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For the 1000's produced

Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2014 9:15 pm
by fatman
I thought there would have been more than 1 flyable version left

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF9VZSkVZI0

Re: For the 1000's produced

Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2014 9:29 pm
by CUDA
Same thing with th P-38 only 7 flyable in the world. Only 1 F, the other 6 are all J's and L's

Re: For the 1000's produced

Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2014 6:22 am
by nicolas10
wrong engine :-(

Re: For the 1000's produced

Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2014 7:28 pm
by HappyHappy
I doubt there is a running or rebuildable engine for it anywhere.
But that said few or in some cases no warbird types survive if they were
not hot and sexy like P-51s and Spits.
There is a rather extensive extinct list out of WWII.

Sterlings, Halifaxes, Brewster F2As, just to name three.

Heck, there are no big pieces of a Sterling around as far as I know.

Seems that airplanes that can make a living survive in numbers.

C-47s, C-46s, C-45s etc.

Fame seems to save few from the smelter, think Lancaster, only two airworthy
and usualy only one of them.

Time has and will take it's toll, but it would be nice to have a Sterling on static display somewhere....

HH

Re: For the 1000's produced

Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 12:05 am
by CUDA
Went to Paul Allens heritage museum in Seattle. They have the only flyable D9 dora on the world and an original KI 43 pulled from the jungles of Rubal