cooper9411 wrote:
I remember that. I was having conversations with Paul at TSWM about another P-47 and he had told me that the asking price for the fuselage was 175K! I know a couple people from TSWM had went to the farm a time or two to inspect the fuselage.
IIRC, they were there to pick up some ailerons to use for the museum's Corsair. They have some pictures too. If I remember, I'll check on Saturday.
cooper9411 wrote:
Walter said to me in 2006 that when he sold any aircraft, part of the agreement was that they would never fly again! I personally can't confirm this or not, merely relaying what Walter said to me. And at that time his health had started to decline. I was told about things that are there that people don't know about.
I've always wondered if he could have managed some sort of legal clause in the sale documents that would require the owner (and any subsequent owners) to prevent the aircraft from being made airworthy. Not that he would actually try that, just if he could have - hypothetically.
If I could make one suggestion to his family, it would be to look into moving the aircraft indoors. Or at the very least try to cover the airframes better, even just with some tarps. Heck, I'd even volunteer to help construct some sort of better protective structure myself. I always hope(d) that some good Samaritan storage owner steps in. I understand that moving them indoors would be expensive and I don't know where you'd find a place to put them, but they have to understand that if they want to have anything left to sell, they better do something.
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