Warbird Information Exchange

My idea as well. A few moreP-40B/Cs and a P-43 Lancer wouldbe nice. I'd also have to buy that last flying C-133 and keep it flying!

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I would save a B-25 in VA.

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I wouldn't know how to restore one, nor can I afford to buy a ready-to-fly one (or even a hulk of one for that matter), so I guess I need to start playing the lottery.

I have a thing about twin-tail photo recon warbirds, so I'm dreaming of an F-5F or an F-15A Reporter. The F-15A has the advantage of that long canopy (more comfortable for a passenger)... http://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/PippinBill/5992.htm

Might even be able to scare up a Fairchild 24" camera.

Hey Ober: I'm here sorta....been doing the house move stuff since Labor Day weekend. No phones, net or tv at the new place yet. I'm still having to be at both places every day until we get all of the outside animals moved to the new place, then time to start moving tools and airplanes. I know that I've promised pics and I will be sure and make some and get them posted as we load and move the birds to the new place.

The AT is nearly complete metalwise. I've got all the metal stuff with the exception of two of the fuel tanks, all of the engine cowls and mounts and the turret and nose gun mounts.

Woodwise, I've got some patterns to work with. I do have all of the prints for the AT-21, XAT-13 and XAT-14.

The engines are a funny thing....when I've got $'s for motors, the ones that come available are priced like they are gold filled....when I can't rub two coins together, they come out of the woodwork and are at garage sale prices. Go figure....

I'm hoping that we can be done with and have the old house sold and be able to start making parts for both the AT and the L-5 by Thanksgiving of this year. And this is making the assumption that we don't get slammed with an aggressive schedule at work and go back to nearly unlimited overtime.

My point when I started the thread, is I think that most of us have had a warbird or two get under our skin, that we spend our fictional millions on when we let ourselves dream a bit.

As a teenager back in the mid 70s, I grew up near Jack Sandberg's hanger in Crystal Minnesota. The CAF redtail 51C was sitting in pieces by the outside of the hanger. I snuck into the cockpit one day, saw the Dallas dataplate and imagined it to be my Mustang. That was my first 'dream' airplane.

It's off my list now because someone is restoring it.

The Volk Field P51D is another that I've seen many times, and I hate the idea of it dying on a pole so in my 'dreams' I get to save it. That it was a MN ANG bird makes it more of a dream too since I'm from Minnesota

TB382, knowing it's history with 602 squadron puts it up my list too of dreams. It should be back in Raymond Baxter's markings and flying. Are there lots of Spits flying? Sure. But that one isn't.


So I'm seperating it from the idea of what would be the most logical thing to do, restoration. Certainly in that case I'd dump my money on the RAF Museum Halifax. I hate that it's like it is. Preston's Pride or any of the outdoor B17s deserve better as well.

At this stage of my life, I figure I'm going to have to be content with dreaming as the bank account just won't do it, and I kinda figure I won't win the lottery

So when I see that someone is saving that Tennessee DC3 I think I understand it. I'm guessing it got under his skin and he wanted to save it.