RB-18B wrote:If anyone seeing this has had a look at our efforts on the Douglas B-18/B-23, Curtiss-Wright AT-9 Jeep and North American O-47, you'll know where this is headed.
̶S̶o̶r̶r̶y̶,̶ ̶I̶ ̶s̶a̶w̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶r̶ ̶
p̶r̶e̶v̶i̶o̶u̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶r̶e̶a̶d̶ ̶a̶b̶o̶u̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶4̶t̶h̶ ̶O̶b̶s̶e̶r̶v̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ ̶S̶q̶u̶a̶d̶r̶o̶n̶,̶ ̶b̶u̶t̶ ̶I̶'̶m̶ ̶m̶i̶s̶s̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶c̶o̶n̶t̶e̶x̶t̶.̶ ̶W̶h̶o̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶"̶o̶u̶r̶"̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶d̶i̶s̶c̶u̶s̶s̶i̶o̶n̶.̶
Oh, shoot, now I
see you are Mr. Hagedorn! Now the "RB-18B" makes sense too! As in the
book you wrote on the B-18. (I'm not sure I would have realized that second point, except I still recall briefly speaking with you about it back at the Aviation Heritage Group conference in 2015.) I remember encountering a copy at Oshkosh back in 2016 and I found the research you did on the origins of the Bolo nickname very fascinating. So you must be working on a book about the O-52 then. I can't wait to see what you come up with!
As an aside, I take it you've already been in contact with Tim Savage about the O-52
project he has
for sale? He has an
account on WIX and posts every once and a while.