Where old planes go when they "die"

[gregsivers]

Here's a nifty plane for y'all. I would love to see this one up close and personal.

They've got the one remaining at the AF Museum in Dayton, Ohio at Wright-Patt. First time I was there it was inside at the main museum, but now its off in some other hangar, still accessible to the public. VERY impressive looking plane.

 

[A4sForever]

Forgive me, oh great (ahem...old) salty aviators, if this one's too easy for ya's. I once built a model of this one. I really like it.

Westland Wyvern ... post WW2 British "torpedo fighter-bomber" ... I kept getting it confused with the Hawker Sea Fury ... the counter-rotating props were making me crazy ... kind of like they did the designers and pilots of the Wyvern.

 

[A4sForever]

Ah, the old XB-70 Valkyrie. I LOVE that one!!!
Gorgeous!

Why did the Valkyrie die ... ??? Can't remember ... or what did it "morph" into ???

 

[nfo2b]

A friend of mine has restored -- flying -- one of these.

Fairey Firefly. British, WWII, reconaissance/antisub fighter. Your friend restored one of these? That's fantastic. I'd love to take a ride in the back seat of that thing.

 

[A4sForever]

Fairey Firefly. British, WWII, reconaissance/antisub fighter. Your friend restored one of these? That's fantastic. I'd love to take a ride in the back seat of that thing.

Yeah, he got it in Australia, shipped it back here and ended up making many of the parts due to neccesity --- big bucks and much of the past 6-7 years .... I think they used 'em in Korea, too. Ground attack ....

p.s. He never got married --- and thus no "extra" expenses nor life-source-draining divorces -- and he's been a 747 Captain for 6-7 years .... perhaps there's a le$$on there ??? .....

 

[Ryoukai]

First off, holy dog ****, I go to work for 5 hours and this has gone from three pages to eight. Wow.

Second, who wants to guess this one?

 

[Ryoukai]

Just for you, Skid. Extra points if you can give me the "real" name.

 

[squeeze]

bell 222

also... none of you clowns have gotten mine right yet... back on page 3

 

[Ryoukai]

bell 222

Partial credit.

 

[squeeze]

Partial credit.

It's f-cking Airwolf... what are you looking for? Its a Bell 222

 

[Ryoukai]

^ NOW you've got full credit. Airwolf is the best thing ever. I dare you to find me a supersonic, armor plated Bell 222.

 

[squeeze]

^ NOW you've got full credit. Airwolf is the best thing ever. I dare you to find me a supersonic, armor plated Bell 222.

Airwolf ran from 84-86... YOU were born in 1985. It wasn't "retro" to some of us, so don't think we didn't know what it was.

 

[Ryoukai]

Wasn't retro to me, either. It ran longer than that.

 

[squeeze]

Wasn't retro to me, either. It ran longer than that.

"Airwolf" was an action/adventure television series that lasted from January 22, 1984 to March 29, 1986 on CBS. Then it lasted from January 23, 1987 to August 7, 1987 on the USA Cable Network.

Glad you have lucid memories from when you were TWO.

 

[Ryoukai]

^ If you want to start up a **** storm over Airwolf and my memory, be my guest. You're going to get clowned and then we'll all feel like idiots, only you more so for starting a **** storm about Airwolf. I can ask my brother for an exact year as to when we both remember sitting down and watching Airwolf on TV...long before the day of TV shows on DVD.