[Milsurplus] Re: Milsurplus Digest, Vol 11, Issue 33

[Chuck]

WOW what a lot of memories that brings back.
I was a young kid living about 30 miles south of Ft Worth, TX. in the 
early/mid 50s. Ft Worth was the site of a Convair plant where they 
built/assembled B36s. Our little village was on the highest point in the 
county. Maybe several counties.  About 1800 ft ASL
They test flew B36s right over us several times a day. You could hear 
and see them coming for a long way. It sounded like 10 billion bumble 
bees. When the windows began to vibrate we kids would run out and wave 
to the pilots. They were so low you could see them wave back.
I remember  there was an old WWII emergency air strip near us and the 
story was that one had to make an emergency landing there and ran into 
the woods at the end of the strip and was badly damaged. Convair had to 
dissemble it and truck it out.
What an aircraft!
Chuck


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>Message: 1
>Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 07:35:52 -0500 (EST)
>From: Unserviceable but Repairable <cosmoline at ba-watch.org>
>Subject: [Milsurplus] B-36 run-up
>To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
>Message-ID: <200503161235.j2GCZqdN005846 at fracas.netboobie.org>
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>Have a 14 page flight-line check-list that a bro-in-law* supplied
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>Seems non-coms jumped into those things on scramble & got
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>before the flight crews.  Those guys had to suit up which was a 
>long process
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>So if there's interest, I'll scan.
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