Warbird Information Exchange

O-47 COMPLETE, the only flying model remaining, trades? As-is or quality rebuild. For details... (KS)

HAWKER TEMPEST II. Beautiful project, 90% complete. Very reluctant sale by owner. Seattle Aviation.

HAWKER HURRICANE EX Canadian with history and data plate, many years one owner, fantastic project, rebuilt fuselage, center section on undercarriage and wheels, material certs, instruments, radiator, oil cooler, all woodwork tailplane, fin rudder, elevators, cowling, etc. (UK)

Just for curiosity's sake, anyone have info on these?

O-47 from Combat Air Museum in Topeka,KS, maybe??

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-Dante Cosentino

The Tempest is owned by a friend who used to live on the airpark
I currently reside at. I understand this Tempest is currently in Europe
somewhere (some eastern block country as I recall).

Bela P. Havasreti

I think the O-47 belonged to Mr Dempsey (maybe it still does?). He has a collection of fire bombers and some other interesting items stored at Avra Valley Airport (now Tucson Northwest Regional?).

I would sell everything I own to have the Tempest project but I'm sure my wife has other ideas. I wonder if the owner would take a Stearman and a bunch of turret parts in trade?

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Albert Stix Jr.
"Work is the curse of the drinking class"

i've seen some warbirds languish in the trade a plane mag for years. i'm not dissing it...... it's a great mag. but for example, i got an old friend to do the nose art on an at -11 named miss jo, owned by an ohioan, won best bomber award at sun n fun in 98, & was featured on the cover eaa magazine. all that took place from 96 till now, & the bird is still for sale!!! i remember a few other weekly regulars that appeared for years, most namely the f7u cutlass that was advertised for sale as a static display. what became of that??? trade a plane must have made a fortune on that ad!!!!

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!

I think he is forgetting that planes of fame has an O-47 under restoration to airworthy condition.

Does anyone have a photo of the Topeka bird?

In 1980 or 81, I was in Virginia on vacation and stopped at Quantico to
checkout their museum. Outside in the back they had the remains, IIRC, of
an O-47. Does anyone know what became of that bird? They're in the process
of opening a new museum, but last time I checked the website wasn't
very informative..or up to speed yet.

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