86 87 89 90 93 94 02 03 04 05

86 87 89 90 94 02 03 04 05

N4999P: ntu; 03=only nose section remains 04=storage
05=nosig. 29Jul06 storage area north, no reg.
Not reported on Paul Filmer's visit 16Nov08.
Sold to Ed Rachanski in 2006, moved to Nevada, see C-119 Info Page

ex/N8053R, N-reg painted over; at Hemet,CA Aug2003
Mark O.Williams Nov.2007: "..wanted to let you know what is left of C-130A s/n 56-0496 is now at Yuma Proving Ground, AZ to be used as a ground loading test bed for the Aerial Delivery section. Apparently AMARC wanted to much money for a C-130 and the folks at Yuma Proving Ground were able to locate and purchase 56-0496.
I am told they plan to add electrics and hydraulics to the airframe 'soon as' to allow the ramp and door to open for testing new load configurations.
I am a C-130 flight engineer out here doing some test work and spotted it earlier this week. Here are to pics of the aircraft on Photobucket, they were taken today (08Nov07) by me:
img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/F106A/000_0006.jpg or here.
img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/F106A/000_0005.jpg or here.
Hercules specialist Lars Olausson cleared my confusion on tailnbr N134FF belonging to 2 airframes: "FAA says N134FF is/was 56-0496 which definitely is c/n 3104.
It was reregistered N134FF in March 1991 (from N45R), but this registration was possibly never painted on.
From about Aug93 it was stored for parts and got the marking N8053R which it still had when it was sold to Yuma Proving Ground in Oct 2007.
I do not know if N8053R was properly registered. N8053R is, according to FAA, now a different airplane, not a Hercules.
It is correct that 3146 has been N134FF, but this was only between Aug 1988 and July 1989, when it was reregistered to N130HP." [JAN.2008]

56-0496 on Antoni Uni's website, Kaimana Airstrip, Dutch (West) New Guinea (images 1949 - 1962).

Seen as coded "3E". 87=airworthy, with RCAF livery and ex serial still visible on the metal. Tanker '01'. 04=storage. See also John Chapman N3003 1989 photos
C/n 10738, previously believed to be 10775 (see www.oldprops.ukhome.net/C119 Census)
www.airhistory.net/ - /N3003/RCAF 22106. C/n 10737 1979.
Gone by 2006. Probably scrapped.

"139" with turbojet; see N139HP "139" (P-2). Preserved as Tanker 136 N5216R (this is doubtful anno 2022; N3935 hasn't been sighted since early-1990s or even 1980s).
05="7120-0259-9"=meaning of this? EMAIL

02=std 03=std, area south. "Georgia Box"
04=storage
05=nosig. 29Jul06 storage area south.
Present on Paul Filmer's visit 16Nov08.
See my 2014 report

ex/USAF-Rhode Island ANG; 02=std 03=std area north 04=storage
05=no outer wings. 29Jul06 storage area north.
Ln 16Nov08. Pic 2009 below. See my 2014 report

Bought by Neptune Aviation Services of Missoula,MT (registered 08Jan07).
Ln 16Nov08 @GEY.

Reg'd 30Apr07 to Harold Shepard,Jr of Riverton,WY as N97HB (dba Shepard Trucking).
Present 16Nov08 @GEY.

Elsewhere someone wrote: "I was told that Clay Lacy bought three of the KC-97s and he doesn't plan to scrap them."

