Calling Cobrahistorian...

Hey guys,

Yes, unfortunately the XCH-62 mockup is no more.  I've spoken to the museum's director at length about it and the decision to dispose of it was a painful, but necessary one.  As Scott said, it was rotting, falling apart, etc.  It was not restorable.   Because of this, Steve made the decision to salvage the important pieces of technology from it (those parts that were actual aircraft components) and scrap the rest.  Those components have been sent up to Huntsville (IIRC) to Redstone for the museum there.  If and when the new building is built here at the museum, they will be returned and put on display. 

Later!

Jon

Frank

Talked to Jon last night and he's having a slight computer problem at the moment (it's fine, just his power adapter got fried - he should have a new adaptter by this weekend). He said that anything of worth was stripped from it and sent to Huntsville for R&D and what was left was a mock-up, a shell. It was rotting away and the Army couldn't/wouldn't provide the funds to restore it.

No offense, that thing had to go, the crew door fell off when I was on casual at the museum and hit the Hind-D underneath it, it was filled with water, was musty/moldy, most everything was rotting inside and was an eyesore along with the neglected Chinook with wings and the other aircraft in the junkyard.

My goodness.....

Wonder what they'll decide to destroy next?    Somebody needs to take the Curator out in the empty lot, where the aircraft once stood, and disassemble him!!

Frank

 

What an obscenity ... what the hell were they thinking?

Oldhooker,

 

I think your information may be correct too. I recall seeing it when I first started working at Rucker, but recently they shuffled things around outside, and now that you mention it, I don't remember seeing it anymore.

 

Keith

Oldhooker,

I read your post and did a google search for CH-62....it looks like your information may, sadly, be correct.  There is some in the postings on this page, as well of a single picture of the demolition....sad, indeed....

http://www.aero-web.org/specs/boeivert/xch-62.htm

Here is another article from aero-news...

http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?ContentBlockID=d07b9f97-11df-4fae-be11-93e7f7b4c58f