Made front page of the Local Paper

warbird_patrick · **Posted:** Tue Dec 08, 2009 10:35 pm

Hello All.

Thought I would share the article that was put in the local paper about me and the restoration of my plane. They did a great job on the article, and put together a short movie off of the interview. One of the local EAA members had them come out and interview me. Here is the link.

http://www.livingstondaily.com/article/ ... with-video

Patrick

snjflyer · **Posted:** Tue Dec 08, 2009 11:40 pm

Very nice article and video!
I have your business card on my desk, you gave it to me at OSH while I was at my T-6.
Keep up the good work.
John

Neal Nurmi · **Posted:** Tue Dec 08, 2009 11:44 pm

Nice piece -- Thanks for posting it...

daveymac82c · **Posted:** Wed Dec 09, 2009 2:14 am

Great Stuff Patrick,

good luck with the restoration. What a great find it is. I wish I could lend you a hand with the job, but I'm really close by.

By the way, what ever happened to that P-39 you mentioned in the clip? Those are fascinating old birds

Cheers,

David

warbird1 · **Joined:** Fri Sep 21, 2007 6:25 pm **Posts:** 2760

Fantastic interview and exposure! It's great to see young people get involved in warbirds. After all, it's people like you who are the future of aviation! Keep up the good work. I have no doubt that someday you will be restoring much more exotic, rare and expensive stuff.

JDK · **Posted:** Wed Dec 09, 2009 4:51 am

Well done, and a good article you got there.

Nice to see a younger face, too. Boy I feel old now.

warbird_patrick · **Posted:** Wed Dec 09, 2009 10:08 am

Thank you all for the great comments, I was shocked to see it on the front page of the paper! As for the P-39 I am not sure who was the buyer. I originally spread the word about the Aircobra for sale and located a buyer for them to help them out, and everything was set up for him to buy it and they ended up selling it from right out under him the day he was going to wire the money. Also if you guys are interested I do have a thread going in the Hanger on the restoration of the Yale.

Patrick

P51Mstg · **Joined:** Tue Jan 25, 2005 11:36 am **Posts:** 1202

I must have missed the GHOST flying at Reno, they told us it wasn't there.........

Mark H

warbird_patrick · **Posted:** Wed Dec 09, 2009 10:58 am

P51Mstg wrote:

I must have missed the GHOST flying at Reno, they told us it wasn't there.........

Mark H

Hello Mark,

She did make it there but didn't fly till after the races, I'm sure she will be there next year. I didn't make it to Reno with her but help out over in TX.

P51Mstg · **Joined:** Tue Jan 25, 2005 11:36 am **Posts:** 1202

That would explain it......

They had a model of it sitting on the ground in the pits...... No Ghost. They told us at one of the media meetings they were bringing it, then the "word" was it wasn't going to make it. I left Sunday after the Gold Race and headed to Las Vegas....

That explains it.

Mark H

marine air · **Posted:** Wed Dec 09, 2009 12:03 pm

Questions;
1) What is the "Ghost?"
2) WHat hapened to the P-39 project and was it a new find ?
3) Is the P-39 one of the ex Tallichet's that had received "The Tallichet process."
Thanks

warbird_patrick · **Posted:** Wed Dec 09, 2009 12:34 pm

marine air wrote:

Questions;
1) What is the "Ghost?"
2) WHat hapened to the P-39 project and was it a new find ?
3) Is the P-39 one of the ex Tallichet's that had received "The Tallichet process."
Thanks

"The Galloping Ghost" is a highly modified P-51 Mustang owned by Jimmy Leeward. As I mentioned above, I don't know were the P-39 ended up. It was owned by Jack Taft, out of Jackson MI, I think he bought it over from new guinea.

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