Recent content by CAVU Mark

Anyone have an idea what this book is worth? It is a bit worn but the pages are intact and it is complete. Thanks for the help.

Original Aeronca Drawings indicate the data plate was on the baggage compartment sidewall. If anyone is interested the San Diego Air and Space Museum at Gillespie Field is restoring 43-27165. Stop by and visit.

On the wing root of the TBMs there are 1/4 inch diameter rivets. They are very difficult to rivet. If you visit the WWII Museum in New Orleans you will see my work. That plane was a fire bomber and we brought it back to display quality.

The replicate hangs in the San Diego Air and Space Museum.

And some more.. oops. the last images are of a high altitude intercept and then some concepts when he went to Argentina. A number of years before the F-86 and MIG-15.

And some more..

And some more.

The San Diego Air and Space Museum received a treasury trove of images from the Hortens. Here are a few.

I doubt it is a fuel filter. Lines should be larger for that size engine.

Helldiver pulled from Otay Lakes in San Diego. I worked on it some before Pensacola took it.

Grumman on the rudder pedals is like stirling on silver. Said to me by a Grumman rep repeating a Naval officer.

Gail Halvorson the original Berlin candy bomber.

A few more on the way... Jeep driver is 97 YO C-47 pilot.

New York City fly over

A friend who I helped restore his N2S-5 sent me these. He is part of the D-Day Doll crew flying from LA area now in Germany.