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From: Paul A. Suhler on 21 Jan 2010 10:22 J. Clarke <jclarke.usenet(a)cox.net> wrote: >Pat Flannery wrote: >> There's even a runway right by the museum, but I don't know if it's >> big enough to land a 747 on. >> Did they put the B-70 indoors? It's not on the Google Earth image of >> the museum. > >They moved it indoors in 2004 IIRC. It was indoors when I visited the museum in 1991. Paul
From: Jeff Findley on 21 Jan 2010 11:11 "Paul A. Suhler" <suhler(a)pollux.usc.edu> wrote in message news:hj9rgh$loo$1(a)pollux.usc.edu... > J. Clarke <jclarke.usenet(a)cox.net> wrote: >>Pat Flannery wrote: >>> There's even a runway right by the museum, but I don't know if it's >>> big enough to land a 747 on. >>> Did they put the B-70 indoors? It's not on the Google Earth image of >>> the museum. >> >>They moved it indoors in 2004 IIRC. > > It was indoors when I visited the museum in 1991. But was it in the Experimental Aircraft hangar in 1991? My dim memory says it was not. At the time, I remember it being in one of the actual Museum hangars (all the way at the back, near the X-15). Here is a picture of it, reportedly in 1988, which shows it sitting outside of the Museum hangars: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:XB-70.jpg Here are some pictures of it in the Modern Flight Gallery (on the museum property): http://www.johnweeks.com/b70/xb70usafm.html On this page is a picture of it in its current location in the Experimental Aircraft hangar (which is on the base property): http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet_media.asp?fsID=592 To get it to its current location, it had to be moved off the USAF Museum property and onto the base property. I believe that's when it had to be towed out on the street. My guess is that's what happened in 2004; the XB-70 was moved to its current location in the Experimental Aircraft hangar. Jeff -- "Take heart amid the deepening gloom that your dog is finally getting enough cheese" - Deteriorata - National Lampoon
From: Pat Flannery on 21 Jan 2010 14:11 Jeff Findley wrote: > To get it to its current location, it had to be moved off the USAF Museum > property and onto the base property. I believe that's when it had to be > towed out on the street. My guess is that's what happened in 2004; the > XB-70 was moved to its current location in the Experimental Aircraft hangar. Do they have the vertical fins back on it? It looks strange without them. Pat
From: Jeff Findley on 21 Jan 2010 13:48 "Pat Flannery" <flanner(a)daktel.com> wrote in message news:3LadnV6gatYDF8XWnZ2dnUVZ_tli4p2d(a)posted.northdakotatelephone... > Jeff Findley wrote: >> To get it to its current location, it had to be moved off the USAF Museum >> property and onto the base property. I believe that's when it had to be >> towed out on the street. My guess is that's what happened in 2004; the >> XB-70 was moved to its current location in the Experimental Aircraft >> hangar. > > Do they have the vertical fins back on it? > It looks strange without them. That I don't know. I haven't been there in quite some time. I do, however, have myself and my two oldest kids scheduled this spring to take the "behind the scenes" tour that the kids are off of school. That should be interesting... Jeff -- "Take heart amid the deepening gloom that your dog is finally getting enough cheese" - Deteriorata - National Lampoon
From: Me on 23 Jan 2010 09:07
On Jan 22, 12:28 am, OM <o...(a)sci.space.history> wrote: > but that was back in the days when usenet admins > actually did their jobs and kept the trolls from polluting the groups. They weren't doing their jobs back then either if you weren't banned. You are one of the worse I have come across. You have no redeeming qualities nor do you bring anything of substance to a discussion. |