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The airplane looks fantastic! I talked with Gary this afternoon, and Senator Mcgovern won't be able to make the Warbirds In Review session.

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[quote="tulsaboy"]Found this picture while surfing the web... didn't know if Gary had it, or if anyone else had found it. Here's the website link... my German is bad, so I have no idea what the original source of the photo is.

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It's not German Kevin. It's Dutch. And no, I don't speak it either.
But I'm sure another WIXER somewhere can.

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Use this http://world.altavista.com/ to translate. Copy web address and it will translate the whole page.
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Mr Widgeon wrote:
tulsaboy wrote:
Found this picture while surfing the web... didn't know if Gary had it, or if anyone else had found it. Here's the website link... my German is bad, so I have no idea what the original source of the photo is.

kevin

It's not German Kevin. It's Dutch. And no, I don't speak it either.
But I'm sure another WIXER somewhere can.

I do. The website is indeed in Dutch, it is a privately run site which documents all sorts of WWII related information. Earlier this year we managed to unearth some info on Gary's DC-3 cockpit section from this site.

The photo of the tunnel gun is from a B-24L, on which the bottom ball turret was scrapped in favour of this installation, according to the text.

The source of the photo is not mentioned on the site, but I assume that it has been scanned from a book (uncredited), going by other photos on that site.

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Thanks, Archer! I appreciate your help!

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...Saw Ol' 927 on Fox News this evening at (about) 6:35 CST. Commentator said she was a popular attraction!

Good going to Gary & All!

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...Saw Ol' 927 on Fox News this evening at (about) 6:35 CST. Commentator said she was a very popular attraction at Oshkosh!

Good going to Gary & All!

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Oops! Soory for the "double-post"! :oops:

...But, then again, a "double atta-boy" never hurt! :wink:

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John,

Thanks for the pictures, especially the last two--who would have thought our little piggy would become a movie star!!! 8)
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Glad to see Ol' 927 was getting some attention. She deserves it. 8)

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Ahem......... Brother Gary Austin, is there an announcement that you would like to give to the WIX choir? I think you deserve the honor! Alan

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Thanks for all of the "atta-boys" y'all. It's been a tough week or so. First with the problems getting the airplane to Oshkosh, then with watching Gerry Beck's accident (I was running the B-24 up at the time). However, it was nice to be able to meet quite a few of the WIXers and it seems that the majority of the viewing public seemed to enjoy the transformation of the airplane. The only negative comments I heard were from old CAFers that just couldn't let go of the past.

I reckon the news that Alan Brooks is wanting me to share with y'all is that Ol' 927 was given the Judges' Choice, Bomber Award. I accepted the award at the banquet on Saturday night, on behalf of the CAF. I think that the Squadron will display the plaque in the airplane during the tour season this year.

I'm sorry for the short update, but I've got quite a bit of catching up to do here. Thanks again for all of the support.

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Thanks to you Gary and all of the supporters that helped in OSH.
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