Help needed on 15 aircraft!

Canso42 · **Posted:** Sat May 02, 2009 8:04 pm

Trae, a few work days ago I was rummaging about over by hangar two and spotted the old display sign for the museum's PBY-5A (actually it was a Canso) and it has some major factual errors on it!
Doug.

Canso42 · **Posted:** Sat May 02, 2009 8:12 pm

Steve S., the vast bulk of my PBY knowledge was generously provided to me by friends like avation historians David Legg, Ragnar Ragnarsson, and Louis Dorny and pilot Mark O'Connell who actually flew our PBY, and by the gang at www.pby@yahoogroups.com. , as well as PBY veterans like my dad.

Cant name every one of you but thank you all.
Doug

JDK · **Posted:** Sat May 02, 2009 9:17 pm

Canso42 wrote:

Trae, a few work days ago I was rummaging about over by hangar two and spotted the old display sign for the museum's PBY-5A (actually it was a Canso) and it has some major factual errors on it!
Doug.

Ah, that's how you know it's a museum placard. :lol:

Like a lot of other jobs, it's a deceptively tricky and skilled job to produce accurate, simple-looking and worthwhile museums signage. (And no, I don't know how, I just know some who do...)

Canso42 · **Posted:** Sun May 03, 2009 7:29 pm

JDK, I've already been asked for a clarification on information for new placards but that was before Ike. Most was okay but the old sign was 17 THOUSAND POUNDS off on the gross weight! Yikes! Should have let it float away.

floats up,
Doug

Holedigger · **Posted:** Sun May 03, 2009 7:36 pm

A museum placard is like any other printing job. No matter how many people have looked it over and given it a greenlight, as soon as the job is done, someone walks in as says..."Why did you do it like that?! Didn't you see this glaring error!!!???" Never fails!!! :shock:

Usually, the more expensive the printing job, the more likely the error is something that HAS to be done over and can't let it slide! With something historical such as this aircraft, so many different variables come into play, I would be afraid to say anything other than it's name, the fact that it took off and landed on water, and that it had two engines! :wink:

Elroy13 · **Posted:** Mon May 04, 2009 10:35 am

Doug,
I wonder what happened to the two A-20 signs I did. Maybe they went with the airplane to California??

I managed to find two of the numerous models, or whats actually left of them that were in displays for the TAHF.

I know exactly what you're saying holedigger!

For the 15 aircraft I have to do some research on the actual museum's planes...History of that type, and the significance...and history on our bird.

Anyone want to addopt a plane?

RyanShort1 · **Posted:** Mon May 04, 2009 10:37 am

Elroy13 wrote:

Doug,
I wonder what happened to the two A-20 signs I did. Maybe they went with the airplane to California??

I managed to find two of the numerous models, or whats actually left of them that were in displays for the TAHF.

I know exactly what you're saying holedigger!

Did you ever get any pictures of the USS Hornet display after the hurricane?

Ryan

Elroy13 · **Posted:** Mon May 04, 2009 10:43 am

I will look through some of my pics Ryan when I get home. But I dont think I did. When I found it I could only see a section of it buried under a lot of debris. I saw it later on after it was dug out and it was severly rusted and bent. We did manage to find a few aircraft from it. Mostly the aircraft from the hangar deck.

RyanShort1 · **Posted:** Mon May 04, 2009 10:45 am

Elroy13 wrote:

I will look through some of my pics Ryan when I get home. But I dont think I did. When I found it I could only see a section of it buried under a lot of debris. I saw it later on after it was dug out and it was severly rusted and bent. We did manage to find a few aircraft from it. Mostly the aircraft from the hangar deck.

Hey, if you get an opportunity, see if someone at the museum can get some pre and post-hurricane pics for me and I'll post something up on Doolittleraid.com for ya'll.
Send email to Ryan at doolittleraid.com

Ryan

Elroy13 · **Posted:** Mon May 04, 2009 4:40 pm

Thanks Ryan!

Also the LSFM museum website.... www.lsfm.org has post IKE pics but I dont see any that have the Hornet in in. The museum has come along way since that day in Sept. But there is lots more work to be done.

RyanShort1 · **Posted:** Mon May 04, 2009 4:43 pm

Elroy13 wrote:

Thanks Ryan!

Also the LSFM museum website.... www.lsfm.org has post IKE pics but I dont see any that have the Hornet in in. The museum has come along way since that day in Sept. But there is lots more work to be done.

I'm talking specifically about the Raiders exhibit.

Ryan

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