Warbird Information Exchange

The following lists are of aircraft that were offered through the DOD Surplus Catelog venue. These military aircraft remains are essentually broken up scrap - not being offered as a possible flyer. I thought maybe those WIX members that are looking for a souvenir or are parts collectors may find the lists useable. For full explanation of subject, please refer to same title above, except use - 1970.

Sale Date...........Aircraft Remains............Sale Location............Buyer If Known

2 Jul 1981......Airship (6 tons).............NAS Lakehurst, NJ
14 Jul 1981.........F-106......................Tyndall AFB, FL
14 Jul 1981.........C-130......................Fort Campbell, KY
14 Jul 1981.........UH-1H.....................Fort Bragg, NC
14 Jul 1981......2) UH-1N, UH-1H.........NAS Corpus Christi, TX
14 Jul 1981........4) T-28C...................NAS Corpus Christi, TX
23 Jul 1981.........SH-3H.....................NAS Pensacola, FL
23 Jul 1981........3) T-28C...................NAS Pensacola, FL
11 Aug 1981........F-4.........................Gunter AFS, AL
11 Aug 1981.....F-84, F-86, F-102........Eglin AFB, FL
11 Aug 1981........A-10.......................Myrtle Beach AFB, SC
1 Sep 1981.......C-131A, HU-16E..........CGS Elizabeth City, NC
1 Sep 1981..........F-101B....................Whiteman AFB, MO
16 Sep 1981........B-52G.....................Robins AFB, GA
16 Sep 1981........RF-4C......................Shaw AFB, SC
16 Sep 1981.....T-28A, T-28B, T-44A.....NAS Corpus Christi, TX
1 Oct 1981........XAJ-1 BuNo 121460....Camp Allen, VA........Peck Iron Metal, Portsmouth, VA
20 Oct 1981.........F-4E........................Moody AFB, GA
20 Oct 1981......A-10, A-37..................England AFB, LA
20 Oct 1981.........C-123......................Fort Sill, OK
20 Oct 1981.........A-10........................Myrtle Beach AFB, SC
10 Nov 1981......F-4, F-16....................McDill AFB, FL
10 Nov 1981........T-34........................Robins AFB, GA
10 Nov 1981........F-4..........................Seymour Johnson AFB, NC
10 Nov 1981........UH-1N......................NAS Corpus Christi, TX
10 Nov 1981......3) T-28C.....................NAS Corpus Christi, TX
3 Dec 1981..........F-106....................K.I. Sawyer, MI........Ishpeming Steel, Ishpeming, MI
3 Dec 1981......UH-1A ser. 76096......NWS Colts Neck, NJ.....K & K Aircraft, Bridgewater, VA

Look for 1982 lists soon..

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Are those the gondolas that ended up with Kermit Weeks?

Been waiting for this one to come up. Must have been moved from the NAEC at Mustin Field in Philadelphia sometime between '76 and '81, where it had been used for dead-load catapult testing. Here's a photo and info from 1967:
http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/ph ... 12531.html
Note the placard in front: "Old Model Aircraft Used As Test Vehicles".
And as it appeared in Air Classics in February 1976:

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)

My understanding was the Navy was shipping Savage from Philadelphia along the coast by barge to the Naval Museum in Pensacola, but don't know why aircraft only made it to Norfolk. I inspected aircraft which was up for sale a few months earlier. Upon inspection, I noted steel plates welded together in bomb bay and found out they weighed 10,000 pounds. I believe these were used for ballast while traversing by barge down coast. I am not a welder and the task of reducing the weight would have been major problem - at least for my feeble attempts. At any rate I am passing along a couple more photos that Chris will add....

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Thanks to Leon (Woodsy Airfield), we have likely the last images of XAJ-1 Savage 121460, on May 23, 1980:


"5-23-80 XAJ-1 BuNo121460 at Norfolk N.A.S. prior to being put up for scrap"


"Jet engine missing"


"Cockpit of 121460 ... Pictures taken during inspection period before award of aircraft"


"Bomb bay loaded with 10,000 lbs. of iron for ballast, welded in place while aircraft was at Philadelphia"

(I've scanned a bunch of the photos and will add them to their respective threads. Some good stuff in there!)

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)

"Fortunately Army serial is legible in photo - 76096, an early Huey. It was originally designated HU-1A before 1962."
Early is right - 57-6096; it's the second Huey ever built.

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)