Duncan Az F-100F

[steve dickey]

Can somebody tell me what the pipe is for? Fuel dump?

[peter]

Windshield cracked.. canopy unlocked.. access panel hanging open.. flight controls all over the place.... definately not a well looked after bird...

[mlenoch]

I think that external pipe may have been for smoke system.
My best guess?

[bdk]

Maybe if we knew the serial number we could figure out it's last duty station. Might have been used as a chase plane at Edwards. Would be an ignominious end to one of the Thunderbirds, that's for sure!

[ChrisK48]

It's 56-3812.

[steve dickey]

Thanks for the info Chris.
Might not be in the greatest of shape but whose to know it was not like that before it was put
up on a plinth??
Let the detective's begin!
According to the plaque it was put up in 1998

[JohnB]

I think the T-Bird smoke system was similar but exited just above the tailpipe.
The fitting on the end looks jury-rigged...wonder if the rest was removed when they pulled the engine?

Would be an ignominious end to one of the Thunderbirds, that's for sure!

Better that than the scrappers around D-M. Or a one-way ride to the Goldwater range.