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Exciting times are ahead. The Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum (FHCAM) is planning to unveil a new aircraft on November 10th, 2018, when they open their new, much larger hangar. They posted a teaser photo on their Facebook page, and I figured I would post it here as well:
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Dennis SAuter, on Flickr
I'm no Cleco expert, but some comments on their Facebook page indicate these are not "European" sizes, meaning that it might be associated with an Allied aircraft, not their soon to be flying Me 262. Additionally, Steve Hinton is scheduled to test fly that aircraft after this announced reveal, and it wouldn't make too much sense to show off an aircraft they have been showing pretty consistently, just to dismantle it and truck it off for the test flight at another location. They seem to indicate that it is a surprise reveal, and something we haven't seen before. Could be wrong though!
I do know that they have a B-17E under restoration, and having a new, large hangar could mean she's headed our way. The warbird registry for her, 41-9210, shows a photo that she was pretty far along at some point. Could we be getting a new B-17 in the air? Maybe that's just me be hopeful?
http://www.warbirdregistry.org/b17regis ... 19210.htmlThoughts? Would love to hear from folks who have some restoration expertise that might be able to surmise what type of restoration these Clecos and fasteners can be attributed to, if at all. Thanks!
- Dennis S.
Thornton, CO USA