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i just saw this posted on facebook. any info? is it true?


https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... =1&theater

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The owner of the Liberty Belle alos owns an other B-17 wreck recoverd from an canadian lake years ago.
I suppose that news is about the restoration of this specific plane.

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Iclo wrote:
The owner of the Liberty Belle alos owns an other B-17 wreck recoverd from an canadian lake years ago.
I suppose that news is about the restoration of this specific plane.


that was my first thought as well, but i got to thinking, that B-17 was being restored already. maybe plans changed?

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Kermit Weeks took a tour of the shop a week or two ago and posted a couple photos on his Facebook page; work is already well underway on the fuselage structure.

Liberty Belle will fly again!!!
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lmritger wrote:
Kermit Weeks took a tour of the shop a week or two ago and posted a couple photos on his Facebook page; work is already well underway on the fuselage structure.

Liberty Belle will fly again!!!



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YES! please post pic's or a link to the Facebook page!!!!!!!thank you.

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Is the Labrador Fortress simply going to be given the Liberty Belle name when it is restored, or is Mr Brooks going to both rebuild the Labrador B-17 AND rebuild Liberty Belle?

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Randy Haskin wrote:
Is the Labrador Fortress simply going to be given the Liberty Belle name when it is restored, or is Mr Brooks going to both rebuild the Labrador B-17 AND rebuild Liberty Belle?



Based on what I heard in the Warbird Radio interview it sounds like the current plan is to rebuild BOTH, with Liberty Belle given priority and the Labrador B-17 being a long term project. 8)

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Per Ray Fowlers interview yesterday on Warbird Radio, there has been some discussion about incorporating some of the parts of Liberty Belle into the Labrador B-17, but the current idea is leaning toward rebuilding Liberty Belle as a separate project. Currently, there are no parts of Liberty Belle down at Don Brooks place in Douglas...........

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How can they rebuild the Bell? The whole fuselage burned :shock:
Wouldn't it be easier to just use the Labrador B-17 and complete it with Liberty's wings?

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From what i recall, there wasn't much left of the Canadian fuselage other than a very beat up partial cockpit/radio room.
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As longs as most of the hardware survived, this can be rebuild. The fuselage is just aluminum sheet held together with aluminum ribs. The rest is rivets and hardware.

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From what I heard in the Warbird radio show, they are looking for a fuselage to use as the base of "new" Liberty Belle and incorporate parts from the original Liberty Belle into this fuselage.

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lmritger wrote:
Kermit Weeks took a tour of the shop a week or two ago and posted a couple photos on his Facebook page; work is already well underway on the fuselage structure.

Liberty Belle will fly again!!!


Kermit's pictures are of the Labrador B-17 rebuild. As far as I know, no final decision has been made as to the direction of the Liberty Belle rebuild.

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Will the 'new' "Liberty Belle" be a restoration or recreation?
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Will the 'new' "Liberty Belle" be a restoration or recreation?
(RUN FOR COVER!!) :axe:
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From the sounds of it, both! :drink3:

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