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yes the inside looks empty

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Super great comment, thanks. My favourite photo of the B-36 is the aerial shot of one next to a B-29.

@@HomemadeAviationMovies I moved to El Paso in 1972 and lived in a Condo on the West side of Mr. Franklin. When I began flight training, my CFI asked if I had gone up to see the B36 that had crashed just above my Condo. With that, my friends and I hiked 2/3rds up the mountain and found the crash site. Lots of aluminum and cores of radial engines. The valuable stuff had been carted away on mules after the crash. Turns out that Biggs Field was previously a SAC Base that operated B36's (and others). One night, in bad weather, the B36 crew was approaching El Paso from the West and believed they were flying through the gap (El Paso Del Norte) but were actually left of that course and slammed into the mountain. The SAC Base was closed (I think in the 50's) and became Biggs Field (Army ... operating executive type aircraft and a few helicopters). The Air Force used El Paso International Airport to overnight and refuel training mission aircraft (T38's and a few A4's).

@@richardgreen7811 Wow, is the hulk of the crash airplane still there?

@@HomemadeAviationMovies No ... As I point out in my comment, the predominance of the wreck was carted off by mule train soon after the crash. What remains today (again in 1972) is scattered aluminum skin, some (not all) intact radial engines, and sections of landing gear. Other than grabbing an engine rocker arm (you'd have to take tools) there's not really anything worth taking as a memento. Impressive is that, El Paso International Airport (East side of Mt. Franklin) sits at 4,000 feet above sea level. The crash site is another 1,600 feet above that on the West side of the mountain. You might ask, how could they screw up that bad ? Answer: Easy, at night and at that time there were virtually no lights on the West side of the mountain. Also, don't forget that the very same thing happened to Dean Martin's son while operating an F4 Phantom with two crew members aboard (Palm Springs).

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my favourite is the SR-71 that is sitting on three pedestals about three feet high. That lets you walk under the airplane and gets you much closer to look at details.

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Wow, think of the cost. How long would that take?

It looks very complete.

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Thank you for sharing.

Yes 1992 is correct. It took two years to put it back together in California

Hahahaha, yes I was afraid of the scary dust. Rat poo dust. I pledge to go back with a dust mask and painters suit and do a much better job of filming everything. It's an awesome airplane and a complete privilege that we were let inside. Plus a ride in a cool stepside chevy.

Yes, do you know if it was the only one there? Were the rest scrapped from there?

Most of the Chanute aircraft found homes elsewhere. Some like the C-133 were scrapped behind the closed “Chanute Museum” (one of the hangars) Chanute only had one B-36, the one featured in the video.

Ya sorry but I'm a complete amateur. Just a dude fascinated by airplanes when I get close to them. And I spend about $5000 a year in gas to drive around and look at them. I record for the historical record of the one airframe in front of me. I include the serial numbers and I try to trace the aircraft's individual history. Thats what I call fun. Please subscribe and hang around to see if I get any better. I hope to remake this video next year. In the meantime please have a look at one of my more developed movies on the B-58 Hustler that is parked nose to nose with the B-36. Leave another comment, I appreciate them all. You have inspired me to not sound like I'm in grade school.ua-cam.com/video/JEtpDBRhqtE/v-deo.htmlsi=ZZmEXQ5FLjnfZ8IH

Agreed. This one needs her top magnesium skins replaced ASAP. Sooner or later they won't be structurally ok. They will have to make supports for the wings.

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Thank you for the comment. If you like lockheed stuff you should check out a video I did near their factory. ua-cam.com/video/dBzf__tKCGM/v-deo.htmlsi=e4f7TqsbTJ3Z2jtX Out in the open desert sits the very first Blackbird prototype A-12, the very first one. Next to it sits an SR-71. It's the only place in the world where two Blackbirds sit side by side. Behind them is a U-2. I could not believe they sit outside

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plus they sell super cheap hot dogs

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great comment. thank you

Very heavy plane and harder to fly than a B17. Formation flying wasnt easy

Good question! I'll have to do some research!

Chin turret was added to the G-model by Boeing.

Often an airplane left the factory and went directly to another company that would continue the build and add things. This B-17 went straight to Wichita for mods then flight test.

@@HomemadeAviationMovies Yeah, lotta subcontractors did various amounts of finishing and modification work. Boeing, Consolidated, et al, were pressing hard to get a maximum number of aircraft out the factory door, the rest was up to subcontractors. My father worked at Consolidated-Ft Worth on the B-24.

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And here's the back story. It was a bucket list item to heli ski in the Swiss Alps but completely unaffordable and ridiculous. I'm really old now and won't be skiing much longer. Sometimes in life you only have one chance. But alas I live in BC Canada, where there is more heli skiing than anywhere else in the world. Here's a link to day where we had 9 rides and a really noce dinner lafterwards. My son and I. I had to work many extra hours to afford these rare moments.

The base donated about ten acres in their north/west corner. There's free parking in a large lot convenient to the freeway and far away from active aircraft operations. No problem for RV's with trailers. No pass required and the museum entry is also free. However they are closed Sundays and Mondays every week. Hours are Tuesday to Saturday 900 to 400. Everyone you see working there is a volunteer. I highly recommend regular visits to this amazing place.

@@HomemadeAviationMovies Looks like one to add to the list. Thanks

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Good question. Can anyone answer?

added drag to simulate the bad aerodynamics of the shuttle. Also adds a nose down rotation component that'd need correcting.

Very cool.

Wow. Is that why they were finished at Everett? Paul did great things for historical aviation. Sad that his sister doesn't feel the same way.

@@HomemadeAviationMovies Engineer Steve Synder started the project in 1993 in Everett and formed Classic Fighter Industries. CFI sub-contracted the work to the very talented Herb Tischler at the Texas Airplane Factory, Tischler already being known as an excellent aircraft/replica builder. Synder and Tischler had a falling out and by early 1999 the work was moved entirely to Everett. Synder then partnered with Boeing executive Bob Hammer to continue the project in Washington. In the summer of 1999, Synder was killed in an F-86 crash in New Jersey. To continue the work the buyers/customers of the first new Me-262s agreed to finance CFI to complete the project. CFI is still around after the Me-262 project and they are renamed as Legend Flyers doing restoration work.

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