Warbird Information Exchange

I was just reading in the current Air Classics that the museum in Brazil that has a lot of Warbirds like the Bird Cage Corsair and a Spit Mk IX to name a few that were given to the museum as bribes by RR and PW so that the airlines down there would buy engines from them is closed now. Hopefully they all will find there way back to "Texas" and the rest of the U S of A...

Lynn

It would be great to see some of those planes [again]. I'd love to see the S.55.

I haven't heard the bribery accusation before. Any published details on that?

August

It would nice to see them come home to the U.S. and that third world country Texas!
Either would be okay with me!

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"Always remember that, when you enter the ocean or the forest, you are no longer at the top of the food chain."

Roger that and plus its homecoming airshow time down here next May...

Would be nice to see them return or go some place to be appreciated.

Oh by the way, Texas is still a Republic within its own right, its not actually a state, so third world Repulic please.

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Peter
ESAD (E-Science and Digitalisation)

Well, I tell ya !

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WWI & WWII Warbird Fan.

And though I don't live there, Massachusetts is a commonwealth. So that would be okay too!

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"Always remember that, when you enter the ocean or the forest, you are no longer at the top of the food chain."

Wow! I bet there are a lot of organizations and individuals that are winging their hands over this closure and the possibility of getting these aircraft.

They have a beautifully restored Connie. I wonder what its fate will be.

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Ain't no sunshine when she's gone!

any lists of what airframes they have?

There's a list on Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAM_Museum

Looks like they could depress the O-1 market even more

The 109 is gorgeous! I had not seen that one before.

Or maybe the Spit and the Miles could return to good old Blightey.

It would be nice to see the Birdcage Corsair flying again. While I never saw it in person, it had a healthy flying career here in New Zealand before going to Brazil.

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Zac in NZ
#avgeek, modelbuilder, photographer, writer. Callsign: "HANDBAG".
https://linktr.ee/zacyates

"It's his plane, he spent the money to restore it, he can do with it what he wants. I will never understand what's hard to comprehend about this." - kalamazookid, 20/08/2013
"The more time you spend around warbirds the sooner you learn nothing, is simple." - JohnB, 24/02/22

A massive shame if what looks like a great facility and collection is closing.
A loss if the collection is broken up and distributed to places that might already have many warbirds.

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Chris Mellor