| [simpits-tech] F-111 cockpit shells/Tucson AMARC [message #2277] |
Thu, 07 July 2011 00:34  |
 dabigboy
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Not sure if this is of interest to anyone, but during a visit to see my dad 2 weeks ago in AZ, I went through the AMARC boneyard tour, and it seems that all those F-111s they have are now officially being junked for scrap metal. Entirely. The guy said literally the week before they had a ramp full of probably hundreds of them, and by the time I was there that entire ramp was practically clean.
It occurred to me that a willing simpit builder might be able to purchase the fuselage/nose of one for a song at this point, basically for the price of the scrap metal perhaps? I really don't know how it works, but I do believe there is an office on-base for selling government property (ergo, the planes, in this case) to organizations and private individuals.
If I had room I would totally buy 3 or 4 shells just to save them for future simpitters. My pit will be based off a Learjet 30-series shell, but I am kinda partial to the F-111 and wouldn't mind doing a sim of one some day.....I sure hate to see all those great planes trashed and gone forever...........
Matt
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| Re: [simpits-tech] F-111 cockpit shells/Tucson AMARC [message #2279 is a reply to message #2277 ] |
Thu, 07 July 2011 06:17  |
Gene Buckle
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On Thu, 7 Jul 2011, dabigboy@cox.net wrote:
> Not sure if this is of interest to anyone, but during a visit to see my
> dad 2 weeks ago in AZ, I went through the AMARC boneyard tour, and it
> seems that all those F-111s they have are now officially being junked
> for scrap metal. Entirely. The guy said literally the week before they
> had a ramp full of probably hundreds of them, and by the time I was
> there that entire ramp was practically clean.
>
> It occurred to me that a willing simpit builder might be able to
> purchase the fuselage/nose of one for a song at this point, basically
> for the price of the scrap metal perhaps? I really don't know how it
> works, but I do believe there is an office on-base for selling
> government property (ergo, the planes, in this case) to organizations
> and private individuals.
I suspect that if you buy it at scrap metal prices, you'll be required to
certify that it's actually turned into scrap metal. A couple of F-15A
models went up for scrap auction a few years ago. As part of the
purchase, you were required to have a 3rd party validate their
"conversion" to scrap metal (ie. ground up into tiny bits) before you were
allowed to take them off the AMARC property.
g.
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| Re: [simpits-tech] F-111 cockpit shells/Tucson AMARC [message #2283 is a reply to message #2280 ] |
Thu, 07 July 2011 07:07 |
Gene Buckle
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On Thu, 7 Jul 2011, Roy Coates wrote:
> On 7 July 2011 14:17, Gene Buckle <geneb@deltasoft.com> wrote:
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>> I suspect that if you buy it at scrap metal prices, you'll be required to
>> certify that it's actually turned into scrap metal. A couple of F-15A
>> models went up for scrap auction a few years ago. As part of the
>> purchase, you were required to have a 3rd party validate their
>> "conversion" to scrap metal (ie. ground up into tiny bits) before you were
>> allowed to take them off the AMARC property.
>>
>
> Sure I've heard that before.
>
> A shame, since doesn't the 1-11 cockpit break away as a complete 'pod' which
> would make it super-ideal for a simpit ?
>
Yep. There's been a couple of Simpits guys that have done that very
thing. Francis Picornell(sp?) and Chris Woodul.
g.
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