Warbird Information Exchange

Over the years I've gathered a lot of photos from the net showing the aircraft owned by Earl Reinert. The final disposition of some of them has proved elusive. Case in point: One of his C-45s, nicknamed Burma Roadster, turned up in 2011 at an abandoned farmhouse in Aurora, IL west of the airport:

http://www.sport-touring.net/forums/ind ... NH5JLgoGSr

Photo I found on Flickr:

(The person who posted this later deleted his account; will remove if requested)

Anyone know how it got there, and if it's still around?
ID on this one is unsure; I recall Earl had four Beeches at the museum at different times; two AT-11s and two engineless regular twins. One was D18S s/n A-20 N44612, and the other was Burma Roadster. Earl once told me this was an early build, but I didn't note the serial number; however, Geoff Goodall's list shows a possible match in AT-7 41-21146/N65499/N53X, but that N-number is listed on Aerial Visuals as JRB-1 c/n 1095 . Can anyone verify? Taigh?

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Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)

Chris,

Could you provide a list of Earl's aircraft? I remember a national news story on the collection when I was a kid, and I have seen various interesting aircraft listed as being in the collection (including a Brewster Buffalo), but have never seen anything like a long list.

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Kevin McCartney

Pretty complete list on this thread from 2006:
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7340&hilit=beats

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)

I can't help with its specific identity but it is a post war Beech with the classic D features. It could be D-18S CN A-20 as this would be the 20th D model which would have been built near December of 1945. This would also explain Earls comments that this was an early model meaning an early D. It could also be an ex Navy UC-45J or other military variant as they were built on the same D production line.

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