Convair XC-99

XC-99 Disposition

The XC-99 was retired in 1957. Following its retirement, the XC-99 was on public display at Kelly Air Force Base near San Antonio, Texas until 1993. Initially, because it could not be put in private hands, it was donated to the organization of Disabled American Veterans.

The aircraft was evaluated in the late 1960s for possible restoration and it was too deteriorated at that time, in part, because of the use of magnesium which is very prone to certain types of corrosion. At some point it was moved to a grassy field near Kelly AFB. The XC-99 was open to the public when this picture was taken in 1972.

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Several years ago, the Air Force re-acquired the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] and towed it to the tarmac at Kelly AFB.
The XC-99 has been disassembled and shipped to Wright Patterson Air Force Base for restoration by the National Museum of the US Air Force.
A friend in Ohio sent this status report about the XC-99 components at the National Museum of the Air Force in October 2006:

Major fuselage sections are now here. Looks like they removed all the flooring and sliced the fuselage both vertically and longitudinally, so each section looks like a short jet blast deflector like they have installed on the parking areas for the B-52s at SAC bases. The insides of the pieces look to me like all plumbing, wiring, control cables and insulation have been removed. I guess the good news here is that every inch of the plane will be protected from corrosion when all is said and done.