Airplanes in a barn story with sad ending...

[Warbirdnerd]

Anyone know what these were?

GRAFTON TOWNSHIP — A fire destroyed a barn on Chamberlain Road Tuesday afternoon along with contents including antique vehicles and two airplanes that might have been WWII vintage, according to Grafton Township Fire Chief Bob Richards.

No people or animals were reported injured. The cause of the fire remains under investigation, but there is no suspicion of foul play, Richards said. He added that because of the extent of the fire, the cause could remain undetermined.

The owner of the barn was in his home, roughly 150 feet away, when he spotted the smoke and dialed 911 at 12:30 p.m., Richards said. Firefighters arrived a few minutes later and had the fire under control in 15 minutes but remained on scene until 7 p.m., Richards said.

"The barn was a total loss," Richards said. "The fire was fully involved and the roof collapsed before our engine arrived on scene."

Stored in the barn were maintenance tools, propane and gasoline tanks, seven vehicles, five of which were antiques and two airplanes. Richards said the owner was still compiling documents to determine if the airplanes were authentic WWII planes or replicas. The fire damage estimate is in excess of $250,000. That figure could go up if it is determined the planes were authentic, Richards said. If authentic, such a plane could cost $1.5 million.

Firefighters faced difficulty in battling this fire because the barn was located on a narrow driveway and was 600 feet away from the road, Richards said.

Found it here:
http://www.morningjournal.com/articles/ ... 736806.txt

[Steve Nelson]

I wonder if they meant WWI aircraft. Seems like it would be pretty easy to tell if a WWII warbird was real or replica.

SN

[cozmo]

How often do you see a reporter wrongly identify an aircraft, or anything else.

And in this case, if the reporter even saw it, it was burned and covered with debris. He may have just reported what he was told.

Some reporters try to get things right. Some just want to file a story, any story.

There was no byline, so no one to ask or compare with other stories to check accuracy or bias against.

[paulmcmillan]

Video Here:

http://www.newsnet5.com/news/18899079/detail.html

and what Looks like a engine photo here:

http://www.newsnet5.com/slideshow/news/ ... etail.html

[retroaviation]

That kinda looks like a Ranger engine to me.

Gary

[barnbstormer]

The melted engine looks like it could be a Ranger.

[camshaw]

that was a ranger engine and the car was a early to mid 60's dodge dart,worth about five hundred bucks...

[bdk]

that was a ranger engine and the car was a early to mid 60's dodge dart,worth about five hundred bucks...

Only $999K left to account for then in the reported $1M loss.

[oscardeuce]

I saw a burned Van Gogh.

[K5DH]

the car was a early to mid 60's dodge dart,worth about five hundred bucks...

Unless it was a Dart GT with the scarce 273 Power-Pak engine and 4-speed gearbox, in which case it would have been worth something like $20K.

Sad. . .

Dean the vintage Mopar fan

[Dan K]

I saw a burned Van Gogh.

How many times must I repeat this?

"The Hustler" is NOT by Van Gogh.

[P51Mstg]

There may well be WWI aircraft there. I know where there was a Jenny discovered in Ohio. As well as seperate find where someone acquired a collection with several airplanes as well as a big stash of "memoribilia and artifacts". I bought a fair amount of it as far as drawings and plans were concerned.......

Time will tell.

Mark H

[tom d. friedman]

i live a 1/2 hour from grafton!! no mention in today's paper!! i'll do some digging.

[262crew]

Warbirdnerd
Just wanted to say "When I woke up this morning I found a .... I was hungry for some apple pie"

HOLY COW

Maybe it was Earl Reinert's Buffalo.

Steve