I just talked to Warren also. We are going to do a little more research on the two ALF rigs (T-13 & T-8). While it is true both were sitting on the ALF lot in Elmira, under water after Hurricane Agnes in 1972, it is believed that T-13 (Aero Chief) and Baltimore City WT-1 (also originally an Aero Chief) were ordered together. The story went that WT-1 was also under water, but before accepting delivery, Baltimore City required ALF to completly rework the rig to insure that there were no issues with the apparatus. This rework caused the delivery of WT-1 to be pushed back to 1973. An rumor from that era was that ALF didn't want to have to do a full rework on Baltimore County's Aero Chief like was the case with Baltimore City's and as a deal sweetener, ALF offered the ALF rear mount (T-8) at a flood sale price to Baltimore County and they took it.
T-13 was also rumored to be originally intended for service at Station 1 in Towson, with T-1's Seagrave TDA being sent to Westview to replace the 1949 Seagrave midship, but just prior to delivery, it was decided that the Aero Chief would go to Station 13.
There is a guy that was assigned to T-13 back in that time frame and he was also the Captain at Woodlawn VFD at the same time. If we could get ahold of him, he would probably know the true scoop on all of this.
T-13 was also rumored to be originally intended for service at Station 1 in Towson, with T-1's Seagrave TDA being sent to Westview to replace the 1949 Seagrave midship, but just prior to delivery, it was decided that the Aero Chief would go to Station 13.
There is a guy that was assigned to T-13 back in that time frame and he was also the Captain at Woodlawn VFD at the same time. If we could get ahold of him, he would probably know the true scoop on all of this.
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