Pima's Oscar photos as requested

[jamesintucson]

Warbird 1,

Here is the photo of the Oscar's cockpit that you wanted. There is a bit more in there than I remembered, but not much. This was taken before the fuselage was put back together.



And a few more just for fun







James

[steve dickey]

Those are really cool James. Do you work or volunteer for the museum. I am planning on coming to the museumaround the 28-29th time frame. How does one get a peek inside the restoration shop?
Thanks.

[jamesintucson]

Those are really cool James. Do you work or volunteer for the museum. I am planning on coming to the museumaround the 28-29th time frame. How does one get a peek inside the restoration shop?
Thanks.

I'm the museum's Curator of Collections. They pay me to play with the toys. The Restoration hangar is not generally open to the public, but I'll be happy to take you back for a look. I'll be at work on the 29th 30th and 31st that week. Once you get to the museum have the admissions desk call James Stemm and if I'm free we'll work something out.

James

[warbird1]

Awesome, James! Thanks for the photos, I appreciate it!

Do you know when the last restoration was for that aircraft? It looks like it's never been restored, but I thought that it had by the EAA sometime back in the 70's, but I can't remember for sure. Anyone know?

[Rossco]

Anyone got a piccie of the oscars instrument panel with instruments aboard??

[jamesintucson]

Awesome, James! Thanks for the photos, I appreciate it!

Do you know when the last restoration was for that aircraft? It looks like it's never been restored, but I thought that it had by the EAA sometime back in the 70's, but I can't remember for sure. Anyone know?

From what I understand the EAA restoration was just cosmetic. They fixed the worst of the external damage, sprayed a preservative layer on the inside to simulate the blue-green preservative the Japanese used on some aircraft and painted it. There was no effort to replace anything that was missing on the inside.

James

[steve dickey]

Those are really cool James. Do you work or volunteer for the museum. I am planning on coming to the museumaround the 28-29th time frame. How does one get a peek inside the restoration shop?
Thanks.

I'm the museum's Curator of Collections. They pay me to play with the toys. The Restoration hangar is not generally open to the public, but I'll be happy to take you back for a look. I'll be at work on the 29th 30th and 31st that week. Once you get to the museum have the admissions desk call James Stemm and if I'm free we'll work something out.

James

Many thanks James, I will make it a point to be there during those dates. At a later time i shall PM you on my pending arrival, looking forward to it!

[Django]

I missed this one the first time around. Good looking plane!