Fighter Factory La-5 (& lots of other photos)
Sun Jun 13, 2004 8:44 pm
USAF Museum has a Beaufighter?
Sun Jun 13, 2004 9:03 pm
Awesome!!
Is the wierd looking thing a Blackbullet??
Is the wierd looking thing a Blackbullet??
what's that one?
Sun Jun 13, 2004 11:04 pm
I got the La 5, the beaufighter, the black bullet, but what is the next one? the enforcer and the rest I got too.
Good photos btw.
Good photos btw.
Re: what's that one?
Sun Jun 13, 2004 11:14 pm
Jeff wrote:I got the La 5, the beaufighter, the black bullet, but what is the next one? the enforcer and the rest I got too.
Good photos btw.
Looks like a Fisher P-75 Eagle to me.
Mon Jun 14, 2004 4:01 am
The PA-48 Enforcer photo is taken in the DRMO yard out at Edwards AFB. I believe this particular fenced-off area is the storage area for the Air Force Flight Test Center Museum. Last I'd heard, it was slated for restoration and placement into the AFFTC museum.
That particular airframe is N482PE.
The plan to put it into the AFFTC museum is particularly humorous, I think, especially since precisely zero USAF pilots ever flew the PA-48.
That particular airframe is N482PE.
The plan to put it into the AFFTC museum is particularly humorous, I think, especially since precisely zero USAF pilots ever flew the PA-48.
Mon Jun 14, 2004 8:00 am
Col. Rohr wrote:Alsao why we are on the PA-48 what ever happen to the second one that was out their.
There is one at the USAF Museum. How many PA-48s were built?
Mike
Mon Jun 14, 2004 9:42 am
Sorry, forgot the link to ALL the photos on that site!
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/walk-props.htm
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/walk-props.htm
Mon Jun 14, 2004 9:58 am
mrhenniger wrote:Col. Rohr wrote:Alsao why we are on the PA-48 what ever happen to the second one that was out their.
There is one at the USAF Museum. How many PA-48s were built?
Mike
Just the two!
Mon Jun 14, 2004 7:23 pm
Col. Rohr wrote:Alsao why we are on the PA-48 what ever happen to the second one that was out their.
There were only two PA-48s made, N481PE and N482PE. N481PE is at Wright-Patt, and 482 is there at Edwards.
There were two other "Piper Enforcers" made, but they were built 12 years prior and called the PE-1 and PE-2. The PE-2 crashed and was destroyed, and the PE-1 went on to have a long life of flying demonstrations. The airplane is now dismantled and in storage.
Eventually, the PA-48s were made using the PE-1 as a pattern, but there are many differences between the designs, too.
Re: Fighter Factory La-5 (& lots of other photos)
Mon Dec 23, 2013 6:32 pm
Enforcer is very cool
Re: Fighter Factory La-5 (& lots of other photos)
Mon Dec 23, 2013 6:36 pm
Holy thread resurrection Batman! 
Re: Fighter Factory La-5 (& lots of other photos)
Mon Dec 23, 2013 6:44 pm
Yeah! Lets keep it going! Randy can you tell us more about the PE-1 and its long career and where it is "living" these days? Any future plans?
Thanks!
Eric
Thanks!
Eric