I haven't had a chance to read all of it, but the pictures are pretty cool.
http://members.tripod.com/airfields_freema..._FtWorth_NE.htm
http://members.tripod.com/airfields_freema..._FtWorth_NE.htm
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Wretched Wrench
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Neat link.
Anyone remember the AA "Stewardess College" at Amon Carter?
Anyone remember the AA "Stewardess College" at Amon Carter?
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The Stewardess College is alive and well. AMR renovated the inside about ten years ago, but the original stone exterior is still very much intact, as is the curved staircase where just about every flight attendant class has had its picture taken.
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Very interesting reading, thanks!
Unfortunately, the part about the last B-36 being put on display in the Metroplex is now obsolete. That aircraft was recently reassiged by the USAF to the Pima Air Museum in Tucson. A significant piece of North Texas aviation history has been lost for lack of support by the area's citizens.
For more info about the lost B-36, visit the B-36 Peacemaker Museum website.
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Thanks for the update on the B-36, a really unique aircraft, with its pusher props. What I remember most vividly was the sound - it was like no other prop plane. I recall the months in 1951 I spent as an Aviation Cadet in Basic at Goodfellow AFB in San Angelo and seeing and hearing them regularly fly over, singly and in formations. At night during the Korean War, it was a rather soothing sound. I wonder if that unique sound was ever captured and preserved on tape?
It seems like the Texans did make a pretty good effort to preserve their legacy. The "last B-36" did survive the many years from the time it was taken out of service. Even though it will not be "at home", I'm rather glad it is going to be at Pima. I've been there and wondered why there was no B-36. Now even more having seen the parking lot once full of them at the D-M AFB graveyard.
The B-36 never received the credit it deserved. It got lost between the four engine prop planes (B-29D/B-50) of WW2 and the swept wing jets (B-47/B-52). But it would have been the A/H-bomb carrier if it had been required during the early days of the Cold War. The B-36 performed the task it was assigned; and I will look forward to actually seeing it at ground level when I get back to Pima
It seems like the Texans did make a pretty good effort to preserve their legacy. The "last B-36" did survive the many years from the time it was taken out of service. Even though it will not be "at home", I'm rather glad it is going to be at Pima. I've been there and wondered why there was no B-36. Now even more having seen the parking lot once full of them at the D-M AFB graveyard.
The B-36 never received the credit it deserved. It got lost between the four engine prop planes (B-29D/B-50) of WW2 and the swept wing jets (B-47/B-52). But it would have been the A/H-bomb carrier if it had been required during the early days of the Cold War. The B-36 performed the task it was assigned; and I will look forward to actually seeing it at ground level when I get back to Pima
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An uncle of mine used to fly the B-36. I understand the four jet engines were added later to boost takeoff and climb performance, and were normally shut down at cruise to conserve fuel.
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