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Re: Found F-86 by my house.

Mon Jan 04, 2010 6:30 am

Dang Chris...Fort Ben is close to your house? Don't you live in Elkhart now? :lol:

Ya know...if you could finagle a way to get that Sabre along with the Starfighter at Huntington back to Grissom, begin working on the Fortress there as well as all the other planes at Grissom, I do believe you could have enough work to keep ya busy until retirement...and beyond :roll:

Re: Found F-86 by my house.

Mon Jan 04, 2010 7:57 am

Ha ha no I live in Zionsville, In and work in Elkhart. I just stay local during me 4 days a week that I work. Eventually will get closer to home. Eagle Creek Airport is talking about putting a tower in due to an increase in traffic.

Re: Found F-86 by my house.

Mon Jan 04, 2010 11:47 am

Zionsville is pretty close to my parent's house. In fact, I got pulled over on 334 over Christmas for not signaling a lane change. Not much to do there apparently.... :lol:

Re: Found F-86 by my house.

Mon Jan 04, 2010 11:48 am

Ha ha Really? Where are they?

Re: Found F-86 by my house.

Mon Jan 04, 2010 11:48 am

Just north of Lebanon. I grew up there.

Re: Found F-86 by my house.

Mon Jan 04, 2010 11:50 am

bluehawk15 wrote:Just wondering about the arrangement because if they own it outright, perhaps they might be interested in trading it for another, easier to keep up, memorial. :D


It would be great to see this F-86 come in from the cold, or eventually fly again. I can ask when I am there next time.

Re: Found F-86 by my house.

Mon Jan 04, 2010 11:51 am

Django wrote:Just north of Lebanon. I grew up there.


Oh wow. That is not far at all.

Re: Found F-86 by my house.

Wed Jan 06, 2010 1:37 am

Starfighter at Huntington? In the state of Indiana? What model of F-104 and s/n?

Thanks,

Scott

Re: Found F-86 by my house.

Wed Jan 06, 2010 8:48 am

Mr Scott...yes, there is (or was?) a Starfighter at the entrance to the Huntington (Indiana) airport. Someone posted pix here on WIX of her a while back and she was looking worse for wear than when she was at Grissom Air Museum.

Re: Found F-86 by my house.

Wed Jan 06, 2010 6:32 pm

Mr. Scott wrote:Starfighter at Huntington? In the state of Indiana? What model of F-104 and s/n?

Thanks,

Scott


Scott,

This site http://www.coastcomp.com/av/pres/ lists it as F-104D 57-1322. There are some shots here: http://www.coastcomp.com/av/pres/misc2006/57-1322.htm

Re: Found F-86 by my house.

Sun Jan 25, 2015 5:01 pm

https://www.facebook.com/vfw7119?fref=pb&hc_location=profile_browser

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2621/3758668590_6a35957a78_z.jpg&imgrefurl=https://www.flickr.com/photos/34639780@N07/3758668590/&h=338&w=640&tbnid=cAwwOXuUXB5mvM:&zoom=1&docid=QFm-zp9VRzMn8M&itg=1&ei=U0nFVMrVJcGfggTB1oLgAQ&tbm=isch&ved=0CB8QMygBMAE

Re: Found F-86 by my house.

Sun Jan 25, 2015 7:50 pm

mustangdriver wrote:F-86 in a VFW picnic area in Ft. Harrison, IN
Image

Chris, would it be OK to pass this photo along to millionmonkeytheater.com's F-86 page? They don't have a shot of this one.

Re: Found F-86 by my house.

Sun Jan 25, 2015 9:04 pm

At the very least, could we try and find a canopy for it?

Would/coud the NMUSAF help?
Are there any laying around unused?
How about a mold for a fiberglass one?

Re: Found F-86 by my house.

Sun Jan 25, 2015 10:44 pm

It is located here...
ImageAerial Visuals - Location Dossier - Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 7119 - F-86

It is part of the NMUSAF loan program...
ImageAerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - North American F-86 Sabre, s/n 50-0632 USAF

Mike

Re: Found F-86 by my house.

Sun Jan 25, 2015 10:51 pm

Feel free to use this photo wherever you guys like.
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