Warbird Information Exchange

I don't know what the MVMVC guy's have, but I know of no Beetles or Kubelwagens in the GMMVC.

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I will be pulling these pics off the hosting site I use one week from today (7/28). If any of you have not already made copies of the ones that interest you, please do so.

Thank you all for your interest.

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Hey,
I was told this story yesterday and I remembered seeing this airplane in an old pic posted by Alfred.
It used to be in all white with a red lightning bolt on the side, later being painted in its original TV-2 orange and white

I remember reading this accident report back in May but the tail number didnt click.
Apparently the airplane was on its way home with the new owner and it had a fuel transfer issue that caused fuel to be pumped into a full tank and subsequently overboard.

NTSB Identification: DEN04LA082
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Friday, May 28, 2004 in Calhan, CO
Aircraft: Lockheed TV-2, registration: N6617
Injuries: 2 Uninjured.

This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.

On May 28, 2004, at approximately 2000 mountain daylight time, a Lockheed TV-2, N6617, operated by ATG Flight Services INC., was substantially damaged when it overran the runway during a precautionary landing at Calhan Airport (1V6), Calhan, Colorado. The airline transport certificated pilot, and his airline transport certificated co-pilot were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. An instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed for the cross-country flight being conducted under Title 14 CFR Part 91. The flight originated at Salina, Kansas, at approximately 1840.

According to the pilot, they were en route to Centennial Airport (APA), Denver Colorado. At approximately 1950, he contacted Denver Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON), and reported a "fuel emergency." The pilot made a precautionary landing at Calhan, on runway 35 (4,565 feet by 50 feet wide, dirt strip, at an elevation of 6,450 feet msl).

During the landing roll, the airplane departed the end of the runway and struck a ditch, collapsing both main landing gear assemblies. The airplane slid approximately 200 feet, and came to a stop in an open field. The impact with the ditch separated both main landing gear assemblies from the wing spar. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings and the lower aft fuselage.

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I did some looking and I found it in my files. It's in the background of the F9F Panther picture. I'll repost it tonight after work.

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Not much to look at now Rob. As per the post at the top of this page I pulled these photos down months ago.

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Sorry for reviving a very old thread, but I would love to see these pictures!!!

They were some great times!

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Well this is a blast from the past. This was AT LEAST four computers ago and maybe five. Many of my aviation files were lost in a transfer a long time ago and while I have the hard copies they were scanned from still, I don't have any way to scan them anymore. HOWEVER, since you asked so nice I will award you the boobyprrrrrr...er...NICE GUY...yeah, sure the polite nice guy wonderful human being kind to puppies and old ladies award. Here is a picture from an airshow long ago. When this picture was new so was this thread. I have a very few others that survived the death of my PC from this show so additional clues may be forthcoming if no one gets it from this one very poor disposable camera crudball picture. There are people still on WIX who were there with me who could get it....maybe.

NAME THAT AIRSHOW!

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It's you and me against the world.

We attack at dawn.