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When Hollywood Ruled The Skies - Volumes 1 through 4 by Bruce Oriss


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Dan,

For some reason I'd never read through all the posts on this thread before. ( And I like to think of myself as a dedicated bomber man :oops: )

The workmanship shown really looks top-notch and I will now pay more attention to your posts in future !

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Thanks Peter!

Our crew chief Marc is a United captain and flies into Heathrow from LAX once a month or so. His sister lives just north of London. Thank you so much for your interest.

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A rare Friday workday but that’s the way the flight schedules bounce. My day started out kind of crummy as I woke up about 0230 and clock watched until 0500 when I got up and hit the road. I got to the empty hangar at 0720 and the first thing I did was make a big pot of coffee. By the time Marc and Scott showed up I was reasonably caffinated. I ran out of gas around 2:00PM. I crapped out at 9:00 last night and got up at 0700 this morning. I don't know how Marc and particularly Scott can handle time changes, lack of sleep etc. on their trips. Scott and I worked on cleaning up all of the little things in the two inboard fuel cells on the right wing. We shot the brackets for the tank liners and started installing the nut plate strips for the large fuel tank access panels. Marc started fitting up the flap actuator assemblies on the right wing. Gill, Casey, Russ and Dave Sica made appearances. A very empty and except for my riveting noise, a very quiet day at CMA.

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Dan,

I finally got the promised clecos in the mail. You should have than around Friday of Saturday. Also, HQ asked me how I wanted my charitable contribution money to be used, since our group is no longer active with the L2-A. I told them to assign it to the PBJ until further notice. It's not much, but even a little bit should help some. Please let your finance officer know, so they don't wonder where the extra money came from.

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Yesterday was a great day. We took a day off from PBJ work and tended to other things. I could wax poetic but I will spare you. I will let my pictures talk for me. Any day I aviate is a good day!

Dan

PS: got the package Rick! Thanks for everything!

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Hey! Went to Camarillo to look for you guys and other than a couple of vets had the place all to ourselves. Left you guys a note in the jar. :wink:

You guys are doing great work! Keep it up.
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Sorry I missed you! I will be down to CMA on Tuesday. Thanks for the kind words.

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Dan, check your pm's. Got something you might could use.

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Hey! Went to Camarillo to look for you guys and other than a couple of vets had the place all to ourselves. Left you guys a note in the jar. :wink:

You guys are doing great work! Keep it up.


Got the "note". Thank you sir!

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Our C-46 China Doll needs some TLC so a few of us will spend the winter working on her instead of the PBJ. We hope to have several skins replaced by show time this spring. Getting an airplane with a 108-foot wingspan into a hangar with a 109-foot opening was no easy task! Work will continue on the PBJ but on a slower pace. The wing’s first priority is to keep our planes in the air so restoration must take a back seat. I know this isn’t as exciting as Gary’s B-24 project but some of you may find the process interesting. Stay tuned!

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Dan, keep those updates coming! There's a possibility that I won't be posting many more B-24 updates in the near future, but either way, everyone here appreciates the work y'all are doing out there and the updates that you're giving us.

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Dan Newcomb wrote:
Got the "note". Thank you sir!
You betch! Put it to good use as I know you will. Wish it could be more.

What's up with the blue T-6? Has much work been done in the past year on it? It looks like it could be close to flying but doesn't look different from the last time I saw it. What will the final paint scheme be?
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The blue T-6 (actually an SNJ) could be flying in a year. Joe Peppito is crew chief. As to the paint. Blue and something? I don’t know what Joe’s going to do yet. It will be nice to have two flying SNJs. We sure could use a few more A&Ps in the wing. China Doll in particular could use two or three folks we can depend on to keep her in the air. She is a lot of work but worth it. I wish we could rent Gary for a year or two!!!!!

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Is the SNJ a CAF aircraft?

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Is the SNJ a CAF aircraft?


Yes Taylor it is CAF. We have never flown her to my knowledge before. She is a full restoration with the swivel seat in the rear.

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