Ed Likes wrote:
Im going to add my 2 cents on this subject of Jerry Yagen's Restorations. The late Jack Taft of Jackson Michigan had which I saw a P-400 as well as some pieces of the Curtiss Hawk Biplane. When Jack died there was a sale of everyhing Jack owned. To the best of my knowledge Jerry Yagen bought both the P-400 as well as what there was of the Curtiss Hawk.
As some on this board have stated Yagen has P-39 under restoration somewhere perhaps Precision Aerospaace so the jigs are in place. It would make perfect sense to buy what Jack had in the P-400 and rebuild that aircraft as well. Thank goodness there are people in this land of ours who have a passion and deep pockets to bring these aircraft back to life. Jerry Yagen and Rod Lewis are the best examples out there as well as Paul Allen.
Before I close all of the little less known shops and folks that might have one Warbird there working on I have the utomost respect for as well. It is just that Yagen and Lewis and Allen are huge major players.
That seems to be forgetting a large swath of so many other organizations, all of whom have been just as responsible, I feel, for numerous and interesting warbird and vintage aircraft restorations, past and present, as well as flying them (no matter if you 'like' them or not, for one reason or another), including the Commemorative Air Force, the Planes of Fame Air Museum, Palm Springs Air Museum, Weeks/Fantasy of Flight, The Fighter Collection, the Friedkin Fighters collection, The Aircraft Restoration Company, the Historic Flight Foundation, Fagen Fighters, the Candandian Warplane Heritage Museum, Vintage Wings of Canada, the Cavanaugh Flight Museum, Lone Star Flight Museum, etc., etc...
I am really looking forward to seeing Yagen's P-39 take flight when it does (as seen in this photo from three years ago).
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