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02-07-2009, 09:41 PM
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| IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO   Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado, USA
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02-08-2009, 10:42 AM
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| Group Purchase? Group Purchase? COUNT ME IN!!!! |
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02-08-2009, 11:06 AM
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| I'll contribute what I can for the cause!
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02-08-2009, 01:21 PM
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| Hey! If this becomes serious (which it could!), I'm in! I might not be able to donate much, but I'd rather miss a meal or a few pints than see that bird rot! I suppose it's not unrealistiic to purchase it, but hangaring/restoration and display for static exhibition etc would be another thing. Unless there's a museum that could support the idea also?
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02-08-2009, 02:33 PM
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| I don't think it's really out of reason for us to all pitch in and purchase that bird. We have a number of folks here that are involved in aircraft restoration and know how to raise funding through various activities.
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02-08-2009, 03:01 PM
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| How cool would it be to see this bird flying at airshows flashing the ww2aircraft.net logo. Sweet huh!
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02-08-2009, 03:02 PM
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| We doing it then?!! EDIT: Just remembered, I posted some pics of a similar-looking B25 in this thread a couple of days ago. This was the one that arrived at Duxford, UK, in 1988, and is a relatively rare early example. Just so people know what it looks like, and what can be done, this aircraft was operational, but was then fully restored inside and out, as a R.A.F. Mitchell III, and now looks superb!
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02-08-2009, 07:39 PM
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| The Pop-Tart Whisperer  Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Jersey, United States
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| Well, purchase is one thing - upkeep totally different. Of course, though, I know of a friendly, WW2 airport and museum close-by that has the room to store if needed. It also begs the question - where's Pbfoot? Doesn't he volunteer at a great place for just this sort of thing?
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02-08-2009, 07:46 PM
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02-09-2009, 05:45 AM
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02-09-2009, 06:30 AM
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02-09-2009, 11:24 AM
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My question is, if the owners are in Texas, what's the plane doing in Franklin, Va. ?? Dare I write a letter making some discreat inquiries ?? Charles
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02-09-2009, 11:27 AM
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You'd be surprised how many aircraft are left to rot on airport tarmacs. Its even worse when one is a B-25!
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02-09-2009, 11:29 AM
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| Charles you gotta do it.....count me in ill help in anyway i can
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02-09-2009, 11:55 AM
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| Charles - talk to the airport manager and see what he knows about the aircraft. Also find out if the owner is up to date on their tie down fees. I worked for someone who acquired a Cessna 150 and a Stinson 108 by paying off their delinquent tie down fees and then placing a lien on the aircraft.
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