Curtiss Hangar Cleanup - (Sikorsky Airport, CT)

[DH82EH]

Hey, if any of you folks ever saw what Mike Kelner and the crew working on "Desert Rat" started with, you know that they have had an uphill battle all the way. Look at their progress now, it is impressive!
This enthusiastic and determined crew can be proud of a great beginning. Congratulations on the clean up, and best wishes for the future of this historic site.
You guys know how to eat an elephant, right?
One spoonful at a time!

Cheers folks
Heres to a great day!

Andy Scott

[Jerry O'Neill]

Photos isn't mine. I "stole" it from the CASC website posting! I only did the photoshop thingy!
Jerry

[Warbird Kid]

In case anyone didn't see the coverage, here is a link to it on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-OxHoiqqas&list=UURoOmcMDtYxG-agW1Q9Pvrw&index=1&feature=plcp

[whistlingdeath77]

Thanks for the link Chris. I will see you Sat?

[Jerry O'Neill]

Great day today at the Hangar! Finished picking up the roof debris from the floor.
Big difference!
Outside the hangar!


WIX'ers Warbirdkid and Whistling Death point out what's next...the roof removal!


Clean floor finally!


Cherrybomber and the crew at lunch break!


Warbirdkid dishes out Stanziale's Pizza!!!!


Hangar shadows!


Olde Leatherface showed up to help!!! (Warbirdkid)


Cool light switch plate in the office of the hangar!

[The Inspector]

Dude,
I'll bet you could sell a boxcar load of copies of those switchplate covers or just that shadowlike image on a TEE shirt, airyplain type folk are always lookin' for oddball stuff like that!!!

Like a New Orleans rock band I listened to in the mid 70's used to say 'TEAR THE ROOF OFF THE SUCKER!!"

[whistlingdeath77]

More jerry more!

[Jerry O'Neill]

Okay Frank, here's a few more!!!

Hangar in Waiting!


One Hangar door that fell off a few years ago!


Door Wheels.


Nice plaque,


The door was run over by the airport snowplow during the winter. Looks like it's gonna take some work!


Getting ready to secure the door to the wall.


Whistling Death (Frank) dusting the hangar!


Clean floor finally!


Two Saturday's to clean the debris up! We filled a 30 yard dumpster!


A toast was given in honor of Bill Digny, a former Vought worker and volunteer on the Corsair Restoration. Bill passed away earlier this week. He loved Beck's! Godspeed bill.


Warbirdkid (Chris) at the end of the day!


Went over to see the progress on the Corsair! looks fabulous!


Wings ready for all the details to be added!


Original Tool box! (Don't be jealous Chuck!)


Neat Box1


Chris found this in the hangar Office today!


Annbody have any idea as to what this panel came from?

Last edited by Jerry O'Neill on Mon Nov 26, 2012 3:53 pm, edited 1 time in total.

[Cherrybomber13]

Jerry I'm pretty sure that's a J3 Cub panel.

[Fouga23]

Hey Chris, what's the price on those coveralls? Can they be made with other logo's?

[Jerry O'Neill]

One more for the guys!!!

[ZRX61]

Hey Chris, what's the price on those coveralls? Can they be made with other logo's?

Was wondering the same thing. Years ago in the UK I was at a car race & some company had racks full of coveralls in all the F1 team designs & also a lot of defunct auto companies etc. They were selling like crazy.
There is a company that makes the coveralls in the old herringbone/twill(?) material in the US in a variety of colors. I'd like some retro Lockheed ones

[shrike]

Any t-shirt shop that does silk-screening could do them for you. The set-up fees would be prohibitive for only one though. It takes the same amount of set-up to do one as to do a thousand.

[Warbird Kid]

Hey Chris, what's the price on those coveralls? Can they be made with other logo's?

I can only imagine the pair you'd want Fouga. The price would depend on the design (how many colors are in it, etc.) Shrike is right that it would take the setup cost for the design to be digitally setup for the embroidery machine. I'd also suggest having the back screen printed since it's so much larger. With the cost of the coveralls as well as the screen printing, embroidery, setup fee, etc, your looking at around 50 to 80 from the guy I know. I'm sure there are cheaper companies out there but my supplier's quality is supurb! PM if you want to to talk.

[Jerry O'Neill]

I've anybody needs them, I already have the set-up paid for for our Lockheed Coveralls.
Jerry