A Forum for those interest in vintage NON-military aircraft
Tue Dec 17, 2013 9:40 pm
The CAF Facebook page has video of the first post-restoration flight of the metal fuselage Lockheed Vega. I'm sure more video and pictures will be showing up soon-
-
Wed Dec 18, 2013 5:27 am
Excellent!
Any idea how Kermit's wooden one is progressing at Kimball's?
Wed Dec 18, 2013 10:26 am
Haven't heard anything lately, but Kimballs were working steadily on it last I heard, wing was unskinned and getting ready for re-skinning-
-
Wed Dec 18, 2013 10:54 am
hey, now this really grabs me. next up somebody build an orion. for passengers, was there a commode aboard a Vega? can't wait for airshow season! i mean, i hope i one day get to see this plying the blue sky.
Wed Dec 18, 2013 11:24 am
Is that the metalized one Orville Tosch operated in Alaska about 65 years ago?
Wed Dec 18, 2013 12:19 pm
A very cool looking aircraft! Glad to see one is flying again!
Wed Dec 18, 2013 3:40 pm
Is this a DL? Looks like aluminum (as opposed to wood) construction to me.
Sun Dec 22, 2013 2:18 pm
Anyone know if Mr. Magoffin is talking OSH this year?
Thoughts of the QED attending are already making sleep a challenge.
Sun Dec 22, 2013 4:46 pm
StangStung wrote:Is this a DL? Looks like aluminum (as opposed to wood) construction to me.
It is aluminum. They made 9 Vegas with aluminum fuselages, IIRC.
Wed Jan 01, 2014 8:49 pm
This is the old Tommy Thomas plane out of Oklahoma....he tried to fly it several times in the mid 80s and ground-looped it several times IIRC....
Wed Jan 08, 2014 7:22 am
Is it just me or do those struts look like they don't release evenly? Is it particularly squirrelly on the ground?
Powered by phpBB © phpBB Group.
phpBB Mobile / SEO by Artodia.