Guest IguanaKing Posted October 3, 2005 Posted October 3, 2005 Yes, Wings Over the Rockies is still open, I have done volunteer work there in the past on their F-111. I even regularly perform maintenance on their flying exhibit, the Douglas C-47 (DC-3). If they have a B-58 there, I'll definitely have to go back (its been a few years), because all they had last time, in the way of jet bombers, was a B-52, a B-1A, and a B-57.
STAR_80 Posted October 3, 2005 Posted October 3, 2005 Well, I gonna check to see if its still there. Was in 98'. Thanks Iguana
hitman Posted October 3, 2005 Posted October 3, 2005 No im not stationed at ft carson...i just live out here in the springs. Been out a few years because of a bad hernia I suffered a few years ago. this thread just got me on some nostalgic reflections here. I just realized ive seen 5 of the 20 SR-71's...and even seeing 1 is rare. Been to the Hill AFB museum back when i was 15, March AFB in Southern Cali, another one in Balboa Park in San Diego, one in the johnson Space center years ago, and another one I cant remember. Intel 13900k @ 5.8ghz | 64gb GSkill Trident Z | MSI z790 Meg ACE | Zotac RTX4090 | Asus 1000w psu | Slaw RX Viper 2 pedals | VPForce Rhino/VKB MCE Ultimate + STECS Mk2 MAX / Virpil MongoosT50+ MongoosT50CM | Virpil TCS+/ AH64D grip/custom AH64D TEDAC | Samsung Odyssey G9 + Odyssey Ark | Next Level Racing Flight Seat Pro | WinWing F-18 MIPS | No more VR for this pilot.
Guest IguanaKing Posted October 3, 2005 Posted October 3, 2005 NP, Star. Nope, apparently still no B-58...I don't remember them ever having one, maybe it was a temporary exhibit. Here's a link...http://www.wingsmuseum.org/aircraft.php
Guest IguanaKing Posted October 3, 2005 Posted October 3, 2005 I saw almost 5 SR-71s a week when I lived between Plant 42 and ED in 1989. They were making their final approach (final having a very significant meaning in this case, because it truly was final :( ) to be decomissioned at Plant 42.
STAR_80 Posted October 3, 2005 Posted October 3, 2005 I just spoke with a friend of mine that informed me that the B-58 sn 55-668 was only housed temporaly in Denver for one year. Then was moved to Ft Worth. TX then to get this, Galveston Tx. at the Lone Star Flight Museum http://www.lsfm.org/status_board.html which is only 35 miles from me. OMG its stalking me!! LOL I remembered that they had one of the ejection seats from the hustler on display, and I remember that huge fuel tank that the Hustler carried. That fuel tank is bigger than most fighters. Here photos of it http://www.b-58hustler.com/668.html here at Galveston. Check out the bird strike in second pic http://www.b-58hustler.com/budpict1.html Crazy, :rolleyes: I ruined the thread not really even fond of the 58, LOL.
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