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Location: Placerville, CA.... You know, the only place on Highway 50 between Sacramento and Lake Tahoe the you find signal lights. Above the fog most of the time and I can see the stars of the Milky Way 8 out of 10 nights. Kinda cool.....
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"What the hell is an Aluminum Falcon??" -Palpatine (Robot Chicken) 1978 911SC Targa Working Projects: 1968 912 Last edited by bugstrider; 06-18-2024 at 10:50 PM.. Reason: Delicate sensibilities and the fact it bothered some. |
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Long Island, had some aviation chops..
 Fairchild manufactured some aircraft here.. and Republic, and Grumman, Seversky.. https://Fairchild_Aircraft Republic_Aviation What is really cool is that even though those companies were absorbed into huge conglomerates... there are many legacy companies... that have skill sets applicable to other uses that are still here.. machine shops.. tin knockers... Dzus fasteners used to me made a few miles from me...
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Here you can see remnants and the alignment of one of the runways of Mitchell Field ...
 Roosevelt Field.... just a short distance away... some significant things happened there as well 
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Interesting angles on the pics of the Thud. In both images the main planes obscure the low mounted horizontal tail surfaces. Good looking old bird.
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More info on that Connie airframe from Conniesurvivors.com
Sad End for Former PNA/Western L749 Connie in Kenai - July 20, 2015 Mike Walton sent me some very interesting photos of former PNA/Western L749A N1552V after it had been chopped apart in Kenai, Alaska. This aircraft was one of six L749A Constellations operated by Pacific Northern Airlines and later Western Airlines when the two airlines merged. It was scheduled to make the last Constellation flight from Anchorage to Juneau on November 26, 1968 and made the outbound flight to Juneau, where it went unserviceable. The return trip to Anchorage was made by Constellation N86525 and that flight ended scheduled passenger operations in North America. N1552V was donated to the City of Kenai for display but enthusiasm for displaying the aircraft waned and it was scrapped in the late 1980 s or early 90 s. I recently came across these pictures. I flew as a flight engineer on this plane with Pacific Northern Airlines and Western Airlines. It was donated to the City of Kenai, Alaska in late 1968 when Western phased out the six Connies they had. After years of sitting at the airport, the town decided they didn't need this bit of Alaskan and aviation history. I flew the MATS Connie a couple of times and got to know Vern Raburn. I sent him the pictures and contacts hoping he could do something with the aircraft. He had an idea to work with the Museum of Flight in Seattle to bring the aircraft to Seattle but unfortunately those involved in Anchorage didn t follow up with him and it was chopped up in the late 80 s or early 90 s. This was a former BOAC aircraft with electric props. The pictures of 52V were taken by the son of Maury Goeff, who was the chief mechanic in Anchorage for PNA in the 1950 s and 60 s. I don t know the name of the fellow in the pictures. I believe the pictures of 52V were taken in Kenai as the airport probably had the wreckage carted away. I ferried two of the Western Connies to Las Vegas in November/December of 1968 for storage.
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There is a lot to unpack in that photo...I think that is an MH-60S. Chocks still on the deck, appears no dynamic components were "turning" (main rotor blade would have chewed up some concrete) or this would be a yard sale. That and the "pegs" to inspect the tail rotor are still out...they would be in for flight. Interesting.
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