Okay Albert, you show me yours, I'll show you mine...
The C-2 is hanging in our hangar. Both it and the C-3 were sold by John to the Spartan School, and they still have technical ownership. They have shown no desire to fly the C-2, and we haven't wanted to spend any resources working on that airplane until it's ours. It is well cared for, and gets cleaned about once a month. It is still dripping oil, about 8 years after its last flight. Photos:
And one more artsy one, shot by Paul Stephenson of KOTV for the museum:
Also, just for fun... here's a couple of vintage ones that you probably never saw of this aircraft:
Circa 1930's:
And with George Goodhead, who rescued this aircraft from oblivion and restored it in the 1960's:
Okay, and for the C-3:
It was here at our hangar after our move in 2005-2006, until Spartan came over and said that they wanted to fully restore it (again) and fly it up to Oshkosh. That was 2007. They were targeting for Oshkosh 2008. First a photo or two of it in our hangar, followed by a photo or two of how it looks as of a week or two ago: (oh, and a vintage one just for fun...)
Draw your own conclusions... I'm sure wishing them good luck, and the guy doing the restoration is doing a fantastic job. It's going to be a real head-turner when it's done.
So how bout those Exec photos, huh?
kevin
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It's sitting directly across the taxiway from the D-145, in another hangar but it's still wearing it's Halloween costume (it is covered with sheets). I'll get some photos of it this week. I promise it's still here. I assume it's going to join it's older brother and sister down at your place one of these days, right? I have not seen any photos of the C-2 and C-3 since they left Creve Coeur. Next time you get a chance, please post a few shots, I'd love to see them again. That three cylinder Jacobs on the C-2 sure was interesting.
