Luftwaffe F-86Ks
Martin:
Good day!
Tks for posting our request in your forum.The FAV forum folks found this interesting picture of FAV F-86K 9413. NA 56-4160. Possible place Dornier factory or Oberpflaffenhofen area.c. 1966.
We hope to find similar pictures of that time frame fm Dornier technicians or logistics personnel at the base.
Also, If you happen to have a NA F-86K id plate picture plz let us know.
Tks in advance
By null at 2010-01-06
Corsair Folks:
Good day!
The aircraft that we are really after is the fuselage of F4U-5NL Buno 122179.(I) X FAH 604. Currently is in the last stages of restoration somewhere in France. Any details, pictures of this interesting project will be welcome!
The enclosed picture shows it in the foreground the burnt out fuselage & other misc parts at Ft. Lauderdale, Fla c. May-1986. In the background, the fuselage of Buno 123168 X FAH 603, now in Australia. Photo courtesy Pete Thelan via C/w.com.
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F4U-5 Folks:
Shown in the enclosed picture is the poss Chance-Vought Buno 122179 (I). It is in the final stages of total restoration for flying somewhere in southern France.
Any details, pics & link of the restoration shop will be welcome. Tks in advance. Photo Volker Hilpert via France Warbirds. c. 2009.
FAS FG-1D Folks:
FAS FG-1D Folks:
..originally. during c. May ’57 FAS intended to buy via MAP 15 FG-1Ds & 5 more samples for spares. Things changed a bit once they arrived at Ilopango & all 20 samples were placed on the tarmac on the ready line. All this, against the advice of the USMILGP to keep a smaller number on hand. By c. 1960s, accidents & maint problems kept reducing the FG-1D inventory bit by bit. By May, 1960 10 FG-1D samples were placed in long term “temporary outdoor storage” at Ilopango & the few surviving samples were sent for RAN services to SALAS of Costa Rica for overhaul.
4-5 more samples were later ordered for spares only. These samples, kept their US Navy markings during storage time at Ilopango. It’s also during this time frame, that a re-shuffle of FAS FG-1ds Reg numbers is observed. By Oct ’66 a mixture of ‘gull grey’ & dark blue samples can still be observed at FAS boneyard #1 (no -longer a temp storage area). Among the FAS FG-1Ds indicating Reg change were FAS 208, FAS 209, FAS 211 & FAS 213 for now. 2 B Cont. Photo via DPH ‘c. Oct 1966.
FAS 201
…p.s. For the record also, this nice aft view of our suspected aircraft Buno 67087 at N. Calif c. May 2014. Photo via AEC
FG-1D Folks:
Good Day!
..so, what does the time-line of our suspected “Skull & Bones” Northern Calif sample Buno 67087 indicates in this July 2015???
As you are about to read, docs & photo evidence fm S. of the Border tend to indicate that this particular sample did not just go “puff’ fm the tarmac at El Paso, TX c. ’57-58,.. but that indeed through some logistic paperwork between FAS & its Washington Embassy in the US, fund$ were authorized to get it across the Rio Grand & back to Ilopango Airport, EL Salvador for repairs,… to include also the purchase of 4-5 more samples as spare aircraft for the FAS aging fleet. Photo via AEC. c. 2014.
FG-1D Folks:
….so, where did FAS 201 go/move fm its outdoor parking place at El Paso, Municipal Apt c. May ’57?? It all depends who you ask. Originally, when we first began to inquire about its time line of events c. 2002,.. we were told by a poc S.of the Border that the sample in question was at Bridgeport, CT on static display. It turned out to be the right country aircraft but the wrong scheme & Buno being displayed. 2 B cont..Photo B. Baker c. 1958.
B-26 Invader Folks:
Good day fm across the pond!
Among the many B-26 Invader Bay of Pigs stories, is the b/w pic below shown as FAR 933, a solid nose model. C. Apr ’61 at Miami Apt. For many years we believed that this particular sample was the wrong aircraft. Well maybe,… but with the wrong FAR Reg#. According to new accounts of a FAR Chilean pilot (Advisor), there was one lonely solid nose sample at Santiago de Cuba area, a spare parts a/c who somehow was made airworthy during the conflict which later crashed on take -off at the hands of a young Cuban pilot. It was indicated to have been B-26B FAR 937. New details as they emerge later. 2 B Cont…Photo via AEC.
2 B cont…
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