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Post by keefyboy on Mar 2, 2024 12:18:59 GMT
Probably not what you're expecting but - one of the perils of living in Tornado alley!
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Post by davebasing on Mar 2, 2024 17:31:58 GMT
Great shame for the museum and for the army of volunteers who give up their time for the truly superb museum. Fortunately the main force of the tornado hit the far side of Wright Patterson away from the main museum area which was apparently largely undamaged. Looks like the public visits to the restoration area on that side of the airfield (which holds a number of aircraft) will be on hold for quite some time. The F104 57-1322 didn't lose its wings in the tornado, these were removed some time ago and fitted to the museums F104 56-0754. That aircraft was displayed on a pole near the restoration area so may also have been damaged. Likely therefore that 57-1322 was in any event destined for the scrappers. It was at one time on the gate at Grissom AFB, Indiana before moving to the collection at Huntington, Indiana and finally to the USAFM. Also arrived from Huntington was the T33 shown in the film, 51-6745 which was incorrectly painted there as 51-6754 (dyslexia rules ko). The T-bird was already looking pretty rough while still at Huntington. Could therefore have been much worse.
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Post by keefyboy on Mar 2, 2024 19:39:21 GMT
I think the thing that amazes me Dave is the speed that our friends in America clear up!! I may have missed something but I got the impression that some aircraft may have gone straight to the skip?? Maybe they could just pull a replacement from DM??
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