Now this is a Super Load!
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chefdennis
Veteran Expediter
Yes Indeed!!!! 
golfournut
Veteran Expediter
WOW, nice!
zero3nine
Veteran Expediter
That's a real superload all right!
I did one shortly before I left California... 38' 6" wide... with a bit of historical significance to it.
This is one of only three fully operational Mitsubishi A6M3 Zeke (Zero) aircraft left in the world. All three are stationed in California at various museums, and this one, tail number X133 is the one you will see at ANY airshow where they state they have an authentic Zero. It is the ONLY one that gets flown in airshows. All other "Zero" aircraft you see are mockups or replicas. There are a total of 17 Zero's in various museums but only three can actually fly. Only one of the three has the original motor and it doesn't get flown. It lives in an air museum in Chino, California. X133 is stationed at Camarillo California, and it flew to Long Beach before we put it on the truck.
There are a total of 17 Zero's in various museums but only three can actually fly. Only one of the three has the original motor and it doesn't get flown. It lives in an air museum in Chino, California. X133, seen here, is stationed at Camarillo California, and it flew to Long Beach before we put it on the truck.
You can browse through pictures of this move HERE
We shipped her off to New Zealand, and received her when she came home.
I did one shortly before I left California... 38' 6" wide... with a bit of historical significance to it.
This is one of only three fully operational Mitsubishi A6M3 Zeke (Zero) aircraft left in the world. All three are stationed in California at various museums, and this one, tail number X133 is the one you will see at ANY airshow where they state they have an authentic Zero. It is the ONLY one that gets flown in airshows. All other "Zero" aircraft you see are mockups or replicas. There are a total of 17 Zero's in various museums but only three can actually fly. Only one of the three has the original motor and it doesn't get flown. It lives in an air museum in Chino, California. X133 is stationed at Camarillo California, and it flew to Long Beach before we put it on the truck.
There are a total of 17 Zero's in various museums but only three can actually fly. Only one of the three has the original motor and it doesn't get flown. It lives in an air museum in Chino, California. X133, seen here, is stationed at Camarillo California, and it flew to Long Beach before we put it on the truck.
You can browse through pictures of this move HERE
We shipped her off to New Zealand, and received her when she came home.
That's a real superload all right!
I did one shortly before I left California... 38' 6" wide... with a bit of historical significance to it.
This is one of only three fully operational Mitsubishi A6M3 Zeke (Zero) aircraft left in the world. All three are stationed in California at various museums, and this one, tail number X133 is the one you will see at ANY airshow where they state they have an authentic Zero. It is the ONLY one that gets flown in airshows. All other "Zero" aircraft you see are mockups or replicas. There are a total of 17 Zero's in various museums but only three can actually fly. Only one of the three has the original motor and it doesn't get flown. It lives in an air museum in Chino, California. X133 is stationed at Camarillo California, and it flew to Long Beach before we put it on the truck.
There are a total of 17 Zero's in various museums but only three can actually fly. Only one of the three has the original motor and it doesn't get flown. It lives in an air museum in Chino, California. X133, seen here, is stationed at Camarillo California, and it flew to Long Beach before we put it on the truck.
You can browse through pictures of this move HERE
We shipped her off to New Zealand, and received her when she came home.
Very cool indeed!
OVM could've got that in his Sprinter, just sayin'
zero3nine
Veteran Expediter
Jefferson3000
Expert Expediter
We've never delivered to a Super Bowl, but I personally delivered to the Music City Bowl two years back.
I've "delivered" to the FedEx Orange Bowl many times, and many NFL games and a few Nascar races as well. with the busses. Even drove a bus with a full load of people on a Michelin test track!! that was cool, right up there with a full load on the Homestead Speedway with Formula One cars on both sides at full speed!! But the super duper load had to have been with Faster *****Cat out to AZ during one hot summer, when the AC went out on the coach in west Texas. That was the only time I can say I've driven topless and near bottomless!! I actually got out at one point and was kicking and cursing at the bus, it didn't help anything... except my nerves- a little.
Dropped in Phoenix and went back to SC in less than 2 days!!
Dropped in Phoenix and went back to SC in less than 2 days!!
That's interesting info about the zero's. I didn't realize there were so few that were airworthy. About a year ago, my #2 son who's in the USAF stationed at Goldsboro NC, got to go up in one at the yearly air show. He and an airman buddy got to take a limo ride to the flight line and ride in either a P-51 Mustang or a Zero. Joe got to go up in the Zero. Of course it was "awesome".
Freightdawg
Expert Expediter
There were several replica zekes and zeros made for the movie Tora Tora Tora. Most were converted North American AT-6s and Vultee BT-13s. Several are still on the airshow circuits. Fewer and fewer of the original war birds remain.
greg334
Veteran Expediter
That Zero is owned by AA heritage flying Museum in Midland Texas. It has a P&W R-1830 engine in it and is one of six that have the P&W engine in it and seem to be flying in or around the US. The one that has the original Sakae engine lives in Chino, making seven of them flying.
There is also one in Arizona and one here in Michigan that shows up every once in a while in War Bird talks. The Arizona one used to fly from what I was told and the Michigan one can if it is put back together - seeing it first hand in crates.
The rarer Nakajima sea plane which was based on the Zero seems to be more elusive, with one able to fly in the US and one in static display.
There is also one in Arizona and one here in Michigan that shows up every once in a while in War Bird talks. The Arizona one used to fly from what I was told and the Michigan one can if it is put back together - seeing it first hand in crates.
The rarer Nakajima sea plane which was based on the Zero seems to be more elusive, with one able to fly in the US and one in static display.
