Lots of cut-up Warbirds in NJ scrapyard
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p51 | Post subject: Re: Lots of cut-up Warbirds in NJ scrapyard Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2022 12:02 pm | ||||
Joined: Thu Jul 01, 2004 6:11 pm Posts: 1911 Location: Pacific Northwest USA, via North Florida | JohnB wrote: Back in the mid-90s, I did that a couple of times at the yards that surrounded D-M. In addition to a tailgate for my CJ-5, I got some instruments, a control wheel and a H-34 tail rotor. One place had a section for " walk-ins" with inexpensive stuff like control wheels off of C-45s and S-2 rudder pedals. I was at Pima Air Museum last year and noticed they had a bunch of airplane skin wall hangings that were donated by (I'm assuming adjacent to D-M) scrap yards. _________________ | ||||
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Noha307 | Post subject: Re: Lots of cut-up Warbirds in NJ scrapyard Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 8:09 pm | ||||
Joined: Tue Aug 28, 2012 4:48 pm Posts: 1707 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio | Following a previous post, here's a list of identifications from other sources: Aircraft Identified via Other Sources
EDIT (24-05-14): Identified and corrected identity of unknown aircraft. _________________ Warbird Philosophy Webmaster Last edited by Noha307 on Tue May 14, 2024 9:24 am, edited 1 time in total. | ||||
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Xray | Post subject: Re: Lots of cut-up Warbirds in NJ scrapyard Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 9:51 pm |
Joined: Fri Sep 24, 2010 1:25 am Posts: 503 | Wonder what that pointy yellow nose belongs to on top of a bus, looks possibly like a F-104 |
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Xray | Post subject: Re: Lots of cut-up Warbirds in NJ scrapyard Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 9:55 pm |
Joined: Fri Sep 24, 2010 1:25 am Posts: 503 | Xray wrote: Wonder what that pointy yellow nose belongs to on top of a bus, looks possibly like a F-104 Ok saw more pics of it not a 104, looks like a bomb with a co*ckpit don't know what the hell it is |
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quemerford | Post subject: Re: Lots of cut-up Warbirds in NJ scrapyard Posted: Mon May 13, 2024 12:13 am | |||
Joined: Tue Jun 17, 2014 4:19 pm Posts: 1418 | More specifically, F-86H-1, ex-131st FIS, MA ANG. Sadly still unidentified beyond that. | |||
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JohnB | Post subject: Re: Lots of cut-up Warbirds in NJ scrapyard Posted: Mon May 13, 2024 1:16 am | ||||
Joined: Wed Jan 19, 2011 12:27 am Posts: 5296 Location: Eastern Washington | Somehow I don't think it's a coincidence that former ANG aircraft in that region ended up in a New Jersey scrapyard. Don't know if some times, by the time they were retired from the Guard, were so old that the AF didn't need to salvage any parts, so they sold them locally. Or they could have been damaged. As a kid, a T-33 at my dad's base threw a turbine blade during an uncontained engine failure, it was burned at a firefighter tool. And circa 1980, I found most of an Idaho ANG F-86D in a Boise scrap yard. And I have heard of an early F-104A ending up in Maine despite there not being any F-104 units around there. Similarly, Hawaii ANG F-102s were scrapped locally when they found corrosion in them. Also, don't discount airframes sent to the Aberdeen Proving Ground ending up in Jersey. If they were surplus to requirements, the Army could have gotten rid of them. Also the FAA tech center in NJ. I would also guess that just because their paperwork mentioned D-M, doesn't mean they really went to Arizona. Just a guess. _________________ | ||||
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Archer | Post subject: Re: Lots of cut-up Warbirds in NJ scrapyard Posted: Mon May 13, 2024 2:32 am | ||
Joined: Tue Nov 30, 2004 3:13 pm Posts: 372 | Xray wrote: Wonder what that pointy yellow nose belongs to on top of a bus, looks possibly like a F-104 Looks like some sort of ejection seat test rig or trainer. There appears to be some writing on a darker panel... I wonder what it says. _________________ | ||
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TAdan | Post subject: Re: Lots of cut-up Warbirds in NJ scrapyard Posted: Mon May 13, 2024 6:46 am | ||||