Rick Pisio wrote 31Aug06 on WIX-forum:
"Yesterday I spoke with the curator for the The Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting in Greybull and he told me that he was able to keep for the museum:
At least 1 of the PB4Y's, possibly 2
C-97
C-130
P2V-7 (currently on display at the airport entrance)
(2) C-119 (the two that were on display at the airport entrance)
C-45 (also currently on display at the airport entrance)
He also said that all of the buyers have until the 8th of September to remove their purchases or make special arrangements with the airport, which I assume means lease storage space back. The airport should look a lot different after the 8th."
www.rwphotos.com

The following was published online on GREYBULL STANDARD [31Aug06]
Auction Signals End Of H&P Era [by Nathan Oster]
Buyers from throughout the United States converged on Greybull last week for the auction of assets formerly held by Hawkins and Powers Aviation. Representatives of Great American Group, the asset management firm which purchased H&P last year, report that all of the planes were sold during the liquidation auction conducted Aug. 23-24 at the airport and online.
"We had 200 buyers, between those bidding online and those who were here," said Phil McArdle, supervising consultant for Great American. "Overall, things went very well, and we ended up doing better than we had projected going into the auction."
"One of the planes on the auction block, a C-82 Packet used by the U.S. Navy during World War II but later converted by H&P to carry 3,000 gallons of fire retardant, went for $127,500 to buyers representing the Hagerstown Aviation Museum. According to news accounts, the museum had solicited public donations to bring the twin-engine, propeller-driven plane back to Hagerstown where Fairchild Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation operated for 55 years until 1984. The plane, built in 1945, is the same type of craft that appeared in the original "Flight of the Phoenix" movie, and will become the centerpiece of the museum.

Carl Meyer, a longtime H&P employee and current general manager of B&G Industries, said B&G ended up buying one of the C-119s that was on the auction block. "For years, people driving past here have seen airplanes," said Meyer. "With the vast majority of them being scrapped, we made a decision to buy one so that people can continue to drive by here and see a C-119. "By putting it on display, we will retain some of the history that was once here."
Meyer said most of the interest in the PB4Y-2s came from "warbird people" who desire to restore the planes and display them for the public. One buyer, however, was more interested in the plane?s history as a retardant airplane. "He wants to keep the retardant things in it and be able to fly it and demonstrate how it was used postwar," said Meyer. "He recognized its history as a retardant airplane, and did not want to lose that."
Great American representatives would not disclose the selling price of any of the aircraft or other aviation equipment that sold last week.

Prior to the sale, there had been an effort led by Ralph Reiner, curator of the Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting, to raise funds to keep the planes in the local area. He cited the need to keep the following planes, (in addition to the above C-82 Packet)-, for the museum-
1. PB4Y-2 Privateer used by the U.S. Navy against the Japanese during World War II but later converted by H&P to carry 3,000 gallons of fire retardant.
2. C-119 cargo plane built by Fairchild Company that appeared in the movie, "Flight of the Phoenix."
3. C-130 Hercules, made by the Lockheed Company, that was used as a large cargo plane during World War II but later converted to carry up to 3,000 gallons of fire retardant.
4. C-97 Boeing Stratofreighter, that was the largest air tanker in the world, capable of holding up to 4,000 gallons of fire retardant.
5. L-18 Lockheed Lodestar.

Unable to raise the necessary funds, Reiner expressed sadness this week that "so many great planes will soon be gone," but vowed to fight on in his quest to preserve the aviation history of the Greybull area. "Come next year, we'll still be up there," he said. "There will be seven or eight planes that won't leave here, and we are going to do everything we can to try to find more planes and keep the museum going, and possibly even make it larger. "I am not going to give up, even though I'm getting to be an old man. Preserving this part of our history is too important for me to do that."
Reiner said he plans to apply for grant money, and to continue to work with Sens. Mike Enzi and Craig Thomas and Rep. Barbara Cubin, as well as Gov. Dave Freudenthal.
Transitions For Great American, the auction was the culminating event of the firm's stay in Greybull. "We will be done here within the next month, after we make sure everybody has received their goods and things are cleaned out," said McArdle, who personally has spent the past year living in Greybull. "It?s been a great place, and the whole town has been very friendly and willing to help," he said. "I think we?ve done a good job for the town." He cited the creation and success of B&G Industries. "We kept the business in place, created employment for former H&P employees, and through the auction, we have given B&G Industries approximately 12 months of work."
McArdle suggested and Meyer later confirmed that B&G Industries plans to expand its workforce in Greybull. "Prior to the auction, actually, we'd secured enough contracts," said Meyer. "But as a result of the auction, we secured even more contracts which will require more hiring." Those hirings, Meyer stressed, would be permanent. B&G currently employs 24. "With the workload we have on our plate now for the next six to eight months, we are eight to 10 people shy," he said, adding that the company will be looking for licensed aircraft technicians and skilled mechanics. "From a B&G perspective, we feel really positive right now," summarized Meyer. "The company is off to a great start, we've secured some good contracts, and we are hiring. "The people we have here, with the skills that they possess, have helped us tremendously in securing more work and allowing us to go forward."

