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Sad news
Staggerwing , Stearman and others.
https://starmanauctions.proxibid.com/St ... _Sis0Rdh5Y

Trade A Plane fb listing
https://www.facebook.com/16047135740665 ... 52470/?d=n

Was initially quite shocked to see this, but then realized this is the Hillier Air Musuem in Modesto, not the large Hiller Air Musuem in San Carlos.

Interesting news, but I see no evidence online that supports this. According to their webpage https://www.hiller.org/, the museum is open this weekend.

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Kevin McCartney

Nothing about the closing on their FB page either.

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Ain't no sunshine when she's gone!

Missed the extra i and had no idea the was a Hillier and a Hiller Museum in California. Edited the thread title accordingly.

That have me a scare.

If it was the Hiller museum, I was hoping to get a good deal on a helicopter.

Looking at the website inventiry, I'm surprised they don't have more Holler types, like a later OH-23D or civil UH-12E...or one of the turbine FH-1100s (YOH-5), the type that could have underbid the Bell OH-58 in the second LOH competition to follow up the OH-6.

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Remember the vets, the wonderful planes they flew and their sacrifices for a future many of them did not live to see.

The auction is two weeks away and they don’t have their catalog out yet???

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Cheers,

Craig

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What do you expect, they're only selling a bunch of antique airplanes...you know, low cost impulse purchases where condition doesn't really matter.

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Remember the vets, the wonderful planes they flew and their sacrifices for a future many of them did not live to see.

Many have been out of annual for some time and one is on display at a museum on the east coast. They do look well-kept however.