Warbird Information Exchange

During the last few summers it has been remarkable seeing the number of survey aircraft visible on ADSB operating over the UK - and occasional in the flesh so to speak, from Partenavias orbiting at 1500', Cessna 206s and 310s doing grid patterns at 2-3000' and King Airs/Cheyennes flying larger grids at 16000'. I thought they were using Lidar to get the 3D stuff (I used to work with land surveyors who used ground-based Lidar for 3D imaging purposes), but I gather it's all done with oblique photography - remarkable. I understand Apple are busy developing their own virtual world.

Whenever I have time, I explore airfields around the world on Google, looking for interesting aircraft!

As in "winless" in the Battle of Palmdale?
I see the EC-121 is partly dismantled; the C-46 seems to be raised off the ground in the middle of assorted bits, and the Martin 4-0-4 forward fuselage hasn't moved.

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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)

And speaking of wingless F-89s, this one in SD is no longer visible:





https://www.google.com/maps/place/43%C2 ... d-96.57261

Hopefully 51-11443 was moved into the barn?

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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)

Andy Marden's 2019/2020 USA Military Out of Service says it's not been there since September 1998, as it then moved to its (AFAIK) current position, viz. 43.802582841926544, -96.5289208150492. That's where I photographed it in July 2017 at any rate.

Thanks much!

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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)

The Connie is actively under restoration. The C-46 is sitting on the gear as I recall.

I'm glad I'm not the only one! When scouring old airfields, target ranges, boneyards, bases, you can waste......ahhh..... spend countless hours conducting historical research!