Jerry O'Neill wrote:
Aircraft Mech Paul wrote:
Hi Guys,
Umm... Not to rain on anyone's parade here. But a few years back I was corresponding with a gentleman by the name of Dick Odgers (?) who has recovered a majority of a P-82 from a scrap yard, which in and of itself isn't all that remarkable, but the fact that he found it in what turned out to be a "Super-Fund" cleanup site is. He is up in Alaska, and I have since lost his correspondence. But he did tell me that he found this P-82 while looking for parts for his P-40 project. He came upon a P-51 fuselage that didn't look quite right, having only one side of the horizontal stab attach point. But what he did tell me is that it was his intent to make it flyable. So, there is potential for yet another P-82 out there.
FYI....make your own conclusions here.
Paul
I think I heard that Tom Reilly may have acquired those Alaskan F-82 parts.
Jerry
You're right Jerry. I talked to Tom last year, and he said he'd bought Dick Odgers P-82 parts, so that the twin mustang they are building will be very original indeed, and not just the Soplata fuselage. Tom said that, sadly, Dick Odgers died last year of pancreatic cancer.
Richard
I didn't know about Dick's passing or cancer. All I knew of him was that he was a real gentleman whenever we exchanged e-mails and took the time to unfold the story of how he came to have the P-82.
I hope that Mr. Rielly does an extremely good job on this, as an honor to to Dick.
As for Mr. Rielly and my feelings towards him...plz pm me and I'll explain further.
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