 | An old B-25 sitting in Amish Country, Ohio| Aircraft Pictures Discuss An old B-25 sitting in Amish Country, Ohio in the World War II - Aviation forums; Found this in my adventures through my local area, A man has a rather large collection of Aircraft in his ... |
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11-08-2007, 01:06 PM
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Country:  | An old B-25 sitting in Amish Country, Ohio
Found this in my adventures through my local area, A man has a rather large collection of Aircraft in his backyard, wish I had more information on the bird, but all I know is it is a B-25. | 
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11-08-2007, 01:23 PM
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| Could you get any serial numbers?
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11-08-2007, 02:35 PM
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Country: | Does the name "Walter Soplata" mean anything to you? It could be this aircraft collection outside of Cleveland, Ohio, that was featured in a recent issue of Smithsonian's Air & Space Magazine. Go here: The Soplata Airplane Sanctuary
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11-08-2007, 08:34 PM
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Country: | Look at the lower middle of the Magazine photo and I think you can see the B-25. Black painting on the wings seem to match Socialdecay's pics.
Fantastic story, though!
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11-08-2007, 09:35 PM
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Country: | Yes, it is infact Mr. Soplata's collection. Sadly I did not have permission the one time I was there, and that is where the pictures come from. I hope in the spring to go back with permission, and a better camera than a cell phone.
I didn't get any shots of the numbers on that plane for some reason. I got a few on another plane or two, as well as the MiG-21 that is up the road about 4 miles from Mr. Soplata's farm. | |
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11-09-2007, 05:28 AM
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11-09-2007, 01:27 PM
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Country: | Wow! Too bad it isn't open to visitors, it would be great to climb in and look around.
F-82 being restored to flyable condition?! Hot!
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11-09-2007, 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted by SoD Stitch  Does the name "Walter Soplata" mean anything to you? It could be this aircraft collection outside of Cleveland, Ohio, that was featured in a recent issue of Smithsonian's Air & Space Magazine. Go here: The Soplata Airplane Sanctuary | Fantastic story.
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11-16-2007, 07:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Gnomey Fantastic story. | I couldn't agree more 
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11-23-2007, 03:10 PM
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Country:  | Simply amazing!!!!   I wish there were more people like this man! I think Paul Garber was such a personality, he helped the salvation and preservation of some unique aircraft!
As a side note, Garber's name is not so famous, as he should be! The aviation history owes him a lot! In that direction, I noticed that no article about him existed in the Wikipedia. So I gathered some details and created it, however the English is not my primary language, so it will be good if someone American or Brit find time and "polish" the words and the grammar of the article /the Wikipedia is opened, anyone can make changes in the articles/ | |
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