Jensen Flying Service and other N3N Sopayers

[Lon Moer]

I had met Red Jensen a couple of times when my father was buying parts from him.

We attended the auction and I did take pictures, but they are B&W and I will have to find the negatives and scan them.
I also have the auction notice and listing somewhere that I'll scan when I find it, too.

[Lon Moer]

I found the auction listing, copied it, cleaned it up some and scanned it.

Here is a jpg of the page with the actual aircraft, along with some of my fathers notes.

I have a pdf of the full 11pgs, but I haven't figured out how to post it.

[Stoney]

item 159 TBM bought by John Crocker and flown to KOAK, i helped him remove the borate tank there.

[C VEICH]

item 159 TBM bought by John Crocker and flown to KOAK, i helped him remove the borate tank there.

It appears from his note that Lon's father may have thought that Mr. Crocker paid too much!

[Lon Moer]

Around 1977~78 on one of our visits to "Jensen Field" Red offered my dad and me both of the TBM's - I was still pretty young, but Red was saying 'the other one for your son' .
- two TBM's, tanked but never slurried
- original bomb bay doors
- claimed they both got new engines when they were converted
- would install new tires on both
plus
- another set of tires each
- two new engines still in the can

$12,000.
Now you could buy a really nice house in Sacramento for that back then.

[warbird51]

The TBM that John Crocker bought is currently is on display at the USS Hornet Museum in Alameda, CA

[N3Njeff]

I had met Red Jensen a couple of times when my father was buying parts from him.

We attended the auction and I did take pictures, but they are B&W and I will have to find the negatives and scan them.
I also have the auction notice and listing somewhere that I'll scan when I find it, too.

Would love to see those pictures