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Dave - you are surely not suggesting that could be an option being considered for this artefact are you?

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It may be on a pole right now... who knows, til it gets picked up!

There are 2 or 3 P-38s "on poles" within 50 miles of my house. It's nice that they were saved in some form... and they do honor the men that flew them but with the ultra-buck restorations now being done, I don't think it's too far fetched to imagine someone buying them -off the pole- and "building" a FLYER.

Imagine THAT! Again, it's only money... and I don't have enough.

Dave

There are? Where?

I didn't see any local in the registry.

Maybe I missed it in all the hu-bub but.........
P-38F-1-LO s/n 41-7677 of 14th FG 49th FS.

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Django-

I am thinking of the 44-53236 in WI at the Bong museum... actually was on a pole once. I guess Superior is more than 50 miles.hmmmm.

and the sister to it, 44-53015 which I find is now at the EAA museum in OSH. I thought it was at the Aerosquardon restaurant at the Palwaukee airport -on a pole! Really!

The brain is a terrible thing to waste. I can picture these planes clear as anything. I saw the one in WI recently, but haven't been to the "Chicago Exec" airport in years. Funny how I navigate by "where restaurants are" now.

Dave

I haven't been to Palwaukee in about 7 years either, but I *think* the last time I was there, it was sitting in the backyard on it's gear. Is that place even still there?

darn, you got my hopes up!

it gets hard to see to the other end of the attic for al the cobwebs, don't it?

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"I knew the jig was up when I saw the P-51D-20-NA Mustang blue-nosed bastards from Bodney, and by the way the blue was more of a royal blue than an indigo and the inner landing gear interiors were NOT green, over Berlin."

OK, I am also not a pilot, I do yell at them from time to time!

The 38 in Palwaukee was a Tallichet Replica. Wasnt it?

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I wonder how this stuff works on aluminum?

http://www.safestrustremover.com/

Seems to do the trick on rusty steel while being safe to existing paint, rubber etc. Would it effectively halt the salt-water corrosion?

Perhaps after they are finished on "Miss Belvedere" they can try this P-38 next...

greg v.

Yes, it's a Fibreglass replica like the others... still looks nice though.

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Stow, MA

I'm sure the originator of said post was indicating the utter lack of airworthiness of dataplates. >_>

lets have a survey done by someone QUALIFIED...and I don't mean a TIGAR! I volunteer my friend Gordon B......

Dear Mr. Wolverine,

Are you the Wolverine from X-Men or a different Wolverine?

As Sgt. Hulka once said, "Lighten up, Francis".

'rust remover', not 'inter granular corrosion' remover

Dave