Joined: Mon Feb 13, 2006 9:42 pm Posts: 2699 Location: NP, NJ, USA | JohnB wrote: Somehow I don't think it's a coincidence that former ANG aircraft in that region ended up in a New Jersey scrapyard. Don't know if some times, by the time they were retired from the Guard, were so old that the AF didn't need to salvage any parts, so they sold them locally. Or they could have been damaged. As a kid, a T-33 at my dad's base threw a turbine blade during an uncontained engine failure, it was burned at a firefighter tool. And circa 1980, I found most of an Idaho ANG F-86D in a Boise scrap yard. And I have heard of an early F-104A ending up in Maine despite there not being any F-104 units around there. Similarly, Hawaii ANG F-102s were scrapped locally when they found corrosion in them. Also, don't discount airframes sent to the Aberdeen Proving Ground ending up in Jersey. If they were surplus to requirements, the Army could have gotten rid of them. Also the FAA tech center in NJ. I would also guess that just because their paperwork mentioned D-M, doesn't mean they really went to Arizona. Just a guess. A little background on Wades Salvage. _________________ | ||||
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Noha307 | Post subject: Re: Lots of cut-up Warbirds in NJ scrapyard Posted: Mon May 13, 2024 12:44 pm | ||||
Joined: Tue Aug 28, 2012 4:48 pm Posts: 1707 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio | JohnB wrote: Also, don't discount airframes sent to the Aberdeen Proving Ground ending up in Jersey. If they were surplus to requirements, the Army could have gotten rid of them. Also the FAA tech center in NJ. You're exactly right. The C-121G was used for explosives testing at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds and the Convair 800 and C-133A came from the FAA Technical Center in Atlantic City. _________________ Warbird Philosophy Webmaster | ||||
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Andy Marden | Post subject: Re: Lots of cut-up Warbirds in NJ scrapyard Posted: Tue May 14, 2024 2:38 am |
Joined: Sun Mar 20, 2005 7:58 am Posts: 430 Location: Lincoln, England | Noha307 wrote: Following a previous post, here's a list of identifications from other sources: This will be a mis-recording of 161022, the tail boom of an AH-1W which is present. |
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Noha307 | Post subject: Re: Lots of cut-up Warbirds in NJ scrapyard Posted: Tue May 14, 2024 9:26 am | ||||
Joined: Tue Aug 28, 2012 4:48 pm Posts: 1707 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio | Andy Marden wrote: This will be a mis-recording of 161022, the tail boom of an AH-1W which is present. Oh, darn it! No wonder I couldn't find "191022". The picture I used as reference shows the tail upside down in a pile of junk, so when I read the number I must have forgotten to account for it. (Its not the first time I've done this either.) Anyway, it's been corrected. Thanks! _________________ Warbird Philosophy Webmaster | ||||
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Nathan | Post subject: Re: Lots of cut-up Warbirds in NJ scrapyard Posted: Sat May 18, 2024 3:20 pm | |||
Joined: Fri Jun 24, 2005 7:26 pm Posts: 4962 Location: PA | I talked to Wade 8 years ago. He owns all this. He's pretty gruff. He said once in a while he puts stuff up on ebay. I asked if I could look around. He said no due to inc issues. Said he had to go and hung up on me. lol _________________ | |||
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17f | Post subject: Re: Lots of cut-up Warbirds in NJ scrapyard Posted: Sun May 19, 2024 8:47 pm |
Joined: Sat Sep 25, 2010 10:56 pm Posts: 85 | Might be late to the party, but I believe episode 2 of Amazon's "Fallout" TV series was filmed here. Other parts of the show were filmed at Wendover as well. |
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Noha307 | Post subject: Re: Lots of cut-up Warbirds in NJ scrapyard Posted: Mon May 20, 2024 2:33 pm | ||||
Joined: Tue Aug 28, 2012 4:48 pm Posts: 1707 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio | 17f wrote: Might be late to the party, but I believe episode 2 of Amazon's "Fallout" TV series was filmed here. Other parts of the show were filmed at Wendover as well. You'd be correct! _________________ Warbird Philosophy Webmaster | ||||
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