Which derelict B-25J on Barnstormers?

[bdk]

http://www.barnstormers.com/ad_detail.php?ID=685268

[N3Njeff]

Wonder if this is for Chapter XI.............................I hope so!!

[SaxMan]

Maybe the owner of the B-25 in Franklin,VA has finally decided to move on it.

[gary1954]

Confirmed! It is 6578D she is up for sale.
The engine was shipped to Virginia and has been stored since.
The propeller(s) are low time, but require the mandatory 5 years inspection / tear down.

The airplane needs;
the control surfaces recovered, batteries, tires, pitot/static/altimeter check, propeller(s) inspected per 5 year AD, and to have the engine re-installed. They kept fuel in the main bladders until about a year ago (when someone stole the fuel), the airplane comes with a Norton bomb sight, 1 50 cal. replica in nose (the second one was stolen), a set for the top turret and tail.

[SaxMan]

Wow! That's cool. Any idea of the asking price (not that I could afford it)?

Any word on the PT-26 that was also sitting derelict?

[bdk]

Here is the entry in the registry: http://www.warbirdregistry.org/b25regis ... 31508.html

[Russ Blow]

I flew the L 4 over to FKN to grab some pics of it with the 25. Went up inside the open bomb bay for a look around. The cockpit must have a foot deep of bird droppings in it and the crows that have made it home were in rare form. They did not want me to have a look around that's for sure. That is one sad looking aircraft. I am sure it could be restored but I imagine it would take a hefty amount of $$$$

The PT 26 prop has non totally rotted off the aircraft and now the remnants of the hub are turning to dust. Again a pathetic sight. I cant imagine what the center section of it looks like now.

[Russ Blow]

Couple more recent pics

[N3Njeff]

Hope she goes to a good home!!! A good group kept her in the air for a long time, she deserves to get back up there.

Anyone got pics of the PT??? I got a friend with a barn full, I bet he could use another.

[dusttinbound]

You guys have any ideas on how to form a group to bring this bomber back to Kansas City? We need a B-25 here in Kansas City badly.

[Russ Blow]

Hope she goes to a good home!!! A good group kept her in the air for a long time, she deserves to get back up there.

Anyone got pics of the PT??? I got a friend with a barn full, I bet he could use another.

I might take the L 4 up this evening depending on t storm activity. If I do I will hop over to FKN and grab some pics of her.

[Russ Blow]

Stopped by and grabbed some pics of the PT 26. Here are a couple of them. Will upload the others later. The wasps have made a home in the engine compartment and were not happy I was there.



This is the remnants of the prop. If it looks like this I wonder how the center section has held up.

[N3Njeff]

Thanks for the PT-26 pics. Feel free to start another thread on it. My friend is not too concerned about the center section. He likes doing wood work and he has 5 PT's and ALOT of parts. He is building Jigs for the items he already does not have and has become friends with a starving cabinet maker who has expressed a interest in helping.

I think you will find that once they get going, they will start building new or repairing PT parts. I have also worked him up that once he gets the PT stuff going that he should tackle a set of L-5 wings

[cooper9411]

Any ideas as to who is the current owner? FAA website shows Rio Grande Aviation in Fredericksburg Texas.

[Cvairwerks]

I have also worked him up that once he gets the PT stuff going that he should tackle a set of L-5 wings

Jeff: I think either Duncan Cameron or Sam Tabor is already set up for doing L-5 wings. If I remember correctly, there are 4 router jigs and 6 building jigs for the ribs and just 1 jig for the front spar. As to the PT center sections, Mike Kelly of the Fairchild Club has done several. I think he figures about 900 manhours for a complete center section.