Warplane junkyard in Ohio?

Any of our resident Ohio dwelling GRMers know of this?

http://jalopnik.com/5681587/secret-ohio-warplane-graveyard-unearthed

Edit: more pics http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Fea1/101-200/Fea182_Walters-Farm_Williams/00.shtm

Newberry, OH?

Well, I've lived in northeast Ohio for 50 years (Good God, I don't like the sound of that!), but I've never heard of it. Would be nice to know the location more specifically.

Edit - That statement was made before the location was identified. Newberry isn't all that far from me. Is this place open to go into?

Wow...they even have a doodlebug...

I love internet research.

here is the address: 41.469101,-81.220275

http://www.bing.com/maps/#JnE9LjQxJTQwMjQ2OTEwMSUyYy04MSU0MDIyMjAyNzUlN2Vzc3QuMCU3ZXBnLjEmYmI9NDAuMTcyMDM1MzMxNDQ0MyU3ZS04NC4zMDIxMjE4MDM1NjQyJTdlNDAuMTY4MzQ0Nzk0NjQ3MiU3ZS04NC4zMDcyODIyMzk2OTEx

Grtechguy wrote: I love internet research. here is the address: 41.469101,-81.220275 http://www.bing.com/maps/#JnE9LjQxJTQwMjQ2OTEwMSUyYy04MSU0MDIyMjAyNzUlN2Vzc3QuMCU3ZXBnLjEmYmI9NDAuMTcyMDM1MzMxNDQ0MyU3ZS04NC4zMDIxMjE4MDM1NjQyJTdlNDAuMTY4MzQ0Nzk0NjQ3MiU3ZS04NC4zMDcyODIyMzk2OTEx

Follow this link, then click on aerial > bird's eye view for closeup photos. There's a lot of planes and other stuff piled up in this guy's back yard.

http://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/soplata.html

Good story

The bird's eye on bing is very good. It is taken in winter so the leaves are gone.

Lots of Korean Conflict era stuff in those woods.

The "collection" even includes a Vought F7U Cutlass which, according to Wiki, is only one of seven left. The other six seem to have fared much better over the years.

I would LOVE to run in there and steal a pile of old switchgear and instrumentation. All those awesome old panels with lovely bezels with knurled thumb screw hold downs... big heavy toggles, weighty knobs.

It's like machine porn.

Brotus7 wrote: http://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/soplata.html Good story

Yes, indeed! Great stufff. This guy sounds like he could be someone from this group! Read how he got those planes home with a 6 cylinder Suburban!! A man of foresight. Well worth the 15 min to read the article. I wonder if he's still alive.

The guy that started the collection is dead. That is the only way any of those planes ever got out of there, he was very protective.

The Twin Mustang and the F2G were probably the most sought after, both are now being restored, but not to flying condition I believe.

This is the actual plane in its heyday, which won the 1947 Cleveland Air Races.

According to his son, who wrote the article, his Dad did start selling some of the planes before he died, and more than the two above have been/are restored. Some to flying condition, some not. He should be applauded for his insight. The twin Mustang is just so cool. P-38 wannabe.

hmmm...only about 20 minutes from Nelson Ledges.

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: I would LOVE to run in there and steal a pile of old switchgear and instrumentation. All those awesome old panels with lovely bezels with knurled thumb screw hold downs... big heavy toggles, weighty knobs. It's like machine porn.

Don't do that. Restorers resist the urge to kill people who do such things.

Wow, that's a cool story.

I would love to get my hands on some of the controls for long enough to replicate them. I have no problem using replica stuff in a car, but the real stuff belongs on a plane.

That B-36 would make a friggin' sweet backyard fort!

Only to be haunted by the ghost of Jimmy Stewart.