ABX Boneyard Flights

[mooney flier]

Hey b707, when were you at KGUS ? I was in the 68th ARefS '61 - '65. It was BHL then. Are some of those 9's original Delta's ?

 

[b707guy]

Hey b707, when were you at KGUS ? I was in the 68th ARefS '61 - '65. It was BHL then. Are some of those 9's original Delta's ?

Just a wee bit later- '87-'91. The Hustlers were there at Bunker Hill during your stay, if I remember? Would love to have seen/heard/felt them fly!

Thanks for the link, TWA!

 

[MJH767]

Another KGUS alum. '71-'75. 305th ARS

 

[mooney flier]

The squadron designation changed from 68 to 305 about 2 months before I left.
I still haven't found out if any of the ABX DC-9's were ex-Delta planes.
The B-58's were something to watch on takeoff. Whenever there was a MITO exercise scheduled, off duty people would drive out to the base just to watch.

 

[erichartmann]

The squadron designation changed from 68 to 305 about 2 months before I left.
I still haven't found out if any of the ABX DC-9's were ex-Delta planes.
The B-58's were something to watch on takeoff. Whenever there was a MITO exercise scheduled, off duty people would drive out to the base just to watch.

N900AX -> N905AX were ex-Delta. Don't know if any of them have been cut up yet. I used to have a list of the serial #'s and the ex-Delta ship #'s around somewhere. I doubt I can find it now though. It's been rather a long time since I flew the -9's.

 

[Bitter]

900ax is in the Abx paint job, still flying, as is 905ax in a DHL livery...niether cut up yet!

 

[dispatchguy]

927ax still around?

 

[MJH767]

900AX--904AX (our first 4 DC9's) came from Delta.
905 was an ex-Evergreen freighter I believe. Don't know thw tail numbers that went to Grissom.

 

[TWA]

Is 900ax the only one in the abx paint job? Are the remaining 9s and 76s going to be painted as abx or dhl?

 

[shooter]

N945ax

N945AX to be on display, saved from the chop saw.

http://www.grissomairmuseum.com/airexib/planes/DC931Pax.html