Warbird Information Exchange

Taylor,

I finally saw my friend and most of the restoration team tonight and asked about the future colour scheme.

The present plan is to put her on polished aluminum with original CPA colours because of its importance in Canadian civil aviation history.

He also calls for anyone with stories to share about the type to kindly post on the web site blog.

Will keep you guys posted as the summer progresses and we get to know more about which option will become the most probable.

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If they plan to take it apart then option #3 would be doable. I think a CH47 could handle it broken into pieces, and they wouldn't have to fly it 100 miles. Rather, to a road where it could then be trucked out. There's gotta be a road closer to the wreck site that a flatbed could reach by now, right?
As a kid in Louisiana I used to watch Chinooks and Skycranes pulling 200 year old trees out of the swamps. If they can do that they can handle an aluminum airplance...Certainly the Skycrane could.
If you could cut the distance by 50% you're also cutting the risk by 50%. Cut it to 25 miles...
I spent a lot of years roping out of Blackhawks, so maybe my fear of slingloading has been biased

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If anyone wants to save one here in the states. When I was working in Richomnd VA, there is one sitting at the 1st FBO you come to by the main enterance. I went over and looked through the fence...........looked complete but had been there a while............anyone go info on it. I never did take any pics of it. You can see it sitting there on google earth.

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Jeff, was that RIC?

Dang, I’ve been through there a few times but missed it.

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Yep, if your going to the terminal, as you cross the street and go on airport property, your looking at a FBO. She sits right there between 2 hangars in a grassy spot by the fence from that FBO's parking lot. I never did get a chance to inquire about it cause I was only there for a month before I got my position that I wanted in Knoxville.


The only thing I have seen there sofar was the P2V that arrived on sunday. Its a fire bomber from outwest, no camera so I did not get a pic.............

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Anyone know of any other L-18's, C-60's, or howards that are derelict and available in the US?
Simon

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Hey everyone,

I just thought I'd write a little bit about the Lodestar CF-TCY out here in British Columbia. Delta Airpark to be exact.

I was out at the airpark yesterday and took a closer look at the plane. It appears that the outside storage of the airplane is really really taking its toll on the airframe. There are sections of the flap rails that are deteriorating to dust. Other parts of the wings, engine nacelles, etc aren't looking good either. As for the fuselage, it is in pretty good condition and the main components of the wings are rather good too. The interior is rough right now, but it has been like that since the CMF received it. I did notice that there are a few (new to me) seats in it on the lefthand side of the fuselage.

While I looked at the airframe I thought about how given time, space, and money, it could be made to fly again... even if not to fly again, at least it could be done up REALLY nice for static display. We'd just need, like I said, a roof over it and somelike like Gary, and a team like his workin' on it. I'm not at all suggesting that Gary take this project on. Nothing close to that. I think Gary could use a break. I'm just saying that it would be great to get a crack team together and clean it up. In pictures it doesn't look too bad, but it's really quite sad when you look up close. I don't like seeing TCY all glum and under the weather.

T'was just an update.

Cheers,

David

Revisiting this crazy project...

My friends are gone up north now. Have not received any news but here's the plan, as described on their web site:

From August 11 to 31, 2007:
Lifting of the plane and assessment of damages. Removal of engines and wings. Anything that is useless will be removed and brought back to Schefferville.

I'll try to get some fresh news and post them here...

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Very nice! Best of Luck!


What about that one that was in V.A.?

Does it exist? I wish I could I aquire a PV-2 for cheap! What would be a rough estimate for a price on one of these birds?

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Hello all.

Got some news yesterday from my friend the new owner of this famed a/c (he is back from the north and was at the Rockliffe Classic Air Rallye):

The team is still at the crash site as we speak. The engines have been removed and they have almost completed jacking the plane back on its landing gear and should begin to do the structural inspection soon.

But, get this... preliminary inspections showed that there is a strong chance that this a/c might still be in a ferryable condition !!! It should be confirmed within a couple of weeks.

Again, I'll post an update here.

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We have a set of prop blades and hub (overhauled). let me know if you might be interested.

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Neat story, please keep us in the loop.

Oddly enough I just was reading the blurb about this in the recent Flight Journal.

When you get a chance by you get give us an idea of what they think it'll take to get her flying. The picture I saw (one with the guy standing on top of the Fuse) it look as if there is some structural wing damage, but the guys on the ground would know better.

Oh and yeah tell them to take lots of pictures and video


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I'll pass the word Michael.

And yes, I will follow-up as I get more news which should happen in a couple of weeks.

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Some news !

The plane is now sitting out of the bog, gear extended (on jacks) with both its engines and wings removed. The last I heard, they were doing the initial inspection of the belly damages.

If you want to see many pictures about the salvage operation, click on the link below. There are many pictures about the crew members and the surroundings but still quite many very interresting shots about the removal of the engines and wings and the jacking operations. Lots of muck...

Cool stuff !!! http://cf-cpa.malicis.com/AOUT07/GUY/index.html

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These are some great images. Thank you for posting. Im glad to see this bird get a new life. Cheers!!

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