Warbird Information Exchange

footage of the Twin Mustang coming back to the ramp after it's maiden flight.
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Matt Gunsch, A&P, IA, Warbird maint and restorations
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I heard the B-32 Dominator is set to fly next.

Kind of a "weak" April Fools joke since the XP-82 Twin Mustang is probably actually not too far from a first flight.

Better would have been one about the P-61.....

Or Desert Rat/Tangerine. Wasn't it supposed to be finished on "Thursday"?

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)

Matt, I'm gonna come beat you up....

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"There are old pilots and bold pilots but few old, bold pilots."

Must of shrunk flying through the clouds..

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Cheers,
Peter

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Speakingof.......

What about the one in Anoka MN under resto for years.....

Any news?

I was part of a tour at C&P Aviation back in November, along with some other guys from the CAF MN Wing, and although not completely bolted together, the airframe itself is very near complete, including both outer wing sections, cowls, etc. (the largest sheet metal tasks remaining were in the process of being done at the time we were there - those being the radiator intake scoops and landing gear spade doors (which they were also making sets to send to Reilly). With the C&P Twin Mustang, the biggest remaining factor is just the engines, which are being overhauled in-house (these being the super-rare, and powerful G6 Allisons, of which they have enough to build/overhaul four engines - two lefts and two rights). When asked about time-scale/when it may be expected to fly, it sounded like potentially 2017 at the earliest. This year marks 16 years since C&P began restoring it. There are some other really interesting projects also being undertaken by and for C&P at this time, and others waiting in the wings.

Tks John.

Not a lot of recent pictures of it floating around.

Should be interesting.....

Ditto, thanks John - much appreciated.

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Zac in NZ
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Thanks John, Like the O-47? Man-O-Man, I Just Love that 'ol Fat Bird ! can't wait to see it, ( or the POF's) in the sky again !!

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