Ray Moore's B-17 project

[Travisd80elcam]

here is a link to the Aero Vintage Forum post Ray did showing the first steps of his project. http://aerovintage.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1889
I know I am wishing him the best of luck myself. Hope It is ok to post the link from the Aero Vintage forum.

Travis

[Fouga23]

What's the story on this build?

[Dan K]

The three airframes that have contributed a little something so far are all in the registry:


http://www.warbirdregistry.org/b17regis ... 83316.html

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/b17regis ... 85813.html

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/b17regis ... 83542.html

[cooper9411]

Sorry this may be a dumb question to some but I just heard of this. Where is Ray building this B-17?

[cooper9411]

Awesome, thanks TriangleP!

[hang the expense]

The fixtures built by Ray went to the "the Rat" and liberty belle.The Urbana guys were well on their way with their fuselage by the time Ray made the first fixture.Check out Desert Rat with the nose back on and you can see the fixture.Believe me it helps.

[Chuck Giese]

One minor correction HtE, the second fixture went to the Labrador B-17, not Liberty Belle.

[hang the expense]

You are right.

[B29Gunner]

One minor correction HtE, the second fixture went to the Labrador B-17, not Liberty Belle.

Chuck, you're alive!! We're saving some work for you up here bud

[Iclo]

One minor correction HtE, the second fixture went to the Labrador B-17, not Liberty Belle.

Interesting news: so the Labrador B17 is also beeing restored now ? I saw picture of the work on Liberty Belle, but nothing about the Labrador's one.
Do you have more information you could share ?

Thanks

Iclo

[Chuck Giese]

One minor correction HtE, the second fixture went to the Labrador B-17, not Liberty Belle.

Interesting news: so the Labrador B17 is also beeing restored now ? I saw picture of the work on Liberty Belle, but nothing about the Labrador's one.
Do you have more information you could share ?

Thanks

Iclo

The only work We've done has been on the Labrador B-17 in Douglas, GA. We haven't done any work on Liberty Belle, other than transporting the parts to North Georgia.

Chuck

[SaxMan]

It's not uncommon to make the jump from restoring cars to restoring airplanes. That's how Jack Kosko got his start. If Ray's work is as good as Jack's (and I'm sure it will be), we're going to be in for one heck of a treat when the project is complete.

[Chuck Giese]

Thanks for correcting my info Chuck Giese and Hang The Expense regarding what Ray has worked on. I understood that the Labrador B-17 was going into a new Liberty Belle - my misunderstanding.

That's ok and understandable, there has been a lot of speculation and misinformation floating around regarding the Liberty Belle rebuild. I usually just let it go if it's not on wix or aerovintage.... (or libertyfoundation.org)

As far as I know, there has been no firm plan yet on the Liberty Belle rebuild, so we just keep plugging away on the Labrador B-17. However, since we're in Douglas, we'll probably be the last to know once the plan is solidified

Swinging this topic back to Lucky13, based on the quality of the work he did on the jig we're using, I look forward to his restoration.

Chuck

[lucky 13]

Chuck thanks for the many kind words

[tulsaboy]

Welcome Lucky 13! We will all be following your project with great interest. Good luck!!!