Warbird Information Exchange

check Ralph Pettersen's latest update www.conniesurvivors.com/1-connie_news.htm Not good news.

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Ain't no sunshine when she's gone!

Reposted link:

http://www.conniesurvivors.com/1-connie_news.htm#JAN07

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Keep Em' Flying,
Christopher Soltis
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Chicks Dig Warbirds.......right?

Someone needs to contact the MoF. They managed to drag a 1649 from C eh N eh D eh to upstate Noo Yawk to KBFI a few years ago and it's been back on it's feet for a couple of years-

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Don't make me go get my flying monkeys-

So, this connie belongs outright to Evergreen and is sitting in Helena? Does anyone here know how much work needs to be done for a ferry flight? Not to be a mercenary, but, it seems like if you could get the aircraft via a bankruptcy trustee sale that would significantly reduce the amount of cash to aquire and increase the available money to get her to ferry flight status.

Tom P.

I only see speculation about scrapping. The market is quite limited, but it seems pretty close to airworthy as these things go.

The 'gravel gobbler' that Astronaut Bill Anders has at his flying museum (and that Bill flew as sqn commander in Iceland) came from the same A&P school and they went to Helena and disassembled it and trucked it to KBLI and reassembled it. Now they are knocking it down for a move to the new facility @ KBVS, no it won't ever fly again, but up until a few years ago the engines could be started @ the school.

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Don't make me go get my flying monkeys-

Previous thread with much detail:

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=25607

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"Take care of the little things and the big things will take care of themselves."

Maybe some one should call Jack Erickson, He seems to adding to his collection.

Scott....