Dottie Mae Nose Art & R-2800 11/4/2008

[Jack Cook]

Don't worry the nose art won't fly but the 2800 may (or parts there of)8)
Photos courtesy of "Deep Cover"

[k5083]

Some other nice toys in that room as well.

August

[bdk]

The nose case won't fly unfortunately (it dissolved!), but the rest of the engine looked really good and many parts appear airworthy.

Any word if they will ever retrieve the prop?

[camshaw]

any other close up pictures you can display on the plane and or its parts? please please....where did it move to?

[Jack Cook]

The first thread I did went so far off course ya;ll missed all that good info

Mike Breshaears of Vintage Airframes is doing the metal work and
Westpac will put the pieces together

[camshaw]

any idea what it sold for in the unrestored but recovered condition? maybe a ballpark figure??

[Jack Cook]

I don't have any idea and never thought of asking.

[Steve Nelson]

Cool..looks like things will work out to pretty much everybody's satisfaction. A priceless artifact gets preserved, and another warbird returns to the skies!

SN

[Jack Cook]

Even if the artwork flew all that oil would do a good job of preservation

[JimH]

That sure looks like the FBO on the other side of Chino...

jim

Very cool stuff. Thx Jack.

[FAFG_Xav]

are these parts from the P-47 discovered in a lake in Austria a few months(years) ago ?

[BenG]

are these parts from the P-47 discovered in a lake in Austria a few months(years) ago ?

Oui!

[Django]

Very cool! That's simply fantastic.

Look at the condition of that piston. Amazing. The condition of the whole aircraft is really amazing.

I see he has 2 '41 Fords. Is the one in the foreground a convertible too?

[Jack Cook]

That sure looks like the FBO on the other side of Chino...

A private collection in Newport Beach.