WHF Scooter has flown

warbird1 · **Joined:** Fri Sep 21, 2007 6:25 pm **Posts:** 2760

I think there's a large case of Scooter envy going around, because it seems like everyone is getting one these days! That's not a bad affliction!

So, who is Maj.? Is that short for Major or something else?

RickH · **Posted:** Wed Dec 02, 2009 6:01 am

Maj is Mike McDougal.

He has been working with a small team to build a TA from a stripped out TA-4 forward fuselage and the tail and wing from an A-4L. They've overcome most of the obvious obstacles. They started 4 1/2 years ago.

mustangdriver · **Posted:** Wed Dec 02, 2009 9:14 am

Awesome job guys. Just great. Don't forget there is one at Elkhart getting rebuit to fly as well.

z24nemesis · **Posted:** Wed Dec 02, 2009 12:00 pm

I put a couple photos in the Maintenance Hangar from yesterday.

wendovertom · **Posted:** Thu Dec 03, 2009 1:58 pm

Awesome - now if someone would just restore one a little closer to Wendover it would be great! Just too far for a small air show to brign either Rick or this one out!

Tom P.

kalamazookid · **Posted:** Thu Dec 03, 2009 8:33 pm

Quote:

Awesome job guys. Just great. Don't forget there is one at Elkhart getting rebuit to fly as well.

Is this the airframe that used to be at Goshen with the Northern Indiana Aviation Museum?

richkolasa · **Posted:** Fri Dec 04, 2009 7:30 pm

Anyone know if "Tiger Tom" Klassen still owns one? This is going back to 2005 when I last spoke with him, but he had an A-4C.

Also, I heard from a friend in Canada that some Israeli ones had come onto the market?

Rich

wendovertom · **Posted:** Sat Dec 05, 2009 12:42 am

Rich,

That would be cool - I had heard many people swear that those Israeli jets would never see US soil again - same with the F-4s. But I have wondered if you bought them and shipped to a US friendly country (western Europe?) where they were refurbished and flown in an air show capacity for a couple of years - what would stop the sale and import into the US??

Tom P.

RickH · **Posted:** Sat Dec 05, 2009 1:16 am

Tom, the "stop" would be the U.S. State Dept.

RSpivey · **Posted:** Sat Dec 05, 2009 1:21 am

It would fall under Arms Import/Export Control (ITAR not to be confused with UTAR which is what the people who would stop such a transfer are :lol:

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JDK · **Posted:** Sat Dec 05, 2009 2:53 am

Great news, well done Scooter Team.

wendovertom wrote:

...But I have wondered if you bought them and shipped to a US friendly country (western Europe?)...

I'm just guessing, but I don't think EASA would wear that - not sure what the highest performance non-European jet warbird type is that's operating there is.

Regards,

mustangdriver · **Posted:** Sat Dec 05, 2009 8:46 am

kalamazookid wrote:

Quote:

Awesome job guys. Just great. Don't forget there is one at Elkhart getting rebuit to fly as well.

Is this the airframe that used to be at Goshen with the Northern Indiana Aviation Museum?

I couldn't tell you. I have yet to see it. I hear they also have a Fouga in there.

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