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P-63 Folks:

Good day!

Anyone knows the status of a P-63E fuselage & couple of spare P-63 parts stored at Gosshawk?

The P-63 bare metal fuselage used to be at one time on the yard. Any close-ups of this airframe/parts will be appreciated.

Tks in advance

I assume you mean these? I took these pics 10+ years ago when visiting Champlin (before the collection was moved)

Chasd25:

Good day!

Yes! Those are the fuselages!Nice pics. Tks!

One of them is the former CAF N9004R /FAH 404 that cought fire in-flight c Apr 1964 in Mercedes, TX. The second sample is the poss FAS 402.

Did you take close-ups of the wings on the floor also?? Do you live nearby for some other shots?? Where are these fuselages now??

Tks in advance

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Tillerman.

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Jets are nice. Props are nicer.

Hi zorro7,

What info do you need? I have a flying P-63F in the hangar that we just spent two years reassembling.

Thanks!

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Ray Clausen
Maintenance Officer
Centex Wing of the CAF

Ray:

Good day!!

Congratulations on that great restoration effort on your CAF P-63F!

These are some of the close-ups that I'd like to have for my P-63E/F research:

1 Pictures of how the main struts attach the wing itself.

2.As you look fwd sitting aft of the main landing gear cavities: Plz see if you can read what are the numbers R/L stamped on the main wing spar??

3. Close-ups of 3 mod ID plates on the R/S of fuselage only. One is aft of the cabin,2nd, aft of the engine & the last one next to the R/H stab. They are about 2 inches each. They may be covered with paint. I'm looking for the E-X numbers on each plate.

4. Close-up of th Bell ID plate in the cockpit & doors.

5. Any idea of the whereabouts of the 2nd P-63F built by Bell??

Tks for your time & attention

Here's the one pic I took of the wings. These were taken about 10 years ago, I was visiting in the area. Sorry, that's all the info I know. I do recall that the info posted next two these stated they were recovered from Russia/Soviet Union.