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I'm trying to track down what ever happen to the Mauler that the late Don Knap purchase from Harry Dones

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Chris Henry
EAA Aviation Museum Manager

Chris, would that be 122403, now at Chino?

http://www.warbirdinformationexchange.o ... b17c1e9fa1

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It was a good idea, it just didn't work.

I think that is the one. Is it flyable?

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Chris Henry
EAA Aviation Museum Manager

Check the pics on the last link, Chris. This Mauler is still in pieces.

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It was a good idea, it just didn't work.

Did you mean Harry Doan of Daytona Beach? Harry told me that his family is the same one as Doan's Pills. Harry himself owned half of the boardwalk property in Daytona and he had a wonderful warbird shop down in New Smyrna Beach that I used to love to visit when I was in A&P school. He also had a little storage yard in South Daytona about a block from one of the houses I rented while I was a ERAU. He kept a bunch of old helicopters there. I remember some UH-1's and HUP-1's, there were probably remnants of several S-55/H-19's and S-58/H-34's there, too. Probably leftover from the old helicopter scenic airways operation he had in Orlando before (IIRC) a fatal accident forced him to shut it down.

I remember lots of interesting birds down at the hangar in NSB, but no AM-1 Mauler.

I do remember:
Stearman
T-33
B-25s (2) (1 flyable and 1 a basket case)
Corsairs (2) (1 was an old F4U-1 "birdcage" and 1 was a F2G Super - I think it was Race 57 before it was restored)
F9F Panther (to be restored only to static display condition)
C-123K
TBM
T-6
S-58/H-34 (2)
and I think there was a Twin Beech 18, as well.

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Harry purchased a spare, firewall forward cowling and engine set-up for the Mauler from the New England Air Museum back in the mid 1980's. At the time it was deemed to be not needed for the restoration of the museum's AM-1, but of course, it was later decided that the AM-1 was not needed at all so that was sold too.

I remember seeing the engine unit at Harry's in 1989 along with all the other aircraft you mention.
Jerry

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Harry had Bu.122403, which is now at Chino, but I seem to remember he had a second, partial airframe too. I do know that there is a fifth airframe out there in the ether (other than the four typically documented) so would be interested to know more.

Cheers,
Richard

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