Another old photo

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Neal Nurmi
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Another old photo

Sun Jul 12, 2015 9:45 pm

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Did this airplane fly last year? There was a restoration thread going. Then I was absent from the board for a few months and now I see no mention...


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Neal Nurmi
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Re: Another old photo

Mon Jul 13, 2015 12:01 am

I loved this airplane from the first time we met. It was around quite a bit in the 1970s.


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Re: Another old photo

Mon Jul 13, 2015 1:28 am

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Neal Nurmi
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Re: Another old photo

Mon Jul 13, 2015 1:39 am

Steve Hinton's very first race was in this airplane.

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Re: Another old photo

Mon Jul 13, 2015 12:30 pm

Pictures 1, 2, 4 are when it was owned by the Whittington Bros, and are from the Miami Air Races. Pictures 3 and 5 are from Reno when Jack Flahrety owned it.
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Re: Another old photo

Mon Jul 13, 2015 12:55 pm

No, three is 1978. The Whittingtons had just bought the airplane from Flaherty.

So what is the status of this unique airplane now?
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Re: Another old photo

Mon Jul 13, 2015 1:35 pm

Neal Nurmi wrote:No, three is 1978. The Whittingtons had just bought the airplane from Flaherty.

So what is the status of this unique airplane now?


I thought this was the aircraft which crashed in the UK, but I now question that. I do recall that machine being an ex-racer. Anyone?
Neal Nurmi
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Re: Another old photo

Mon Jul 13, 2015 2:43 pm

No, that one was the ex-Sandberg ex-Tipsy Miss. This one was being carefully and extensively restored by one of the CAF chapters. I was looking forward to having one of my all time favourite Warbirds back in the scene. Last I remember it was pretty close to flying. So what happened with the P-63F??
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Re: Another old photo

Mon Jul 13, 2015 3:53 pm

Neal Nurmi wrote:No, three is 1978. The Whittingtons had just bought the airplane from Flaherty.

So what is the status of this unique airplane now?

It has been restored to flying by CAF Central Texas Wing, but it was released to a private owner 2~3 months ago.

http://www.warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=43756&hilit=CAF+cobra+den&start=30
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