Dans65
Airman
This aircraft is being restored to a flyable condition, can you guess what it is? I bet you folks know!
Guess what plane this is...
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buffnut453
Captain
P-61 Black Widow - easy, peasy lemon-squeezy!!
Aaron Brooks Wolters
Brigadier General
Ya beat me to it.
evangilder
"Shooter"
Unless you are talking about the rudder on the left, which would be an SNJ-4.
buffnut453
Captain
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Dans65
Airman
AW MAN,
You guys got it too fast! Great job!!
And yes the Navy version of the Stearman is right next to it. But what you can't see is the B-25J Mitchell.
Thanks for playing!
You guys got it too fast! Great job!!
And yes the Navy version of the Stearman is right next to it. But what you can't see is the B-25J Mitchell.
Thanks for playing!
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evangilder
"Shooter"
Nice one. Where are these located?
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Dans65
Airman
Mid Atlantic Air Museum in Reading, Pa.
WELCOME TO THE MID-ATLANTIC AIR MUSEUM
Great little museum, wonderful people and down right friendly!
evangilder
"Shooter"
Cool. I should have remembered that. I read an article about their Black Widow restoration a while back. I love the old air museums. They all seem to be full of friendly and knowledgeable folks. But then, I guess we are all in there because of a shared interest in aviation.
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
C'mon...I thought ya'll were talking about the ultra-light up in the rafters...
beaupower32
Tech Sergeant
This aircraft is being restored to a flyable condition, can you guess what it is? I bet you folks know!
From the looks of it things are going very well for the Widow. Tail booms are installed, and eng cowlings, wiring harnesses and tires are ready for install. They have a eng they are going to install for counter balance. I am for one ready to see her fly, it will be a beautiful thing to see.
evangilder
"Shooter"
I wish I could be there to see the maiden flight. Well, if the lotto comes through, maybe I will be.
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Dans65
Airman
They are using 55 gallon drums as counter balances at the moment and most of the plumbing that could see were done and modernized.
Ahh, good call, that's the YP-61 'Light Widow'
Ya know, that is so true, I was at the USAF Museum in Dayton, Ohio and one of the curators there asked if I would like to tour the XB-70 Cockpit. I told him how I loved the plane/bomber, he just asked offered. Unfortunately, my commanders decided it was not allowed to let us have anymore days off from then on and I had no spare time to get away after that.
And another time after an Air Show my plane needed to be towed back to our ramp, but the SR-71A (NASA) was parked in front of us, so we toured around it and the crewchief and I talked for awhile and I had the chance to sit in the cockpit, (I didn't), I was too dumbfounded of the awness that surrounded this mystic aircraft. It was just cool to be so close to it, I guess.
8) Very cool! Looking forward to seeing some updates on its progress and hopefully the finished article in the not so distant future.
