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Larry Kraus wrote:
Sril,I'm aware of the Intermountain connection with Tanker 22 and I have a picture of it somewhere with the Fulton Skyhook Gear installed.We had a couple of leftovers from that arrangement,which once included a set of antlers on the nose to capture the balloon cable.The pitot tube on T22 was repositioned to the top of the nose by Intermountain so that it wouldn't be damaged by the cable.It always reminded me of the refuelling probe on an A-6.You might be able to see the pitot tube in some of the T22 pictures.The tail turret area,which had been converted into an entry area for the person reeled in by the Fulton Gear was covered with a light framework of what looked like either light metal or wooden strips and then covered with fabric.You can probably also see that in the pictures of T22.
I believe that Steve is correct in stating the AF s/n as 44-83785,but there was some question as to whether or not this was actually the correct s/n for the airframe.I'll have to check with Chuck Ott for the details,but I think that it had to do with Intermountain having two B-17 airframes at one time and one of them going missing under mysterious circumstances.
Steve,while looking for a picture of T22 in it's former guise with the Fulton Skyhook Rig installed,I ran across a picture that should answer your original question:[img][img]http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u303/tkr62/n809z.jpg[/img][/img]
That's it Larry. Thanks.
Steve G
This is a photo of Tanker 22 taken at Yellowstone Regional Airport, in Cody near Greybull Wyoming in August 1976.
The story behind it is that during that summer of 1976 when I was 24 years old I was traveling from Yellowstone to Mount Rushmore. I was hitchhiking and got dropped of at the crossroads near the Yellowstone Regional airfield.
As I am from the Netherlands I had no idea that there actually was an airfield there near that crossroads. But while waiting for a new ride I noticed the airplane across the fields and and after looking at it for a while it dawned on me that it actually was a real B-17. (I already was a little bit into watching old warbirds then so I was able to identify it by type.)
I could not figure out why it was there so I decided to take this picture. That way I at least could prove to myself I had really seen it.
When I got back to the Netherlands I asked around about it but I never figured out what plane I had seen.
Till recently when I discovered on the net there had been an company named Hawkins and Powers that had been flying Air Tankers out of Greybull Wyoming.
Then after some more searching I discovered this thread, that actually had a picture in it with the same plane that I had photographed in 1976.
So I am very greatfull for you guys helping me solve the riddle about this plane after almost 35 years.
Maybe you guys like seeing how this plane you are talking about looked in the summer of 1976.
Eric
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