In the photos on this page, the T-2 Buckeye has had its wings and tail pieces removed so that it could be moved by truck.
Midway's Hangar
The Restoration Facility for the USS MIDWAY museum
(Currently known as The San Diego Aircraft Carrier
Museum, on the USS Midway CV-41)
North American T-2 Buckeye
The H-2
Seasprite was designed to meet a 1956 Navy specification for a high-performance,
all-weather helicopter operating in a wide range of utility missions. The first flight was
made in July 1959, with deliveries beginning in December 1962. In October 1970 the US Navy
adopted a further modified Seasprite variant to provide an over-the-horizon search and
strike capability for anti-submarine destroyers. This version was known as the SH-2D,
using the LAMPS high power search radar system in a radome tub under the nose, as well as
a variety of anti-submarine and ship missile defense weapons. The SH-2F was an improved
version of the SH-2D. |
In the photos on this page, the T-2 Buckeye has had
its wings and tail pieces removed so that it could be moved by truck.
Sorry about the blurry photo, but this is a good view
of the shape of the fuselage.
You can see that the aircraft is actually in very good shape, and will be
ready for the paint shop soon after it is re-assembled.
Without the wings, the aircraft needs added support to sit upright.
This is the same type of paint scheme that will be used on the finished
aircraft. (Note that parts of the tail have been removed.)
Here are some of the removed tail sections.
This aircraft is on loan from the National Museum of Naval Aviation.