Air & Space Mag No.3 - 'Mystery' Hellcat

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Tue Sep 27, 2011 6:59 pm

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however the majority of the parts are all sorted out and tagged with what I believe is the intent to restore in the future

Will, you do know that it's sold and long gone from the farm.....right??

willc · **Joined:** Tue Sep 27, 2011 2:39 am **Posts:** 2

Jack Cook wrote:

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however the majority of the parts are all sorted out and tagged with what I believe is the intent to restore in the future

Will, you do know that it's sold and long gone from the farm.....right??

WHATTTTTTTTTT?! I went down there a couple months ago, and I was under the impression that it had not moved since... Kind of sad knowing it's gone now. I apologize for the misinformation, I was just relaying what I had seen and what I had been told.

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Wed Sep 28, 2011 9:50 am

It's been gone a couple weeks and it's in good hands and it will fly again!

BenG · **Posted:** Wed Sep 28, 2011 10:05 am

Jack Cook wrote:

It's been gone a couple weeks and it's in good hands and it will fly again!

Can you please let us know where? Thanks!

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Wed Sep 28, 2011 10:46 am

where it will fly???
Well.....in the sky of course :shock:

Warbirdnerd · **Joined:** Fri Apr 30, 2004 7:34 pm **Posts:** 2924

Will the new nose art be Rare Behr? :wink:

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Wed Sep 28, 2011 2:07 pm

The artwork on the F6 will look like this

Scary Gary · **Posted:** Tue Apr 29, 2014 2:38 pm

My name is Gary powell and I used to know Mr. Bill Compton.
In the summer of 1978 I was 15 years old and in Civil Air Patrol.
I was working the Portland airshow when I met Mr. Compton.
Right before he took off from the airshow to fly home to Camby he let me sit in the cockpit of his Hellcat.
On his way home from the air show is when he crashed.
I had taken a picture of his hellcat on static display.
After moving from Lake Oswego Oregon to Dyer Indiana that same summer I sent Mr. Compton a picture of his aircraft on static display at the Portland airshow, this was the last known picture of Mr. Comptons hellcat in one piece.
That picture I sent him was hanging in his office at his farm the last time I seen it.
After moving back to the Portland area around 1992 I hooked back up with Mr. Compton.
He still had the wreckage of the hellcat in his barn along with a tremendous amount of other very interesting World War II aircraft related items.
I used to fly out to his farm in my Stinson 108 and visit.
Somewhere I have pictures of him and myself with the wreckage of the hellcat in his barn.
I am not very good with computers and I cannot figure out how to download pictures to my post.
I would be willing to email the pictures to someone if they're willing to post them for me.

Thank you

Warbirdnerd · **Joined:** Fri Apr 30, 2004 7:34 pm **Posts:** 2924

Scary Gary wrote:

I would be willing to email the pictures to someone if they're willing to post them for me.

Thank you

Welcome to the WIX Gary if you would like to send the pictures to me I will be happy to post them. Warbirdnerd at Hotmail.com

Scary Gary · **Posted:** Tue Apr 29, 2014 4:17 pm

I just found this sight .
I will have to look for them when I get home .
Send me a PM if you would please .

Thank you Sir

Jerry O'Neill · **Posted:** Tue Apr 29, 2014 5:22 pm

With Allied Fighters now under restoration to fly.

hang the expense · **Posted:** Tue Apr 29, 2014 6:21 pm

PinecastleAAF wrote:

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as much I do like the classic 50-60-70's "executive" finishes on US warbirds

I like most of them also. I think we will see a return to that someday and people will restore and paint a/c to represent their civil history after the war. Just one more thing to like about warbirds. It's all good.

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLLOLOLOOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO I don't think so.

Warbirdnerd · **Joined:** Fri Apr 30, 2004 7:34 pm **Posts:** 2924

For those that don't get my Rare Behr comment:

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So, in the finest tradition of the American self-made man, Croul began to acquire a small shareholding in the company where he worked, Behr Process Corporation, known for its shiny metal tins with the quality-assured embossed trademark. He continued to increase his shareholding until he took control in 1985, along with his father-inlaw. ‘It was an incredible time: so many houses, so much paint.

Take the time to read the whole article. Jack Croul is a remarkable man to say the least...
http://magazine.ferrari.com/blog/2012/02/american-hero/

PinecastleAAF · **Joined:** Fri May 25, 2007 4:50 pm **Posts:** 1028

hang the expense wrote:

PinecastleAAF wrote:

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as much I do like the classic 50-60-70's "executive" finishes on US warbirds

I like most of them also. I think we will see a return to that someday and people will restore and paint a/c to represent their civil history after the war. Just one more thing to like about warbirds. It's all good.

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLLOLOLOOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO I don't think so.

Well I can think of two bubble canopy corsairs restored as air racers but what do I know.

LOL.

Enemy Ace · **Posted:** Thu May 15, 2014 5:19 pm

Any updates? did the pictures ever show up?

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