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PostPosted: Wed May 20, 2015 10:53 pm 
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What has happened with Precision in Australia? It seems that owners are moving projects out from there to other shops.


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i hope one of those kingfisher's is coming back to australia...it's the only surviving RAAF one.
from what i hear things aren't doing well up there since the death of it's former owner.

btw are the KI61's moving to NZ aswell?


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precision is doing fine, they have more work than they can handle


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Are there any currently airworthy Kingfishers out there??

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Well now, that needs to be corrected immediately!

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Now this will display just how lazy I am (ask instead of google search) - can the Kingfisher be amphibious or is it a strict seaplane? it would be cool to see one operational for sure!

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Now this will display just how lazy I am (ask instead of google search) - can the Kingfisher be amphibious or is it a strict seaplane? it would be cool to see one operational for sure!

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Not amphibious, but it can be converted to conventional landing gear.

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For those who like numbers:
P-39:
- Pioneer page says this aircraft is P-39Q "Ex Soviet Airforce, recovered circa 1995 being restored to fly as USAAC 220341". Going through Goodall (http://www.goodall.com.au/warbirds-dire ... 6/bell.pdf) this was reported at Wangaratta in 2008 and is "hulks & parts of 2 aircraft".

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- Bu.No. 5985, the well-known former Whaleworld aircraft which served with the RAAF as A48-2 and looked very complete when displayed, of Jerry Yagen
- Bu.No. 5982, another former RAAF machine which served as A48-7

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There is a kingfisher located at the whale world museum Albany Western Australia. ex RAAF bird too.


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Brenden - one of these aircraft is the Whale World example.

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I missed that Zac.
I was there recently and they would not let me view the aircraft. Apparently the kingfisher and catalina are ready to be picked up and trucked to the east coast.


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We've got the USS Wisconsin just over in Norfolk which used the Kingfisher extensively through the war in the AV Division, and of course OS2Us were stationed aboard most battleships and some cruisers out of NOB Norfolk as well. Additionally, we've got some folks with Kingfisher roots in our living history group. So to hear that Jerry Yagen has one under restoration to fly is extremely exciting- if I were to hazard a guess, he'll probably want to use a scheme appropriate to the Hampton Roads area, which shouldn't be hard to find. :)

This will be a really neat addition to the MAM when it's done!

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