Frank Arrufat had been our head docent for the past couple of years. He had been a naval aviator and flown COD to ships on Yankee Station. After he left the Navy he flew for TWA until retirement. In the 1970's he imported an FG-1D (Bu. No. 92489 N209TW) from El Salvador and spent decades on the restoration. The airplane was named "Kathleen" after his wife. About four, or five years ago he sold the airplane, which is now with the Texas Flying Legends Museum.
While looking through his log book he discovered that he had stick time in our T-28B (Bu. No. 138247) while he was in training at P-cola. Frank passed away 20 November. He was a friend and a mentor. Our museum director and I (and everyone else) felt that we should recognise Frank's devotion, so today I added his name to our T-28.
I left my camera at home, had to use my phone for the photos.
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Had God intended for man to fly behind inline engines, Pratt & Whitney would have made them.
CB
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