WB-57F Oddball-1:48 build - Page 14

**card** · #**131** 12-10-2012, 03:58 AM

This build is great, thanks for sharing, am learning alot of things here.

**whulsey** · #**132** 12-25-2012, 11:24 AM

One of my Christmas gifts to myself was to head down to Tucson and hang out with one of my old friends down there and then spend a day at Pima. Here a couple of photos of the 57 were its been shoved even further back in the lot. Enough to bring a tear to your eye.

Will post the link to the rest when I get them all entered. About 300 images so don't know when that will be.

**Swampfox** · #**133** 12-26-2012, 07:46 PM

Thanks Whulsey,

I just came across these tonight. Further and further into the black hole it goes.

Hopefully, someone will still knows what it is when it emerges 50 years from now;-(

SFX

**richkat** · #**134** 12-26-2012, 08:11 PM

Makes one cry.....Rich

**legion** · #**135** 12-27-2012, 02:26 AM

To which plane did those lone wings belong to in the second picture, Whulsey?

**whulsey** · #**136** 12-27-2012, 11:18 AM

Legion, don't have a clue. All of that was in the back lot behind a fence and was as close as I could get.

**nikischutt** · #**137** 12-29-2012, 12:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by legion

To which plane did those lone wings belong to in the second picture, Whulsey?

Looks like a DC-9 (says "united" on the fuselage).

Niki

**richkat** · #**138** 12-29-2012, 01:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by legion

To which plane did those lone wings belong to in the second picture, Whulsey?

Were you asking about the white ones on the stands with engines on top?
They look somehow familiar, but don't know where I have seen them.....Rich

**Swampfox** · #**139** 04-11-2013, 03:23 PM

Just recently learned a couple of bits of info that some of you might find interesting.

In Aug.2011. Wb-57F ((63-13295) was removed from AMARC-Tuscon, Az and shipped to somewhere on the front range of Colorado.

It is being/has been cleaned up, refitted and brought back to flight status. It will soon be flying with NASA's other 2 WB-57F's.

On April 1, 2013 I received a phone call from Mike Rowland, Curator at Warner-Robbins AFB Museum in Georgia.

Their RB-57F (63-13293) has been removed from static display at the WR
museum and is being returned to active status. It is on it's way to
Colorado, possibly Boulder area for refurbishing and will be used, for now,
as a static (ground use only) teaching tool to help train the next group of
people that will be taking care of the three 57's that NASA now uses!!

There are 2 maybe 3 other WB-57F's out at AMARC and another on display at Pima County Air Museum outside Tuscon... It's been somewhat parted out to keep the NASA ac flying.

I contacted Jerry Albright, Director NCAR in Boulder and he said he'd check
to see if he can find out where the 2 planes are located at this time.

Does anyone in this forum have any info that contradicts this info?

Any info would be appreciated,

Thanks,
Swampfox

**murphyaa** · #**140** 04-11-2013, 03:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by richkat

Were you asking about the white ones on the stands with engines on top?
They look somehow familiar, but don't know where I have seen them.....Rich

I did some research, and it looks like those wings belong to the museums Grumman Gulfstream:

Pima Air Museum - Grumman Gulfstream I

Engine placement, landing gear, and general wing shape seem to match.