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 Post subject: Soplata P-47 fuselage
PostPosted: Sat Dec 26, 2020 12:09 pm 
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Does anyone have info on what became of the P-47N fuselage in the Walter Soplata collection?


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Hot off the WIX Press, a shell of a fuselage that a guy with a P-51 may have bought.

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viewtopic.php?f=3&t=71181&hilit=soplata

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The fuselage is fairly complete but was missing the turbosupercharger and it's components. The rest is all there. It doesn't have wings or landing gear. The project also included a nice set of engine cowlings in original OD, a canopy, some early R-2800-CB3 engine cores and a few other spares. It has been moved out of the Soplata collection a couple of months ago and is to be restored to flying. The owner also has a very nice world class P-51D that has won all the awards at Oshkosh a few years ago. Sorry, but I don't have his name.
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