Went straight to Chanute after basic training in March of 1976. While there my roommate and I explored the static display aircraft. We were able to get into the B-52 up thru the wheel wells same with the B-29. We just explored didnt take anything. The wing of the B-29 was so big i was able to stand up in the wing at the point where it was attached to the fuselage It's sad to see what happened to the base
I was there in '71 and again in '76 for basic and advanced jet engine school. I have pics of all those acft in the grassy areas, but the museum was not there then. The large light gray acft is a C-133, that was there then as they all were retired in '71. My dad flew those for 7 years at Dover AFB.
I was at Chanute Dec 1976-June 1980 in 3345 CES, Material Control Section. Worked a lot on Prime Beef Deployment Equipment and Weapons. Thanks for the film.
That aircraft you start to see at 1:59. B36. I was there for training in the summer of 90. I helped tear apart some of that plane. I was able to crawl all through the airframe and play like a child. One day it was just missing from its mounts.. I followed the tire tracks to the airfield.
AGE Instructor, 1980-1984. Best memories of my life. So sad to see all the videos on RU-vid of what Chanute has become. I wish I'd never have seen them now.
@@timpomietlo207 Wow, very cool Tim. Sorry, I don't recognize the name, but I taught a few thousand over those 4 years, not to mention it was over 30 years ago! The world gets smaller every day!
Stationed at Chanute Oct. 66 thru Feb67 at Weather observer school. Talk about base changes. Lived in wooded barracks. Remembered a winter snow storm that included thunder snow and a dust stor mix. I had a great experience. Always wondered what happen to all of aircraft that was parked on base after the Air Museum closed.
@@timpomietlo207 When I was a kid growing up 15 miles from Chanute, I thought it was. Both of my parents as well as my sister and I worked at Chanute. Sometime between childhood and grownup, someone straightened me out. The original is probably at the Smithsonian.
