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as I recall this is a congolmeration of about 3 or 4 airframes - and as the photos bear out, there is a reason it has not sold in a long time.

having said that, if the price was right it would be a nice long term project

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It's not the Urbana project?

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Isn't that the B-17 they recovered in Canada?

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I too thought this was the Urbana project.
That website hasn't been touched in years,
so it wouldn't surprise me.

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I'm pretty sure this is the Urbana, OH project.

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The forward fuselage sections sure look like one of the old damaged hulks shown in Scott Thompson's book on B-17 Survivors. I thought Kermit Weeks had bought all those parts, but it's possible they've been sold or someone else acquired them.
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Hello,
This might be sort of silly to my inexperieced eye, but the area those pictures were taken, look nothing like Urbana. I will try to fly up there this week and check on it. BTW the Urbana Airport (Grimes Field) has the best pie around.

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Those pictures were at Aero Trader's "stockpile" yard in Anza.

Okay I just looked at the pics again from Urbana site and you and see the same wing.
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Looks like a couple of the photos were taken @ ISM.
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What we are saying is that this is the project before the guys in Urbana got it.

This site: http://www.warbirdrelics.com/b-17.htm hasn't been updated.

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I called Dave at Urbana, and he confirmed
that it is their project.

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