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A place where restoration project-type threads can go to avoid falling off the main page in the WIX hangar. Feel free to start threads on Restoration projects and/or warbird maintenance here. Named in memoriam for Gary Austin, a good friend of the site and known as RetroAviation here. He will be sorely missed.
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PBY

Sat Jun 14, 2014 3:01 pm

Is the PBY in Madras, OR still flying? If so, are rides available?

Re: PBY

Fri Jul 11, 2014 3:43 pm

Sorry to be so long in answering this question. I asked the museum people at Madras about this and received some information. The airplane is definitely flyable, as they ferried it from Tillamook to Madras a couple of months ago and Doug Griffin, the pilot, reported that it flew well with no real problems.

I was also told that you can still use the "Contact Us" button on the old museum website to contact the Madras museum and they are working on a new website for the Madras museum. Here's the link:

http://www.tillamookair.com

I heard a rumor that the PBY may be going on a tour on California this year, although I don't have a confirmation on that. There was also an assumption that rides would be available, although I have no idea as to what the cost might be.

Larry Kraus
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