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jamesintucson
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Warbird 1,

Here is the photo of the Oscar's cockpit that you wanted. There is a bit more in there than I remembered, but not much. This was taken before the fuselage was put back together.

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And a few more just for fun

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Those are really cool James. Do you work or volunteer for the museum. I am planning on coming to the museumaround the 28-29th time frame. How does one get a peek inside the restoration shop?
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steve dickey wrote:
Those are really cool James. Do you work or volunteer for the museum. I am planning on coming to the museumaround the 28-29th time frame. How does one get a peek inside the restoration shop?
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I'm the museum's Curator of Collections. They pay me to play with the toys. :) The Restoration hangar is not generally open to the public, but I'll be happy to take you back for a look. I'll be at work on the 29th 30th and 31st that week. Once you get to the museum have the admissions desk call James Stemm and if I'm free we'll work something out.

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Awesome, James! Thanks for the photos, I appreciate it! :D

Do you know when the last restoration was for that aircraft? It looks like it's never been restored, but I thought that it had by the EAA sometime back in the 70's, but I can't remember for sure. Anyone know?
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Anyone got a piccie of the oscars instrument panel with instruments aboard?? 8)

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warbird1 wrote:
Awesome, James! Thanks for the photos, I appreciate it! :D

Do you know when the last restoration was for that aircraft? It looks like it's never been restored, but I thought that it had by the EAA sometime back in the 70's, but I can't remember for sure. Anyone know?


From what I understand the EAA restoration was just cosmetic. They fixed the worst of the external damage, sprayed a preservative layer on the inside to simulate the blue-green preservative the Japanese used on some aircraft and painted it. There was no effort to replace anything that was missing on the inside.

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jamesintucson wrote:
steve dickey wrote:
Those are really cool James. Do you work or volunteer for the museum. I am planning on coming to the museumaround the 28-29th time frame. How does one get a peek inside the restoration shop?
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I'm the museum's Curator of Collections. They pay me to play with the toys. :) The Restoration hangar is not generally open to the public, but I'll be happy to take you back for a look. I'll be at work on the 29th 30th and 31st that week. Once you get to the museum have the admissions desk call James Stemm and if I'm free we'll work something out.

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Many thanks James, I will make it a point to be there during those dates. At a later time i shall PM you on my pending arrival, looking forward to it! :D
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I missed this one the first time around. Good looking plane!

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