[Milsurplus] B-36 run-up

[Mark Bell]

Brings back some memories.  My wife and I moved to Dallas TX in 1982, and it
was either the summer of 82 or 83 we visited the Greater Southwestern Air
Museum -- I believe it was near Grapevine.

They had a B-36J there -- absolutely awesome to stroll under.

I heard that the FAA made the owners break her main spar so she could
definitely not become airworthy.

Is that museum even still there?  The B-36?  If not, where'd she go ?

73 Mark K3MSB

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Strangfeld" <bstrang at iac.net>
To: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 11:05 AM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] B-36 run-up


> That's Walter Soplata near Cleveland.  I believe he got that B-36 from the
Air Force Museum in Dayton.  The story was that he hauled it home himself in
pieces on a trailer.  I saw his collection way back in the 1970s when he
still allowed visitors.  Absolutely astonishing.  He bought many WW2
aircraft when they were dirt cheap.  There were rows of incredibly desirable
machines sitting in the weeds in his back lot.  I remember Corsairs but
don't have a list of what else was there.  He fired up a trainer for us that
he had sitting in the front yard at the time.  Might have been a T-28  It
was a long time ago.
>
> Unfortunately he no longer lets anyone in.  Here's a little more info:
>
> http://aeroweb.brooklyn.cuny.edu/museums/oh/wasac.htm
>
> By the way, the Air Force Museum still has a B-36 on display.  They've
been doing great things there and there are a lot of new displays.  Visited
last week and saw a nice Eureka system on display next to their C-47.  It's
at the feet of a mannequin in paratrooper gear carrying a BC-611.  Worth a
visit if it rains at the Dayton hamfest again this year.
>
> Bill Strangfeld
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> > Some guy had a bunch of aircraft stored on his farm in Ohio, IIRC. One
> > was a B-36 he bought at auction, cut into sections for easier hauling
> > and used as storage for a P-38 and couple other planes. Not sure if
> > he's still alive and if not, what happened to the stuff. He had row
> > after row of aircraft stashed here and there. Lived up a small road,
> > too - must've been interesting getting the B-36 up there, even in
> > pieces!
>
>
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