Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:44 pm
CAPFlyer wrote:I know that the guys over there will figure it out, but I do hope that the City can get behind them and help them get their new complex built in the next 2-3 years because they deserve to have a showpiece to match the gems in the collection.
Wed Jan 11, 2012 8:19 pm
tex-fan wrote:wonder how the PB4Y-2 at the Lone Star Flight Museum is coming along?
Thu Jan 12, 2012 4:33 pm
Ryan Keough wrote:CAPFlyer wrote:I know that the guys over there will figure it out, but I do hope that the City can get behind them and help them get their new complex built in the next 2-3 years because they deserve to have a showpiece to match the gems in the collection.
I don't understand why they don't look at potentially relocating the museum to a more supportive local airport that has equally (if not better) highway access in nearby Collin County? Addison has become so corporate aviation focused and crowded that I think the chances of Addison actually getting behind an effort to grow the museum are nothing more than a dream. I know the city fathers in McKinney would welcome CFM with open arms. Another benefit is the prospect of having potential flying displays... something that is nearly impossible at Addison currently.
My .02.
Sat Mar 24, 2012 10:46 pm
CAPFlyer wrote:The delay in getting their new building approved and funded has hurt Cavanaugh a lot. With the B-24 and B-29 based at the museum, they lost a lot of overflow room in their South Hangar and their ability to make more room for projects like the Goose and P-47 without "displacing" some of the collection.
I know that the guys over there will figure it out, but I do hope that the City can get behind them and help them get their new complex built in the next 2-3 years because they deserve to have a showpiece to match the gems in the collection.
Sat Mar 24, 2012 10:55 pm
Sat Mar 24, 2012 11:36 pm
Sun Mar 25, 2012 12:19 am
Rajay wrote:Which Goose? I didn't see anything about a Goose listed on the Cavanaugh Web site. Do you have any more info, such as a serial number or registration? Is it a disassembled project, an on-going restoration, or what? (Thanks!)
Sun Mar 25, 2012 8:00 am
RMAllnutt wrote:Pat Carry wrote:With 2011 rapidly coming to a close (where does the time go), what restorations will be finished in 2012? With very little if anything happening at the restoration shop at the NASM, I dont see much coming out of there anytime soon.
Well, NASM's Heinkel He-219 should be coming together in 2012.
Cheers,
Richard
Sun Apr 01, 2012 8:23 am
Sun Apr 01, 2012 9:54 am
RMAllnutt wrote:
Pat Carry wrote:
With 2011 rapidly coming to a close (where does the time go), what restorations will be finished in 2012? With very little if anything happening at the restoration shop at the NASM, I dont see much coming out of there anytime soon.
Well, NASM's Heinkel He-219 should be coming together in 2012.
Cheers,
Richard
And the NASM Curtiss SB2C work begins!
Sun Apr 01, 2012 12:32 pm
lchamp wrote:I guess I'll chime in here.
The Valiant Air Command recently acquired a British Canberra and we are in a slow but sure restoration phase. We disassembled it and trucked it to the museum. This aircraft is thought to be a participant in the British Project Robin photo reconnaissance missions in the 1950s and is currently in the British Navy FRADU paint scheme.
I'm working with some of my fellow Canberra fans to raise the funds necessary to accelerate the rate of restoration. I am hoping to see it on static display in 2012 or 2013.
The museum currently has our woodworkers restoring the vertical fin.
I can try to answer your questions about this historic old plane.
Sun Apr 01, 2012 12:43 pm
Wildchild wrote:lchamp wrote:I guess I'll chime in here.
The Valiant Air Command recently acquired a British Canberra and we are in a slow but sure restoration phase. We disassembled it and trucked it to the museum. This aircraft is thought to be a participant in the British Project Robin photo reconnaissance missions in the 1950s and is currently in the British Navy FRADU paint scheme.
I'm working with some of my fellow Canberra fans to raise the funds necessary to accelerate the rate of restoration. I am hoping to see it on static display in 2012 or 2013.
The museum currently has our woodworkers restoring the vertical fin.
I can try to answer your questions about this historic old plane.
...let it fly... lol