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51fixer
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This is the current state of my workshop.
I know, they are only Mustangs.
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We have Twilight Tear to deliver to the west coast.
Princess is under annual.
Frenesi is the bare fuselage under restoration.
Bald Eagle is under annual and engine repair.
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Im kinda proud that we got that many P-51's in Pennsylvanina, including a rare C model. A few years ago the only P-51 in Pennsylvania was Donald and she is now on static in Europe! :? :(

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where is 'Twilight tear' going on the west coast?
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In that one hangar you've got an air force almost equal to the entire Mustang population of Texas, not counting the 4 wheel kind. It looks like you'll have plenty to do this winter.

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Yeah, the "CESSNA" of warbirds. GIMMME A CESSNA ANYDAY. Really, I don''t care which one it is either.

Kind of looks like my hangar (without the Mustangs)

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I'll bet we can fit a few more in there...

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Always enjoy the photos from this hangar! :wink:

Twilight Tear will be going out to Chino where she will be undergoing a rebuild, headed by I believe Steve Hinton.
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Doesn't Ed Shipley's Sabre live there as well? I've seen pics on Airshobuzz of the Beasley air force and the Sabre all in the same hangar.

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Bill Greenwood wrote:
In that one hangar you've got an air force almost equal to the entire Mustang population of Texas, not counting the 4 wheel kind.
It looks like you'll have plenty to do this winter.


Yea , I hear an offer to help in your message.
Bill, your hired!
See you on Monday.
It was your Merlin experience that got you noticed.
No, No. I insist.
Besides, A mustang only has BS hardware on the engine. Everything else in the airframe is normal nuts and bolts.
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Looks to me like 3 out of 4 Merlin engined aircraft are undergoing some form of engine maintenance at any one time while 100% of Pratts remain in service (BTW, that includes the twin Bill). :finga:
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Looks to me like 3 out of 4 Merlin engined aircraft are undergoing some form of engine maintenance at any one time while 100% of Pratts remain in service (BTW, that includes the twin Bill). :finga:

When you operate the aircraft they do require maintanence.
Bald Eagle had about 170 hours last year.
Princess has flown about 40+ hrs since we got her over here.
Thats more than she flew since Stephen Grey aquired it in 97.

Now, Brandon, how many hours did your T-6 fly last year? :wink:
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warbirdcrew wrote:
Doesn't Ed Shipley's Sabre live there as well? I've seen pics on Airshobuzz of the Beasley air force and the Sabre all in the same hangar.

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Ed has his own hangar which he built in the early 90s. The Sabre only visits us on occasion.
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51fixer wrote:
When you operate the aircraft they do require maintanence.
Bald Eagle had about 170 hours last year.
Princess has flown about 40+ hrs since we got her over here.
Thats more than she flew since Stephen Grey aquired it in 97.

Now, Brandon, how many hours did your T-6 fly last year? :wink:
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None, and none in the past 40+ years either... That will change if I live long enough!

About one quarter of those 40 hours were on the delivery flight, right? :D

You know that I know that maintenance is the price of admission for owning an aircraft. Just funnin...
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bdk wrote:
51fixer wrote:
When you operate the aircraft they do require maintanence.
Bald Eagle had about 170 hours last year.
Princess has flown about 40+ hrs since we got her over here.
Thats more than she flew since Stephen Grey aquired it in 97.

Now, Brandon, how many hours did your T-6 fly last year? :wink:
Rich
None, and none in the past 40+ years either... That will change if I live long enough!

About one quarter of those 40 hours were on the delivery flight, right? :D

You know that I know that maintenance is the price of admission for owning an aircraft. Just funnin...


In the week of GML Princess flew 17 times for around 20 hours. Coatesville is 1 1/2 hrs away from Columbus. Half of her flying time was in that one week. I think it took around 9 hrs from Chino to Coatesville to be delivered.
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