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When Hollywood Ruled The Skies - Volumes 1 through 4 by Bruce Oriss


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PostPosted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 12:07 am 
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As far as I can tell only the location of this bird has changed since 06 05, but the great guys at North Island have been spitting out projects; the last few years, just look at the Midway! Thanks for letting me lose to the men of the USS Midway Restoration Team. More on the background aircraft tomorrow.

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Another great looking project


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Nice shots thanks. Do you have any close-up shots of the Cutlass that is there (visible in the backround of your first photo)?


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The TBF had R-2600s - not that puny 9 cylinder... :-)

Are there 2 cutlasses there - I see a tail in the far back, and
a fuselage section closer. Same plane?

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DryMartini wrote:
Are there 2 cutlasses there - I see a tail in the far back, and
a fuselage section closer. Same plane?


Midway has the remains of two F7Us.

Jim


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DryMartini wrote:
The TBF had R-2600s - not that puny 9 cylinder... :-)

Are there 2 cutlasses there - I see a tail in the far back, and
a fuselage section closer. Same plane?


1st. Sorry about the 1820 in the photos, supposed to be in the UH-34 carcass folder. I will remove ASAP.

2nd. I will get to the Cutlass's tonight (please read first post). And Gents there are the remains of three machines at the facility.


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WOW! Now That's a playground! Lots of work for years to come. Do they do a full job on the birds for the Midway or just external "static" with no guts?


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I wonder if they got the 2 A-7As and the T-34 that when at NTC??

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Jack Cook wrote:
I wonder if they got the 2 A-7As and the T-34 that when at NTC??


No A-7s in the yard now, I believe one was present in 05 ( I'll check my photos)

The T-34 came from AMARG (perhaps not directly) I have photos of it in the AMARC RIT area from the entire span of my time at DM (97-02). It was not at the NAS North Island Facility in 05.


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