Old Relics

[Garry Russell]

A few interesting bits

http://www.skippyscage.com/aviation/old.php

Garry

[Chris Trott]

Paul's a great guy. He gets a lot of neat photo opportunities like the last flight of WL790 "Mr. McHenry" from Midland to Pima - (http://www.skippyscage.com/aviation/az/wl790/index.php) and the last C-133 flight from Alaska to Travis AFB (http://www.skippyscage.com/aviation/ca/c133/index.php).

It doesn't hurt that he's got the right idea about what's important in life - beautiful, old airplanes.

[Garry Russell]

Tbh Chris I didn't know '790 was no longer flying :-(

NIce pics indeed

Garry

[VEGAS]

Some great pictures and info there. Thanks for that Garry. ;-)

[Paul K]

What a great site. Amazing what they have lying around in the USA. Cheers Garry ! CHEERS

[Chris Trott]

Tbh Chris I didn't know '790 was no longer flying :-(

NIce pics indeed

Garry

There is quite a long story behind what happened, but the short of it is Mark Markgraf decided that despite legitimate offers of support and money from the CAF, the aircraft would no longer be supported or backed by Air Atlantique. As such, the CAF ensured that the aircraft went to a museum that would properly take care of her and Pima will do that. Now that the B-36 restoration is complete, they will begin a tedious and extremely thorough restoration of the aircraft into the configuration it had and exactly as it looked when it left active service. She will certainly be beautiful when complete.

[Garry Russell]

Thanks Chris

At least she's is being looked after properly

Garry

[DispatchDragon]

I need to hop on I40 and drive south a bit

Leif

Nice memories there Garry