I am trying to identify a Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat in Majuro Lagoon, Marshall Islands. The aircraft was stripped of it's engine, main instrument panel, left and right consoles, and all six .50 cal guns and dumped in the lagoon. Pacific Wrecks (Pacific Wrecks - F6F-3 Hellcat Bureau Number 25116)...
This excellent aircraft is hangared, and flown from: Grass Valley, CA. Ground Up Rebuild: 82-87 by Dick Empey, then always hangared. Stits Fabric Paint: Very Good. TTAF: 3702, SMOH: 600. NavCom: KX 170B, KI 201C VOR, KT76 with encoding, The paint scheme as seen in the images and the video was...
This story starts when I was a kid - my dad found some pieces of a lend - lease fighter that had crashed by our house on the way to Russia. My dad did some research, and became aquainted with a guy who well call Blake, who wreckhunts and has wrote a couple books about it. He stopped by our house...
I have been building up a website with my personal collection of warbird pictures that I have taken over the years. Please stop by and check it out
Warbird Photo
I can't wait to get some videos and other items from my collection up.
Keep Em' Flying
Here is your chance to support a Women in Aviation chapter in Southeastern Michigan.
We have created a calendar that features some of our members with WWII era war birds. Proceeds from the sale of this calendar will help us promote our support to the community, by hosting aviation related...
Being able to obtain valuable aircraft information online is great. I had some issues initially regarding costs but as this has now been resolved I thought it may be prudent to provide an update on current status and not reflect on past issues.
Update: Notification: I understand that this...