The b-29 that would not die

[maxum96]

Looking at the terrain, I'd say somewhere in Southern California. High Desert probably.

[Chief]

I would say the photo of the C-133 was taken in Mojave. A group of missionaries got four of them and parked them at Mojave. Their plan was to strip two of them for parts. Load the parts in the two best ones and take them to Africa. Their plan fell through, money, I believe.

Then some retired U.S. Air Force people. I know one was a CMSgt and another was a Lt Colonel. They took over the C-133's and took the two intact C-133's to Anchorage Alaska (along with the spare parts from the other two) when the Alaska pipeline was being built and used them to fly pipeline supplies. They flew their missions in Alaska under some very strict rules which hampered their ability to become profitable.

I saw the C-133's parked on the West side of the Anchorage airport in January 1980. It was interesting that the original USAF banner on the tails was MAC which stood for Military Airlift Command. However, at Anchorage they had only changed the "M" to "N"; resulting in NAC which I was told stood for Northern Air Carrier.

[sandiego89]

Where is this?

I vote Tucson, with 54-0137 or 59-0531 as possible candidates? I can not get the photos to open on this computer. The Mojave C-133's still have their wings. From this website: http://www.angelfire.com/wa2/c133bcargo ... mbers.html

54-0137
12-21-56/01-18-57 44607 1607 ATW 01-07-71. According to Joe Baugher, was once registered as N2251X. The hulk is in a salvage yard in Tucson, AZ, just outside the SW fence of Davis-Monthan AFB. It was once owned by Properties Investment Enterprise, Ltd., then by Maurice Carlson, Anchorage, AK, but is now owned by Don Howells, of HAVECO, an aircraft salvage company in Tucson. Used as a storage barn for aircraft parts, it will be scrapped in the near future. Photo by Stan Rothwell, 1996

59-0531
09-26-60/10-06-60 45582 1501 ATW 07-26-71. Civil registry as N2276V, sat for many years on Tucson International Airport, AZ, owned by Maurice Carlson, Anchorage, AL. Scrapped Jan 2001. Photo as displayed at Tucson IAP until it was cut up.

[Nathan]

There is a scrapyard outside of the main boneyard with a C-133 and behind it a early C-130A with Roman nose. I see a recent google map shows the tail chopped off and is still there I think. Also two at Mojave airliner boneyard...but those have wings on them. Actually you can see them in a Mythbusters episode where they go test myths about depressurized airliner cabins.

Either way I'd love to see whatever parts of left to be saved of any C-133's. I have no connection with -133's. Just that I like them, and the cold war stories they carry. I love big airplanes too!

[whistlingdeath77]

[whistlingdeath77]

Damaged wing tip to the b-47 from the tornado

[Jerry O'Neill]

Frank, That Kaman HOK is in storage at NEAM and i don't think it was damaged at all.

[whistlingdeath77]

Yeah, I don't remember seeing it on display. I was there a couple weeks ago. Didn't see that new coast guard acquisition either just yet

[Jerry O'Neill]

The USCG HU-25A is in the storage building opposite the Restoration hangar.

[tom d. friedman]

wow, i'm going to keep my eye on this thread....... 1st I've heard of it!!

[whistlingdeath77]

[whistlingdeath77]

Ouch

[Jerry O'Neill]

C-54 and the YCH-46 and F-8 Crusader. It was a sad sight, but thanks for posting.

[whistlingdeath77]

C-54 and the YCH-46 and F-8 Crusader. It was a sad sight, but thanks for posting.

Jerry, I'm not saying your older than me but rather a longer memory! Lol. Do you remember how many of the destroyed airframes were immediatly disposed of, moved to the newer location or remained on outside display? I'm looking back on the airframes as a kid in the early 80s so I only go back so far. Much as I remember, everything big remained outside. The airframes that were beyond fixing were put in the storage yard and the smaller aircraft were put inside the first hanger,( now the civilian hanger.)

[Cherrybomber13]

Were any of these aircraft not tied down? Was it ever investigated if anything could have been differently to have prevented this? The images look more like a JDAM strike...