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That's fantastic. I saw that airplane last summer when I was there. I'd love to see some pictures of her in the air if you've got any.

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Awesome news! Why is Tillamook all of a sudden flying this airplane? Do you know what the plans are for it? Is it going to be flying on a regular basis? This seems strange given their history of NOT flying the vast majority of their aircraft. I'm not complaining, mind you, it's just odd!
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Larry Kraus posted some pictures of it in this thread...
http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/p ... 95&start=0
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is that the 1 that had the gear collapse last year??

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Their pattern has been to fly a new a/c regularly for a while then park it.

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tom d. friedman wrote:
is that the 1 that had the gear collapse last year??
I was in it during the first gear collapse.
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I was in it during the first gear collapse.

Well, that makes you the pilot or a gremlin, Sir. :D Is it possible to share the whys of that event?

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I was in it during the first gear collapse.

Well, that makes you the pilot or a gremlin, Sir. :D Is it possible to share the whys of that event?
Somewhere in WIX are pictures and some detail.. Basically I was doing the taxi tests,enging runs ect. We felt we had enough control to get the plane on the runway to try some longer taxi runs,NO flying... As the speed built to around 30mph the combined downforce of stick back and 15-20 headwind collapsed the tailwheel support structure... From there it was just hang on and start shutting things off... As the tailwheel started to fold sideways it took the plane places I had not planned on going...
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is that the 1 that had the gear collapse last year??
I was in it during the first gear collapse.
how tall are you / what is your weight?? did you need a shoe horn to get in?? are the instruments original??

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