Well, I also went to the CAF Hanger in San Marcos last Saturday flying in on a leg of a cross country flight. Here are a few pictures from the trip. To add to what was previously mentioned in the thread, the folks said that in addition to the damage done in the landing accident, while it was hangered in Fredericksburg, a gust of wind blew it into some steel and messed up the ailerons. They apparently do have the prop blade replacement, but said that the major hold up was the left oleo strut on the main landing gear.
Had a blast while we were there. The folks were friendly and let us go up into the B-25 for a while. One anomaly I noticed is that there was not a single book in the gift shop. They said that they just don't seem to sell, and didn't want to have the money tied up in the books. I think that's sad and reflective of our culture. They do have a really nice museum there with some Doolittle Raid artifacts and a nice library.
Tulio, don't know how shiny the T-33 was when you saw it, but I would say it didn't look too bad, could be the lighting on the picture. Colors depend a lot on what's reflecting off the metal surface and we had some decent cloud color.
Sorry about the dark pictures, but even with the flash, it's pretty hard to get a decent picture.
Here are the pictures:
Enjoy!
Ryan
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