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Fri Jul 24, 2009 5:50 pm

The Stratolina looks like a good home for Zebra Mussels... Maybe you can make a deal and trade it for something out of Lake Michigan.

Fri Jul 24, 2009 5:59 pm

Man, somebody is going to see that thing on Google Earth and be posting here asking everyone what it is...

Too cool for school!

Zack

Fri Jul 24, 2009 6:39 pm

Watch out! The French Air Forces could show up to claim 'their' aircaft, it does resemble something the French would built rather than buy C-130's Nice job of stirring the old grey matter and exercising your punkin' haid :wink: :rofl: :supz:

Fri Jul 24, 2009 6:41 pm

I like it!

Are those PBY wings from the Minnesota one that flipped in a storm? (That was Minnesota, right? )

any idea where I can get some decent C-97 cockpit windows? I tried to buff ours out, but the Lexan or Plexi is just flat out cloudy.

We worked on our bird a bit yesterday. All is coming along swimmingly. Ran through some checklists, cycled the systems, etc..
We'll be sending the ailerons out for recovering soon, as soon as we get the elevators back.


Won't be long now.


KK

Fri Jul 24, 2009 6:42 pm

BTW:

As cool as "Stratolina" sounds, I'm partial to "Catofreighter"...

:D

Fri Jul 24, 2009 6:45 pm

Gary, do you have 1EA of the engine mount, cowl flaps or cowling from that Catalina available?...The PBY used an R-1830 just like the P-35!

Fri Jul 24, 2009 6:52 pm

If anyone is in the Midland Tx area, please check on Gary, he has spent too much time alone with a open can of MEK..................

Fri Jul 24, 2009 6:55 pm

Kevin, these wings are off of the PBY that was left for the scrappers by the CAF down in Brownsville, TX. The two up in Minnesota are still there.

VCS1, all of the firewall forward stuff that came off of this particular PBY was acquired by the CAF folks from Minnesota. I believe they still have an entire QEC available for sale, as they tried to sell one to the B-24A a while back. You can contact Donna Blalack at CAF HQ ( dblalack@cafhq.org ) to get the contact info for the folks in MN to ask them about the mount you're needing.

Gary

Fri Jul 24, 2009 7:12 pm

Don't worry ya'll, I'll go over and check in on Gary next week when I'm close to Midland to make sure the guys in the white suits haven't taken him away by then... :D

Pretty neato idea Gary! Where will the Sabre fuselage fit in? A parasite fighter maybe?! :P

-Derek

Fri Jul 24, 2009 7:27 pm

viking73 wrote:
Pretty neato idea Gary! Where will the Sabre fuselage fit in? A parasite fighter maybe?! :P

-Derek


So far, no deal on the Sabre fuselage.....waiting on the latest reply. I do have a helicopter carcass here though...maybe I can put it up on that stack of empty MEK cans I have here. :lol:

Gary

Fri Jul 24, 2009 7:36 pm

Looks like the South Pacific Cargo Cults may be seeing a revival down in TX. 8)

Are you gonna make a runway and set signal fires to entice the gods to return?

SN

Fri Jul 24, 2009 7:43 pm

Steve Nelson wrote:Looks like the South Pacific Cargo Cults may be seeing a revival down in TX. 8)

Are you gonna make a runway and set signal fires to entice the gods to return?

SN


Ooooooooh.......a runwaaaaay. Hmmm, didn't think about that.

I have about an acre of land between the front of it and the end of my property (where the moat is), so I could clear out some more mesquite, catcus, and other useless vegetation, to make a little runway for it. Hmmm...........

Gary

Fri Jul 24, 2009 9:53 pm

Too bad the Beech twin tail didn't pan out...the twin engine AirTruk thing was working for me. :shock: :roll:

Fri Jul 24, 2009 10:01 pm

AIRLIFT48-

Try a MICROMESH kit. You'll wind up with arms like AHHNIE, but I've seen it clear up some pretty milky plexiglas windows.

Fri Jul 24, 2009 10:28 pm

What's a micromesh kit?
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