CANCELLED 05/07/20 Second attempt.. Arizona and California August 2020.

[Omega1]

Originally Posted by cornishfrogboy

Re the dismantling of the B52s, they were chopped with a huge guilotine. If you google earth the boneyard, you will see them on the ground with their wings alongside.
This was part of the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT), agreed by R Reagan and M Gorbachev. The Russians can thus see by satellite that the aircraft are beyond use.

Let’s just hope we get there!

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Yes, I’ve seen them on Google Earth- it’s fascinating. When we stayed in Tucson, we drove down to Nogales on the Mexican border (don’t bother). On the way back we got pulled over and the car searched for immigrants!

[SussexFamily]

Originally Posted by cornishfrogboy

Re the dismantling of the B52s, they were chopped with a huge guilotine. If you google earth the boneyard, you will see them on the ground with their wings alongside.
This was part of the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT), agreed by R Reagan and M Gorbachev. The Russians can thus see by satellite that the aircraft are beyond use.

Let’s just hope we get there!

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CFB,
I did a JPR Exercise that was based at Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, a few years and we snagged a tour of the boneyard... it’s impressive (they had more Hercs in there than the crabs have ! )

Your trip looks amazing !

[anji]

Your itinerary looks wonderful! Lots we've done and would like to do. Looks like you've chosen some great hotels too - with breakfasts! I do hope it all works out for you this time - fingers crossed

[enjibenji]

Looks really good, we have reschedule dlp to end of august but still have europe road trip for july and florida road trip in october booked, so I am staying positive about it, what can you do and like you say if not then reschedule again!

[cornishfrogboy]

Originally Posted by SussexFamily

CFB,
I did a JPR Exercise that was based at Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, a few years and we snagged a tour of the boneyard... it’s impressive (they had more Hercs in there than the crabs have ! )

Your trip looks amazing !

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That looks like the perimeter wire of the Pima Air and Space Museum (not that I haven’t been googling the area a bit).

[SussexFamily]

Originally Posted by cornishfrogboy

That looks like the perimeter wire of the Pima Air and Space Museum (not that I haven’t been googling the area a bit).

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It might be I just dipped into my pics of the time, the host Huey Sqn jacked it up for us

[cornishfrogboy]

Originally Posted by SussexFamily

It might be I just dipped into my pics of the time, the host Huey Sqn jacked it up for us

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You are a lucky man!

[SussexFamily]

Originally Posted by cornishfrogboy

You are a lucky man!

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I was. It took over 25 years but I got to fly in a huey - twice in fact

[cornishfrogboy]

Originally Posted by SussexFamily

I was. It took over 25 years but I got to fly in a huey - twice in fact

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Never flown in any military cab other than UK ones..
Scout, Alouette 2, Lynx, Gazelle, Seaking Mk3,4,5,6 Wessex5.

[SussexFamily]

Huey and pavehawk same trip ...

Originally Posted by cornishfrogboy

Never flown in any military cab other than UK ones..
Scout, Alouette 2, Lynx, Gazelle, Seaking Mk3,4,5,6 Wessex5.

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