The following provides a bit more info on B&G Industries,
Source: Billings Gazette 16Feb06.
By RUFFIN PREVOST -Gazette Wyoming Bureau-
GREYBULL - After months of uncertainty that saw financial straits, management changes and rounds of layoffs, the former aerial firefighting firm of Hawkins & Powers has found a buyer.
In an agreement expected to be signed Friday, B&G Industries of Thermopolis has reached a deal to acquire the Hawkins & Powers name, interests and remaining assets, said principals involved in the transfer.
The new company, to be known as B&G Industries, will continue to operate from the Big Horn County Airport near Greybull, and will retain all 21 employees, said Paul Galovich, co-owner of B&G Industries.
"We're all very excited," Galovich said. "There are some big challenges here, without question. But we believe we can make this happen."
Hawkins & Powers President Jim Taggart called the deal "a very good fit for the employees, as well as for the creditors and owners. It's really a win-win situation, and I wish them well."
The deal included an agreement between B&G and asset liquidator Great American to acquire the hangar, tools and other fixed assets necessary for continued operations, Galovich said.
Last fall, Great American bought the hangar, tools and dozens of aircraft parts and other assets from Hawkins & Powers, which made the deal to pay down $14 million in debt.
Hawkins & Powers had previously lost its core business, aerial firefighting, after the federal government ceased contracting for the services following crashes of two of its airplanes in 2002.
Hawkins & Powers employees had recently met with Galovich and his partner, Karl Bertagnole, and Taggart said he believed all of the employees had decided to stay on with the new company.
Taggart said he was hopeful that B&G Industries executives would be able to expand the aircraft refurbishing business.
Galovich said improvements to the airport infrastructure would eventually be necessary, including construction of a larger hangar and upgrades to water systems for fire suppression improvements.
"We would hope to, within the next couple of years, establish a new hangar to completely house the aircraft, and with that it gives us an extended opportunity to work on a lot of different types of aircraft," Galovich said.
"All of these things can definitely be accomplished," he said. "With the facilities and employees we have there, we could not be in a better location for this type of operation than Greybull, Wyoming."

Brian wrote: "My visit to Greybull was on 19th of August this year.
The good news is that it seems everything is still there! Unfortunately I wasn’t able to gain access to the airfield despite being passed round about 4 different email contacts for the airports operation and the company that seems to own the aircraft storage area/ hangar operations.
As I was with my family, I was only able to spend a short time at the museum, and take photos of all that I could of the storage area from a distance.
The museum was open (a Saturday) and had a good number of visitors while I was there, maybe 30 or so people! A good sign, although there may have been extra numbers in the area because of the total solar eclipse.
Here is a log of everything I have managed to piece together:
Museum:
P2V-7 Neptune 143173 ’41-6363’ #61 IP334 (The caption for your picture has '41-6868') - RL: parts swapped?
N3935 ‘136’ C-119
‘06’ C-119
N6884C PB4Y-2 Privateer
N7962C PB4Y-2 Privateer
N7391C Beech 18

See my Greybull Report 2014 Brian refers to: PAGE 1 | PAGE 2

He also wrote a novel, featuring the C-119 Flying Boxcar, called "Boxcar Down, the Albanian Incident"

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