Nathan wrote:
Can't say I remember seeing the Lockheed before. Any info on that? Is it the ex-Lady Lodestar C-60?
Nope, not Lady Lodestar, it's C-60A N60JT, "Goodtime Gal", s/n 18-2478, 42-56005. This ship doesn't appear to have been out much, not too many pics of it out there in interweb land.
From Joe Baugher's site,
42-55891/56084 Lockheed C-60A-5-LO Lodestar
Directly ordered by USAAF.
56005 (c/n 18-2478) to US Steel Corp as N9980F
I've found two pics of it as N9980F in civilian paint schemes plus a couple as N60JT in it's Army paint. Apparently it was in Arlington, WA for a while, then to N Texas (Denton?), then bought by the West Houston Squadron in 2002. Shortly after coming to Houston corrosion was found in the right wing, so it hasn't flown since. Over the last year though, much progress has been made to bring it back to life; wing off for repairs and back on again, 1 new cylinder left engine, new com radio, intercom and transponder, gear swings are done, several engine runs, etc. Should be getting close to flying again, maybe another month or two...
For the open house I was on C-60 cockpit guard duty, keeping the kids from destroying things... we had a coupla guys on rotation since it was getting pretty hot and schwetty standing in the radio operators position behind the 'pit with no ventilation. Good thing there was some cloud cover or it would have been really nasty hot in there. These are great pics of the open house, but one thing is missing; my RV-8 didn't make the cut! I had it parked right by the L-29... but it's wearing civvy paint, not that interesting really.
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