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USA - Air Force
Republic F-105 -20RE Thunderchief
 Akron-Canton Regional Airport (CAK/KCAK)
USA - Ohio, November 23, 2008		 Don Jones
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5820 (cn 57-5820)


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Kenneth Koehn January 22, 2010 at 01:13PM Rating: 6
Outside there is an F-105, very complete F-101B from the Texas ANG, C-47, F-11F-1. Inside restoration is being done on the F-100 and the F-86D and T-37. They also have a MIg-17, F-4S Phantom, and F-14 Tomcat on display. I have been helping them locate a F-16 from Davis Monthan, and the museum reserved a F-16 that served at WPAFB (see my post on that units aircraft) I will post my shots of the Voodoo there soon.
Also, wait till spring to go down there- they don't take people outside much in the winter.

Gary starcher January 22, 2010 at 06:26AM Rating: 8
Nice shot! Chuck they have all kinds of different aircrafts sitting outside waiting to be restored.

Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. January 22, 2010 at 04:59AM Rating: 8
What a neat story! The F-105 was one of my favorite planes as a kid...I'll have to make a trip down to see this.

Kenneth Koehn January 22, 2010 at 03:24AM Rating: 6
I have an interesting story on this one- I was part of the crew putting the wings back on this F-105. The airplane was sitting in a cradle, and one of the side support wires was removed inadvertently. When we went to push the wing in place, we knocked the F-105 fuselage right out of the cradle. The airplane was nicknamed "The Thud", and thats exactly the sound it made when the fuselage fell 5 feet to the ground! Republic made it strong, and there was little damage. This plane was a battle damage repair aircraft, and has hundreds of patches riveted on. It needs a whole lot of TLC before its museum ready.

Don Jones January 22, 2010 at 01:31AM Rating: 6
Forgot to mention this was next to the parking lot and entrance to the MAPS Museum.

Thanks Chuck! Longtime lurker and fan here.

And as a matter of fact, I have heard of him! I'm the proud Dad. I guess it's his turn to teach me now.

Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. January 22, 2010 at 01:22AM Rating: 8
Cool...I never knew they had one of those there! Any chance you are related to a gentleman by the name of Andrew? ;-) Welcome to OPShots!