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Show x JrfSff 1 n yi 1 Your Quality 'i P 0 Galbraith OFF! Life-Ope- Aerospace museum hosts 1rti ; Open Aircraft Day ACCEPT ... ", PERSONAL CHECKS Whetheryou're six or 86, you've got the chance to sit at the controls of several fpj. Whatever your n$imhs Air Force aircraft Saturday and see what it's like to be a pilot. hj3-H0f: get.(luckily it was only hit once) and and fall the Hill Aerospace makeshift raccoon den. It was Every spring in pretty Museum hosts a Food for n Airrough shape. Volunteers removed over 20 craft Day. "Admission" to this Saturday's raccoon carcasses and everything theani- event is one food item per mals collected over a number of years. The person. This admits the public to the bottom of the aircraft was covered with museum, where they can step or look inside over a foot of debris where snakes had also 20 open aircraft cockpits and learn a litmade a home. tle bit about Air Force history. "Its taken close to nine years and we're Deloy Spencer, event organizer, expects still working on it. We got a lot of help a turnout between 2,500 and 3,000. He said over 200 and 1 1 units have worked people it's a great chance to show off some of the on it, saia I nurell who says the work is hard work volunteers have contributed really paying off. "It's, painted like it was restoring vintage aircraft while donating when it came off the assembly line." A to community food banks. Each time the lot of the work was completed by mem- donation helps a different area organizabers of the squadron the once belonged tion. ., to the 28th MASLSS historical deac-"We show every airplane we have that's tivated that boasts over 400 memsafe or has anything to see. Some of them bers squadron have empty cockpits. Some aren't safe. So Garnincluding retired Utah senator Jake who has over that's our determining factor," he said. museum's aircraft. 300 flight hours on the Some of the oldest vintage aircraft cockThe has "clamshell" loading doors pits are not shown to protect them. It takes that will open for the public so.they can at least 60 volunteers, who come from all walk inside the enormous aircraft. Specoyer the state, to put on the event. tators walk up a ramp that tanks, trurks "It takes so many people to open that and small aircraft were once sent up for many airplanes and just open the canopies transport. Up to 200 fully outfitted paraana aoors. jn one ot them have power anycould also fit in the aircraft. The troopers more so it all has to be done manually. For Hill AFB exhibit has transported some a bunch of old guys, that gets to be work! unusual cargo. Thurell remembers transWe've had great help though. Our volunone of the first computers to the teers come year after year and a lot of them porting Massachusetts Institute of Technology. take the same airplane. Sometimes they Hoerman said he once picked up a brand take airplanes they flew so they really know new 4 "Starfighter" that was rolled what they're talking about," said Spencer. inside and used in President Eisenhower's Two museum volunteers have first hand inauguration. experience with one of the museum's popOne frightening experience, Thurell ular exhibits that will be open Saturday remembers, occurred when a member of the "Globemaster." Both are lookthe crew improperly secured a missile. It ing forward to Saturday and the opporrolled out of control as they were unloadtunity to share their knowledge and unique ing it He said it was how fast some experiences with museum spectators. Ed of the guys could amazingrun. actually Hoerman and Jim Thurell spent several Hoerman said pilots respectfully called hours aboard the aircraft fhafs now grounded the "Old Shakey" because it rattled on the northeast side of museum grounds. and shook so hard. But both men agreed Hoerman said he always knew he wanted it was a great plane to fly in and turned out to fly one of the larger aircraft. "When I to be a reliable craft. The two always got out of flight school in the early days look forward to their experiences sharing asked they you what you wanted to fly. Boy with others on open cockpit day. in those days it was jets. Everybody wanted The men are two of the volunteers just to fly the jets with those little teeny tiny who will be on hand to help with the event cockpits where you can't even move. Well and share personal experiences with the I'm not built that way." public. Thurell was one of the five original Hill Other aircraft slated to be open are the AFB loadmasters and over a 10 A-Iyear period "Warthog," C-- 7 "Carihe spent about two years of continuous 4 bou," "Skytrain," 9 "Flying Boxflight time as a member of the combat crew car," "Provider,", "Hercules," on Hoerman spent 4,000 hours "VIP Convair," "Jetstar," Both gained a majority of piloting 5 "Eagle," 6 "Fighting their experience during the Korean and "Phantom,"ll Falcon," "Aardvark," 3 "Jolly Cold War eras. They said the plane was Green Giant," 1 "Workhorse," HH-Iused to transport several things but dur"Huey," 9 "Flying Classroom" and ing that time they primarily moved nuclear the SR-7-1 "Blackbird." weapons. For more information on the food drive The plane spans over 174 feet from wing or the museum, call Ext. Mill M-- $A H sure to find it at 1 sfV 8PM "ORQIW mm All USED h- ITEMS l4 If Si Utah's Wv4 1 Vintage Thrift. WE to wing, is 130 feet long and almost 50 feet high. The aircraft first took flight in 1949 iand was reuVedin 1974. The exhibit at the museum is number 446 of the 448 produced. The plane was brought the museum 1991, after being used as an army tar-- , ' u v perfume or books. mom ovw, jow'rif if I C-1- 24 staff V,W? ft ome moms flip for flowers. photo by Mary Volunteers Ed Hoerman and Jim Thurell will share their personal experiences flying aboard the "Globemaster" Saturday during Food for n Aircraft Day at the Hill Aerospace Museum. Hilltop Times T Pay 8i!i! V by Mary Galbraith n rv Store Second-Han- d talag P f Vintage Thrift 4"(JXA1R FORCE . f '.3135 South 1 Harrison Blvd. Thrift Store! -, Ogden .392-540- - 0 v' (-i-n t or Low Prices With Great Value . Life-Ope- . , K. . non-perishab- le 'v';. , I COCONUT , X 16 oz. Bernstien's r DRESSING Tl fil l jtii IX ti v v SALAD r i i I I Ul - v? 1 4, - rncccc Wl ILL 'r fRFAMFD rt - II' , i Iff or air freshener. 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