Helena, MT, EC-121T now slated to go to Castle Air Museum

[RareBear]

The EC-121T that has sat at Helena, MT, for many years was to go to the Evergreen Museum, but due to Evergreen's inactivity, the plane is now to be acquired by the Castle Air Museum. See Ralph Pettersen's article here:
http://www.conniesurvivors.com/1-connie_news.htm#FEB21

Walt

[Pat Carry]

Good news indeed!

[JohnB]

Yes, great news.

At the risk of thread drift , what other aircraft are at Helena and might be available?

Also, isn't that where the Anders F-89 came from?
That was in excellent shape, Helena looks t have a fairly dry climate so hopefully the Connie is in good shape.

[The Inspector]

Yes, great news.

At the risk of thread drift , what other aircraft are at Helena and might be available?

Also, isn't that where the Anders F-89 came from?
That was in excellent shape, Helena looks t have a fairly dry climate so hopefully the Connie is in good shape.

YEP! they had to knock it down and drag it down I-5 from KBLI to KBVS and the new museum site, now we'll get to reattach all the big parts (the two stickyoutie thingies, etc)and put it back on it's feet.
Helena is a nice 'stuck in the 40's' type mid western style farm based city of around 29,000 nice folks. temps range from +10f to +85f-ish rainfall about 2 in in June, 35+/- in of snow in winter and dry powdery, humidity 27-65%. It's a nice stop if you are doing a motorcycle ride thru Montana on I-15 up the East side of the divide, folks are friendly and the scenery to/from is unbeatable (the Rockies) plus the undisturbed buildings in Helena and the surrounding towns makes you expect John Wayne and John Ford to ride past you.