photos - I have also spoken to a gentleman who was stationed here during 1958 and he also confirmed a "aircraft dump" but that was almost 20 years prior.

Tom P.

[RMAllnutt]

The Helldiver advertised at Aerotrader is actually this one


http://www.rmallnutt.com/helldiver/

It's owned by Kevin Smith. If anyone wants any further details, please feel free to contact me.

Cheers,
. Richard

[Chris Brame]

I can add a bit more to the scrapyard sequence; the other planes are mostly cut-up tails of F3H-2 Demons (one marked VF-13, last three digits of BuNo are 245; another is either 133490 or 143490 with tail code "AH") along with some large round natural metal fuselage sections (B-29?). Any ideas?

[HELLDIVERS]

HI CHRIS! DO YOU HAVE ANY PHOTOS?ARE THEY AT WENDOVER?GOTTA SEE EM IF SO!THANKS MIKE

[Chris Brame]

Hi again,
I don't have photos; I've just been studying the video frame by frame. The movie seems to have been shot in Texas and Arizona (Sedona and Acoma Pueblo). Maybe the planes came from Litchfield Park? I wish I had a way to make stills from the video, but I'm not that computer savvy...
Chris

[Chuck Gardner]

Mike,
Contact me ASAP!
Chuck
gardnerpilots@yahoo.com

[HELLDIVERS]

CHRIS CAN YOU MAKE ME COPY OF THE VIDEO THANKS CHUCK FOR YOUR INFO WIX ROCKS!!

[Scott Rose]

Helldivers sent me some pictures to post, they can be found here:
http://photobucket.com/albums/v288/zillarian/HELLDIVERS/

But here's a look at his A-25 project:

[Downunder]

Other pics of SB2a's matching Dan K's pic at Airliners.net
if anyone's interested.
www.airliners.net/open.file?id=329703
www.airliners.net/open.file?id=327877
www.airliners.net/open.file?id=326068
www.airliners.net/open.file?id=324384

[wendovertom]

sorry about no follow up - I don't seem to be getting any notices on this thread - ANYWAY - to confirm, no, there are no pieces parts left here in Wendover - especially no Panther parts

The only thing here at the moment are a few JB-2 hulks the museum is slowly working on.

Tom P