Gate Guards and Base Displays (not museums)

[Steve Rice]

F9F-8 Cougar guards the Interstate 10 (I-10) rest stop west of Pensacola, FL and the Naval Air museum.  Fighter photographed on 24 Apr 06.

[Steve Rice]

Glossy AH-1F Cobra protects the golf course club house at Redstone Arsenal, AL, home of the US Army Aviation and Missile Command.  Photographed on 13 Jun 07.

[Attila]

T-33 from Trenton...

[mycole]

Under the catagory of "wrecks"...

While waiting for the gates to open to the Scott AFB Airshow last weekend, I hopped over to the other side where the Mid-America Airport is and this is what I found... a de-winged harrier... very interesting... it was just outside a hangar...




Here's something else I found... old navy jet trainer wings.. (off a goshawk maybe? I dunno)... just laying in the grass, beside the driveway.  Heck, if I had a pickup truck I could have very well driven off w/ 'em!  (Not that I would, or that I would have any use for them!  )

[PJB]

I recall looking over the fence at a gas station in Burbank, and seeing a T-38 and F-104 fuselage, wings and parts.
Looked like they'd been torched apart, not crashed or disassembled.

[Lin]

These were taken at the USS KIDD (DD-661) Veterans Memorial in Baton Rouge today.  I remember these from my Navy days in the 1960's.  Does anyone know why they're not seen at airshows?

[phantomphan1974]

None are flying anymore, at least in the US.  Greece still flys the A-7 Corsair II I think.

[Ztex]

BFE...
Melrose, New Mexico (near Cannon AFB and Melrose Bombing Range





This airplane has been in bad shape until recently when a group of vets put a fence around it and gave it a nice new paint job.

[rip41flt]

Under the catagory of "wrecks"...

Here's something else I found... old navy jet trainer wings.. (off a goshawk maybe? I dunno)... just laying in the grass, beside the driveway.  Heck, if I had a pickup truck I could have very well driven off w/ 'em!  (Not that I would, or that I would have any use for them!  )

I'll take a stab... They could be wings from a T-39.  The "F" markings would suggest Pensacola NAS.

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[Paperpilot]

that checks on the T-39 from VT-86 at NAS Pensacola. You can tell by the leading edge slat. I couldn't even guess how it got there. It doesn't look like it's left from a mishap or anything.


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[GeoffS]

Well, this isn't an airplane, but it fits in the "wrecks and relics" category...

Many outdoor displays are in tough shape due to lack of attention/upkeep, but here's one where the owners actually went out of their way to destroy it...

(from last Friday's open-house at the Hardwood Range)

[oman]

Well, this isn't an airplane, but it fits in the "wrecks and relics" category...

Many outdoor displays are in tough shape due to lack of attention/upkeep, but here's one where the owners actually went out of their way to destroy it...

(from last Friday's open-house at the Hardwood Range)

With a little Bondo, it will look as good as new!

[BillF]

Navy Museum @ Pensacola













Haven't even been inside the museum yet.

[skippyscage]

Navy Museum @ Pensacola

like the F-14 in the reflection - good spot!

Haven't even been inside the museum yet.

it's packed!

[oman]

Haven't even been inside the museum yet.

What ever happened to the H-46 Sea Knight that was in front of the Tomcat?  It was there as recently as June;  The Hornet in Blue Angel colors used to be adjacent to the gate that brings you onto the tarmac where the museum has its outdoor displays.