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Lewis B-25 at Aero Trader

Tue Oct 04, 2011 11:22 pm

I had heard that Aero Trader was doing the work to get the Lewis B-25 back in the air and saw it in their hangar at CNO as I was taxiing by today. Anyone know if they patched it up and ferried the plane there or was it disassembled and trucked in?

Re: Lewis B-25 at Aero Trader

Wed Oct 05, 2011 7:11 am

I believe it was trucked in.

Re: Lewis B-25 at Aero Trader

Wed Oct 05, 2011 7:35 am

Definitely trucked in... Way too banged up for a ferry flight.

All the best,
Richard

Re: Lewis B-25 at Aero Trader

Wed Oct 05, 2011 10:57 am

I was there the day it arrived. It came in on 2 trucks, not a pretty sight!

Re: Lewis B-25 at Aero Trader

Wed Oct 05, 2011 11:04 am

For those of us not paying too much attention...

How/when did it come to grief?
Any photos of damage?

Re: Lewis B-25 at Aero Trader

Wed Oct 05, 2011 11:47 am

JohnB wrote:For those of us not paying too much attention...

How/when did it come to grief?
Any photos of damage?

http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief ... 3624&key=1

No public photos that I am aware of.

Re: Lewis B-25 at Aero Trader

Wed Oct 05, 2011 1:23 pm

Was the co-pilot awarded the DCM? :wink:

Re: Lewis B-25 at Aero Trader

Wed Oct 05, 2011 9:03 pm

"IF" anyone has any photos of this Mitchell when this mishap went down, please give me a PM...I'd like to have some of her in her damaged state for my files. Ditto for 9079Z by the way.
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