Warbird Information Exchange

Anyone able to visit Fighter Rebuilders? See whats inside ? Any Bearcat ? J.S's Tigercat ?...

The TigerCat is in there being finished up.

I spy the O-47 in the background, coming along nicely.

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)

The Tigercat looked great with many components already painted. Unfortunately it was stuffed into the little restoration hangar which was closed up so pictures were tough to get. The Bearcat was across the way in another hangar and looked pretty much like it has looked for the last several years. My photo of it was one of those that didn't turn out I'm afraid!





The O-47 does not appear to me to have progressed much, if at all, in the last several years either. It does look good though and I hope to see it completed eventually. Those are the freshly recovered Zero control surfaces in front of the O-47.

There's actually a lot of new metal on the O47. The wings having been receiving a lot of attention as well. One of them is tucked between the Navion and O47 being worked on

Thanks for the updates, Chad and Cindy!
I know IDs get shuffled around on a ground-up restoration sometimes; will this one keep the serial 38-284 or take on the number from the plane that was recovered from the swamp in NC, which was (I think) 38-295?

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)

Unknown at this time which ID she will take on.

Here are some photos from around the POF hangars when I was there Sunday.

Thanks Cindy,.C Veich,& JohnTerrell, it's good to know about the Tigercat, & Great to see the O-47 & the Bearcat! Whlch F-86 is Rod Lewis' ? the one being restored in the hanger? or one on the ramp?

Some brilliant photos there folks! Great for those of us thousands of miles away who hadn't a chance of going.

Re the fake Spitfire, fake P-40 and Fake Zero - going by the markings on the Spitfire I'm guessing these are props/"sets" from the filming of "Pearl Harbor".

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