Andy Marden Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 A C-130 is currently for sale as scrap metal from Ellsworth AFB: http://www.govliquidation.com/auction/view?auctionId=9307293 It is described as being recovered from a crash site. Does anyone know which aircraft this is? Andy Marden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casey Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 It must be 93-1458 c/n [cn]5363[/cn] 2012-07-01 MAFFS 7, MAFFS-equipped Air Force C-130H, assigned to the 145th Airlift Wing, North Carolina Air National Guard, Morris Field, Charlotte, crashed in southwest South Dakota while fighting the White Draw Fire, killing four crew and seriously injuring two. http://www.c-130hercules.net/content.php/387-C-130-MAFFS-air-tanker-goes-down-in-South-Dakota Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Miller Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 (edited) The fuselage sitting on wheels is not a c130 in later photos you see the fusalage of the herk burnt black from the crash and all the sheet metal in boxes and engine and a prop. The fusalage on wheels has a swipe wing and there a lot of parts that don't look like herkybirds parts. Any body take a guess what type of acft fusalage they are showing in some of the photos? Edited March 21, 2015 by Bill Miller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casey Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 The fuselage sitting on wheels is not a c130 in later photos you see the fusalage of the herk burnt black from the crash and all the sheet metal in boxes and engine and a prop. The fusalage on wheels has a swipe wing and there a lot of parts that don't look like herkybirds parts. Any body take a guess what type of acft fusalage they are showing in some of the photos? Caption says that it is a B-47. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark18mwm Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 The fuselage sitting on wheels is not a c130 in later photos you see the fusalage of the herk burnt black from the crash and all the sheet metal in boxes and engine and a prop. The fusalage on wheels has a swipe wing and there a lot of parts that don't look like herkybirds parts. Any body take a guess what type of acft fusalage they are showing in some of the photos? It says in the description the other aircraft is a B-47 that came from the museum at Ellsworth AFB. Whats left of the 130 sure is ugly and sobering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Miller Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Missed the lot details just looked at the pictures and yea whats left of the c130 is ugly and sobering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectre623 Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 When I close my eyes I see beer cans. Bill:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railrunner130 Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 I wonder why the B-47 isn't being offered to other museums. It seems like a waste to sell it for scrap when there's probably a museum that could benefit from having whatever is left of it. But 1458, yea. That definitely needs to meet the smelter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectre623 Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 (edited) Looks like the B-47 wings were sawed off. Might be impossible to rejoin them and be strong enough to support 6 engines, 2 ext. tanks and 2 wingtip outrigger gears, even for static display. Here is a pic of all the stuff hanging on the wing. Not us guys ha ha. Bill Edited March 23, 2015 by Spectre623 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMPTestFE Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Yeah, that's def not pretty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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