Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:02 pm
deHavilland Tiger Moth DH82A at Lone Star. N9714 ex RAF T-7467, ser. 83896. Non airworthy needing MOH before it was filled with trash, sewage and dead crustaceans.
A few other non flyers being restored post Ike but I don't know if for display or flight. I only speak of the one I'm hands on with.
Canso42
A few other non flyers being restored post Ike but I don't know if for display or flight. I only speak of the one I'm hands on with.
Canso42
Fri Jun 05, 2009 10:51 pm
An N2S-3 Stearman in the works and a BT-13 project on hot standby.
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Sat Jun 06, 2009 9:12 am
I'm helping with the Lanc restoration here in Windsor. It will be restored to flying condition, but because the city still owns it it will be up to them whether it will ever leave the ground.
Sat Jun 06, 2009 6:59 pm
Wings Restoration (a group that is a part of the Wings of the North out of Flying Cloud Airport, Eden Prairie, MN) is restoring a 1942 BT-15, Vultee Vulcan. see more at WOTN.org (click on BT-15 tab)
Mon Jun 08, 2009 8:34 am
AT-6D in Florida. Almost done!
Never flown civilian. Served 39 years and 4 months in continuous military service. She just turned 65 years old March 9th
Never flown civilian. Served 39 years and 4 months in continuous military service. She just turned 65 years old March 9th
Tue Jun 09, 2009 2:20 pm
PV-2D....just started...oh, it's 1/72 scale
Current Restorations
Tue Jun 09, 2009 3:55 pm
At Hag we are currently restoring our 1944 Beech UC-43 "Staggerwing" to Flyable condition. We are currently trying to decide how we want to restore it/ what markings we want it in. Also the Wadsworth's Harvard was being restored and should pick up again soon.
Tue Jun 09, 2009 7:29 pm
You guys are awesome. I really admire what you guys are doing.
Re: Current Restorations
Tue Jun 09, 2009 11:38 pm
hagkid91 wrote:At Hag we are currently restoring our 1944 Beech UC-43 "Staggerwing" to Flyable condition. We are currently trying to decide how we want to restore it/ what markings we want it in. Also the Wadsworth's Harvard was being restored and should pick up again soon.
Heres a suggestion. A 1941 scheme!
Wed Jun 10, 2009 10:12 pm
WACO CG-4A Glider nose for our Museum. Need LOTS of cockpit parts. If anyone has any leads we'd sure like to hear from you as we have contacted nearly all the museums with CG-4A's and have struck out 100% so far.
Current Restorations
Wed Jun 10, 2009 10:40 pm
Group,
We are currently working on restoring my Yak-52 (hope to have flying this summer) and an L-5.
You can follow the L-5 restoration, and see my PT-19 project on my freinds web page at: http://web.mac.com/ibnfe2/Rick/Home.html
Other projects awaiting time and funds (always looking for parts):
BT-13A: 30% complete project, Frame, Data Plate, Wings, Misc Parts
BT-13B: 10% complete project, Frame & Data plate only
L-5E: 50% complete project, needs wings
PT-19: 90% complete project
PT-26: 100% complete project
Fouga Jet (Static Display, need cockpit parts)
F-5F (Crash recovery, static cockpit)
P-40 (9ea, movie props, rebuild to museum quality replicas)
F4U, 1/2 scale (W.A.R. Replica)
Thank You
Avn-Tech
We are currently working on restoring my Yak-52 (hope to have flying this summer) and an L-5.
You can follow the L-5 restoration, and see my PT-19 project on my freinds web page at: http://web.mac.com/ibnfe2/Rick/Home.html
Other projects awaiting time and funds (always looking for parts):
BT-13A: 30% complete project, Frame, Data Plate, Wings, Misc Parts
BT-13B: 10% complete project, Frame & Data plate only
L-5E: 50% complete project, needs wings
PT-19: 90% complete project
PT-26: 100% complete project
Fouga Jet (Static Display, need cockpit parts)
F-5F (Crash recovery, static cockpit)
P-40 (9ea, movie props, rebuild to museum quality replicas)
F4U, 1/2 scale (W.A.R. Replica)
Thank You
Avn-Tech
Mon Jun 15, 2009 2:09 pm
We've been rebuilding a Grumman Goose, s/n B-115, literally from the ground up. N641 was obtained by Antilles Seaplanes from Pen Air in 2001 after almost 40 years of hard service in Alaska. It was a 1945 JRF-5 in USN service as Bu. No. 87721 and released as surplus in 1955.
Its first civilian service was with the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management, until they made the cardinal Goose mistake and landed in the water with the wheels down. That always rips the entire nose off of a Goose. After a 3-year repair (using way too much Alclad instead of the original anodized bare aluminum), it was put into commercial service sometime around 1977 or so.
Because we're also using it to prototype new production methods and tooling for new parts for brand new McKinnon-type G-21G turbine Gooses, N641 will probably be 99.9% new parts when we are done. It will probably also have many McKinnon STCs on it as well - including the PT6A turbines, so in the end it really won't be a restoration.
On the other hand, if there is enough money and willpower leftover, we also have Grumman G-21A s/n 1054 - the famous Texaco #4 Goose that was painted bright red all over except for a black waterline on the bottom of the hull. There are lots of Ertl collectible die-cast models out there from 1996 or so that don't include the black waterline and have several other details wrong, such as the bow hatch and the right hand cabin door. (They must have used a diifferent Goose for their template.)
The Texaco Goose would be prime for a real restoration, but it will be a real bitch. Aside from the fact that Grumman didn't make it easy to take these birds apart, the story on it is that at some point it was left moored to buoy and the tide went out. The airplane settled on some rocks and the hull was pierced. When the tide came back in, the airframe was flooded with salt water. All of the undamaged hull parts that were originally anodized are actually still in pretty good condition, but interior parts that were not anodized or that were only Alclad aluminum in the first place are now in pretty bad shape. Still, it would be a worthy project if we ever get to it.
Its first civilian service was with the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management, until they made the cardinal Goose mistake and landed in the water with the wheels down. That always rips the entire nose off of a Goose. After a 3-year repair (using way too much Alclad instead of the original anodized bare aluminum), it was put into commercial service sometime around 1977 or so.
Because we're also using it to prototype new production methods and tooling for new parts for brand new McKinnon-type G-21G turbine Gooses, N641 will probably be 99.9% new parts when we are done. It will probably also have many McKinnon STCs on it as well - including the PT6A turbines, so in the end it really won't be a restoration.
On the other hand, if there is enough money and willpower leftover, we also have Grumman G-21A s/n 1054 - the famous Texaco #4 Goose that was painted bright red all over except for a black waterline on the bottom of the hull. There are lots of Ertl collectible die-cast models out there from 1996 or so that don't include the black waterline and have several other details wrong, such as the bow hatch and the right hand cabin door. (They must have used a diifferent Goose for their template.)
The Texaco Goose would be prime for a real restoration, but it will be a real bitch. Aside from the fact that Grumman didn't make it easy to take these birds apart, the story on it is that at some point it was left moored to buoy and the tide went out. The airplane settled on some rocks and the hull was pierced. When the tide came back in, the airframe was flooded with salt water. All of the undamaged hull parts that were originally anodized are actually still in pretty good condition, but interior parts that were not anodized or that were only Alclad aluminum in the first place are now in pretty bad shape. Still, it would be a worthy project if we ever get to it.