Burabuda Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 Looks like Kingman, Az. airport. Same photo from Airplaneboneyards.com nope. it's china lake i think this is "doc" before rescued & restored 2 Quote Link to comment
Chopper Jim Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 You might check Kingman Army Airfield website. Those mountains I can see from my front porch. If you come to Kingman I will give you the full tour. Chopper Jim 2 Quote Link to comment
Burabuda Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 never been, so i'll take your word for it the research shows the b-17's were mothballed at china lake. that's where most of the current survivors were salvaged from Quote Link to comment
MikeRL411 Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 Downed NAZI aircraft over Britain [i'm Irish descent so I avoid the term "Great Britain"] were a major source of Aluminum to build British fighter and bomber engines! And some body sections! Use it, don't loose it. 2 Quote Link to comment
MikeRL411 Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 Possibly a "Black Widow" launch from a carrier????????? 1 Quote Link to comment
KiloTango1200 Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 Is that a hot fuel or spray chemicals? Can't make out the decals on the truck. If it is fuel , it's landing on a big ass Napalm Bomb and loading more go juice.. Aviation field work is the most interesting/exciting/dangerous in the industry. The view is always changing. You have even less protection from the weather than fixed based operations and you have to solve the your problems with little to no company support because corporate is always on an endless conference call. 1 Quote Link to comment
Jesse C. Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 nope. it's china lake i think this is "doc" before rescued & restored Not Doc. This one in your pic I believe is still there. Doc was pretty complete when pulled out. 3 Quote Link to comment
Jesse C. Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 never been, so i'll take your word for it the research shows the b-17's were mothballed at china lake. that's where most of the current survivors were salvaged from China Lake is a weapons testing facility, so any birds that are parked there are targets. Doc, Fifi and a couple of other B-29 bombers where pulled out for preservation after the Navy did a piss poor job of blowing them up. Quote Link to comment
Jesse C. Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 Possibly a "Black Widow" launch from a carrier????????? Nope! Time to read those history books again! https://youtu.be/LPQHV83Q9uI Quote Link to comment
TENDRIL Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 Is that a hot fuel or spray chemicals? Can't make out the decals on the truck. If it is fuel , it's landing on a big ass Napalm Bomb and loading more go juice.. Aviation field work is the most interesting/exciting/dangerous in the industry. The view is always changing. You have even less protection from the weather than fixed based operations and you have to solve the your problems with little to no company support because corporate is always on an endless conference call. 500 gals of jet A, 2500 of H2O, and a mix/batch tank on the tail end......rice season is coming up and those are long 16hr days.... 2 Quote Link to comment
Jesse C. Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 Too bad they ended up here... 2 Quote Link to comment
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