HH-3 in junkyard near Dallas??

[RotorheadTX]

Help! I recall a post in which someone reported seeing a USAF HH-3 Jolly Green in a breaker's yard near Dallas, TX.
I cannot find the original post, am planning to visit Dallas soon, and would like to track this beasty down.

TIA,
Tony

[Scooterman]

Hey Tony, you gonna be here for awhile?  Might have to meet up.

[Captain Canada]

And we want a full photo report if you do fine the beast !

[RotorheadTX]

I'm planning on being there for the RarePlane Detective road-show on Saturday evening.
This thing with the HH-3 is killing me - I heard about it just before my last trip up, but didn't have the time to go looking for it.
Now I have the time, and I cannot find the post with the friggin' info!!!! 

[Scooterman]

I'm not going to be able to make the show, no quan.  However if you want to have a sit, PM me for #s and such.

[RotorheadTX]

Well, I found it, thanks to an ARC member who posted the original message I had in mind. The derelict is up near Alvord, TX, and in pretty sorry shape. I got a bunch of photos from outside the fence, but didn't want to risk hopping the fence while the owner wasn't present.

[upnorth]

That reminds me of an HH-3 I saw back in 91 at CFB Edmonton. The pic isn't that good as at the time I had a crappy camera and access to a crappy scanner:



It belonged to the 71st Air Rescue Squadron at Elmendorf AFB in Alaska and was less than a year from retirement when I took this picture.

[Captain Canada]

Great pics, guys ! She's a little beat up, Tony, but still looks the part. I'd love to have seen one fly. And after looking at these pics, i really want to build one !

Who makes a 72nd scale kit of her, anyway ?

[kitnut617]

Who makes a 72nd scale kit of her, anyway ?

Revell USA does a 1/72 one Todd, at least the one I picked up a little while ago is.  It's old though. 

http://www.oldmodelkits.com/index.php?detail=9798&scale=1/72&searchtext=HH-3

[upnorth]

I've seen one in an Airfix box, back when they had pictures of the finished model sitting on a technical drawing for box art. Don't know if it would be the same as the above mentioned Revell kit, but it was also 1/72.

[RotorheadTX]

I've seen one in an Airfix box, back when they had pictures of the finished model sitting on a technical drawing for box art. Don't know if it would be the same as the above mentioned Revell kit, but it was also 1/72.

The Airfix kit is an HH-53, not an HH-3 - the 53 is quite a bit larger, though similar in looks.
For HH-3's, your options are Revell (good), Aurora (okay), Lindberg (poor) and Starfix (bloody awful!!)

[Sentinel Chicken]

Where in Alvord is the helo located?

[RotorheadTX]

Where in Alvord is the helo located?

It's NW of Alvord, on 81/287, on the west side of the freeway. I didn't get an exact location, but I would guess it's about 20-25 minutes drive up from Decatur. I spotted it right about the time I was starting to fret that I had missed it, and should turn around.  From the freeway you will see a quonset hut, a pair of 2.5 ton trucks, and a big red USAF crash-rescue truck; the helo is tucked in behind the fire engine.