What ever happened to?

[mr Ed]

Does anyone know what ever happened to the planes that were in a small museum on static display in South carolina.I forget the name of the place ,But they had a command center from apollo missions,a b29 tanker,an a26 invader and some other stuff.I heard the planes were on loan from wright paterson,and since they didnt want them they were destroyed.Just wandered what ever came of this .

[ginger rogers]

Is it this one? If so, still in operation.


http://www.carolinasaviation.org/

[Joe Hinson]

No, it sounds more like this one. The Florence Air Museum used to be a frequent stop on our way to and from Myrtle Beach. Sadly it has closed and the aircraft moved or destroyed.

http://www.coastcomp.com/av/florence/florence.htm

Here's a list of what they USED to have there:

Douglas B-26 Invader #64-17671

Douglas BTD-1 Destroyer #04959

Boeing KC-97G Stratofreighter AF#52-02624 Ser#16655

Lockheed EC-121K Constellation #141292 #4416

Grumman HU-16 Albatross #51-07212

Grumman C1-A COD #136790

Jets
Boeing B-47B Stratojet #50-00062

Martin B-57 Canberra #52-01459

Douglas WB-66D Destroyer #53-00431

Lockheed T-33 (P-80) Shooting Star #53-06089

Republic F-84F Thunderstreak #52-06553

North American F-86 Sabre #52-05737

Northrop F-89J Scorpion #53-02646

McDonnell F-101F Voodoo #56-00243

Convair F102 Delta Dagger #53-01788

Lockheed F-104B Starfighter #57-01301

Grumman F11F Tiger #141790

Helicopters
Piaseki CH21B Workhorse (Flying Banana) #54-04003

Sikorsky HO4S Chickasaw #125506

Sikorsky CH-34 #55-04496

Missiles
Martin TB-61C Matador

Martin SM-68 Titan Ballistic Missile #4499

Ryan AQM-91A Reconaissance Drone

Ryan Firebee Model G Drone
Other Stuff
WWII Era WACO Assault Glider skeleton (We think?)

F101A Simulator
T-28 Simulator
Military and Veterans Memorabilia

[ginger rogers]

What a waste.

[GI.]

Mr Ed. The B-29 you are talking about that was at Florance SC. was not a refueler. it was a bomber with a lot of history during WW2. it was with the 500th Bomb GP. stationed at Saipan. it,s nose art. was Marilyn Gay, named after the daughter of 1st/Lt Gay it,s pilot. it had 27 bombing missions over Japan, shot down 3 Japanese. fighters, and made 5 emer. air drop missions to pow camps at the end of the war.
it is now on display at the ft. gate of Dobbins ARB. in Marietta GA. where it has been since july 1997. and still looking good.

[scottmandu]

My dad purchased the Albatross #51-07212 when the airplanes reverted back to military ownership, he was restoring it when he passed away in 2000. The fuselage is still on the airport grounds, engines in TX, props in Oklahoma and control surfaces in Mississippi.

[Ben Dover]

Was this the museum with the early P2V "Truculant Turtle"?

[gearhead]

i beleve it is in Pennsecola Naval Air Museum.

Ed

[Frank USMC]

I am from SC, and used to drive pass there all the time also after I joined the Marines.
In my packed away boxes some where I have a photo that a friend took that shows a scrap yard in Florance. In the photo is a big pile of stoves, washing machines, dryers, and on top of the whole pile is the body of a C47 cargo plane. It was just the body, there were no wings. She looked very sad.
One of the few, Frank USMC RET

[Ben Dover]

I thought the Truculant Turtle was scrapped with the demise of the museum that originally had it on display.

[gearhead]

http://www.navalaviationmuseum.org/getd ... Museu.aspx
http://collections.naval.aviation.museu ... lQuery.php

I beleive that there was another PV-2 painted with th e logo, not the original.

Ed