Warbird Information Exchange

Season two is well underway now (and obviously all done shooting). There's quite a different cast of personnel as the aviation industry moves people along pretty quickly up north.

So far it's another good season.

Peace,

David

I saw the 97 fuselage too.

Seems like the place to find C-97's is the Great White North since there's also one in Unalakleet on Flying Wild, and until something happened to it (crash I seem to recall) Boeing was surprised to find somebody was still operating a 377 STRATOLINER as a fish hauler. no wonder Salmon is so friggin' expensive!

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The C-97 was shown again on tonight's episode. Did some checking, found it was a G model N4580Q that caught fire while offloading fuel and written off as damaged beyond repair in 1989.

http://aviation-safety.net/photos/displ ... =1&kind=PC

For those don't have access to this series, a short 10-minute sampler was on CBC.TV last night.

It might work where you live: http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Shows/The_Ric ... 1797914516
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W.

Did anyone see that Buffalo Airways has this for sale?

For sale to collectors & museums DC-3 s/n 3264 (R) DST-A-207C, Douglas Sleeper Transport

Sold to United Airlines as "City of Toledo" when new in 1940 Now being stored in Canada & offered for sale

Everything from the firewall forward, including:
•Engines
•Cowlings
•Exhausts
•Tubs
•Props

Also the following:
•Ailerons
•Rudders
•Elevators
•Bombing Systems
•Floats
•Wingtips

Contact Joe McBryan at:
1.867.873.6112 or (fax) 1.867.873.8393

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Project Warbird Salvage/Museum
http://www.projectwarbird.com

The former Spirit of Waco A-26 flew supplies in after Katrina, as well.

I saw the C-97, also liked the episode where the ERA guys daughter said she was freezing,didn't like the cold, and figured she was the " worst Eskimo ever " !

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I saw it in the first episode and wondered about it. I thought it may have been a SAC relic or someone towed it up there as a storage building..

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I think we're talking about two different shows here, guys. The Alaska show, "Flying Wild Alaska", with the C-97 fuselage is about a company called "Era" (I think), and the Canadian show about Buffalo Airways is called "Ice pilots".

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It was announced today that starting in May, Nat. Geo. will start airing Ice Pilots NWT Season 1 in the US! I'm sure that also means you will be able to by the DVDs domestically as well.

Anybody wants a DVD set "smuggled out" in the meantime, PM me.

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Defending Stearmans on WIX since Jeff started badmouthing them back in 2005.

Wondering if anyone knows the AF SN of N4580Q, that caught fire while offloading fuel. Also more info on the 97, not 377, fish hauler. Her last year in AK, was 95, AF SN was 52-2718, was a G, conv to L with J-47s replacing the drop tanks, conv back to cargo. Now belongs to the Berlin Airlift Association and repainted to look like the 97 used in the later stages of the Berlin Airlift. Also a little more C-97 info. AF KC-97G, SN 52-2698, was the largest recip converted to a fire bomber, and she was based in AK.

WD#5 lists N4580Q's SN as 53-0223

I've been watching Season 1 on a "smuggled" DVD set. Great stuff!

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Dean Hemphill, K5DH
Port Charlotte, Florida

Last spring was able to watch all but the last 2 episodes when it was stopped on the internet.Cant wait for NatGeo to start the series.

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