Warbird Information Exchange

Hi All
Not sure this is a re-post, but I just saw this on EBAY Motors this morning and just wondering what the background on it is. I do not see an "N"or USAF number on it
eBay item number:253051928422
Item location:
Santa Teresa, New Mexico, United States
$150,000.00
1944 Douglas A-26
Onmark - Marksman Pressurized
1,300gal/fuel capacity
TT AF 5000hrs.
Pratt & Whitney R2800-CB17's L&R TSOH 350hrs.
Hamilton Standard 43E60 Reversible PROPS
Hydraulic Steering
AII Approved Progressive Inspection
DC-6 Wheels & Brakes
Needs control surfaces redone--Aleron & Elevators

Jim C

44-34526 owned by Charlie Bella of El Paso for a number of years.

T J

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Had God intended for man to fly behind inline engines, Pratt & Whitney would have made them.

CB

http://www.angelfire.com/dc/jinxx1/Desrt_Wings.html

Replacing the A-26 windscreen with the DC-6 glass did not help in the looks department....

After sitting in the desert for almost 30 years it is ugly in more than one way...

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Had God intended for man to fly behind inline engines, Pratt & Whitney would have made them.

CB

http://www.angelfire.com/dc/jinxx1/Desrt_Wings.html

I was wondering what the story was there, yeesh! Ah well, to each his own! Hopefully she finds a sympathetic home somewhere.

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Zac in NZ
#avgeek, modelbuilder, photographer, writer. Callsign: "HANDBAG".
https://linktr.ee/zacyates

"It's his plane, he spent the money to restore it, he can do with it what he wants. I will never understand what's hard to comprehend about this." - kalamazookid, 20/08/2013
"The more time you spend around warbirds the sooner you learn nothing, is simple." - JohnB, 24/02/22

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remember the Oogahonk!
old school enthusiast of Civiltary Warbirds and Air Racers

It's just like that Ram commercial....

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Phil

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