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Well thats different... Skymaster on a stick

Mon May 06, 2019 9:26 am

C-54 Skymaster on a stick in Columbia
4°56'52.1"N 73°57'44.1"W
https://goo.gl/maps/6TrMKPQWdiRuvgc89

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Re: Well thats different... Skymaster on a stick

Mon May 06, 2019 9:40 am

That would make a heck of a weather vane! Quite a substantial foundation I'd imagine.

Re: Well thats different... Skymaster on a stick

Mon May 06, 2019 10:07 am

bdk wrote:That would make a heck of a weather vane! Quite a substantial foundation I'd imagine.


True, first large scale plane on a stick I've seen

Re: Well thats different... Skymaster on a stick

Mon May 06, 2019 12:06 pm

Scott...... :wink:

Canada had a few Lanc's on sticks.

If you do outdoor displays.....it is a must for the 22 ft average snow accumulation in winter.....lol....

Thankfully all indoors now.....

CWH
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Calgary
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Re: Well thats different... Skymaster on a stick

Mon May 06, 2019 11:04 pm

Multiple sticks. :D

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Re: Well thats different... Skymaster on a stick

Mon May 06, 2019 11:50 pm

District of Columbia, or

In Colombia? The rudder colors tell the tale.


Saludos


Tulio

Re: Well thats different... Skymaster on a stick

Tue May 07, 2019 2:39 am

I think there is a B-52 on a stick somewhere...AF Academy maybe?

(I have a photo, not mine and I don't know how to post it)

Re: Well thats different... Skymaster on a stick

Tue May 07, 2019 5:37 am

The single-point mount is what impresses me, much like the fighters that hang on a single chain from a museum ceiling. I know the engineering was likely calculated for 150% of the required load but it still catches my eye.

Ken

Re: Well thats different... Skymaster on a stick

Tue May 07, 2019 5:43 am

Michel Lemieux wrote:Scott...... :wink:

Canada had a few Lanc's on sticks.

If you do outdoor displays.....it is a must for the 22 ft average snow accumulation in winter.....lol....

Thankfully all indoors now.....


:shock: Well, now that you mention it, I have seen those before... this getting old thing is getting old ;)

Re: Well thats different... Skymaster on a stick

Tue May 07, 2019 7:47 am

Scott WRG Editor wrote:
Michel Lemieux wrote:Scott...... :wink:

Canada had a few Lanc's on sticks.

If you do outdoor displays.....it is a must for the 22 ft average snow accumulation in winter.....lol....

Thankfully all indoors now.....


:shock: Well, now that you mention it, I have seen those before... this getting old thing is getting old ;)

Getting old ain't for wimps! :lol:

Re: Well thats different... Skymaster on a stick

Tue May 07, 2019 7:56 am

I had the opportunity to spend a fair bit of time around the Toronto Lanc FM-104.
The bomb bay had been cut away by torch. The front and rear spars were set down on a steel plate set on top of the concrete plinth.
The dissimilar metal corrosion was so bad that the bottom spar cap was about 35% missing. It was just mush!
I don't think she was too far from just folding in half under a good wet snow load.
The folks in B.C. will have their work cut out for them repairing all the damage done.

Andy

Re: Well thats different... Skymaster on a stick

Tue May 07, 2019 11:38 am

6trn4brn wrote:I think there is a B-52 on a stick somewhere...AF Academy maybe?

(I have a photo, not mine and I don't know how to post it)


This is the one at the Air Force Academy. It's combat vet with a MIG kill.

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And at the Wings over the Rockies in Denver.

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Re: Well thats different... Skymaster on a stick

Wed May 08, 2019 1:27 pm

B-52G 59-2601 is also on a stick (very similar mount to the USAF Academy) at Langley AFB, Virginia
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