[Milsurplus] B-36 run-up

[Mark Bell]

Well, here's the answer to my question; shoulda googled first.....

http://www.cowtown.net/proweb/last_one.htm

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Bell" <bell at blazenet.net>
To: "Bill Strangfeld" <bstrang at iac.net>; <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 7:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] B-36 run-up


> 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!
> >
> >
> > ______________________________________________________________
> > Milsurplus mailing list
> > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/milsurplus
> > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> > Post: mailto:Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> >
> >
>
> ______________________________________________________________
> Milsurplus mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/milsurplus
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
>