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When Hollywood Ruled The Skies - Volumes 1 through 4 by Bruce Oriss


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PostPosted: Mon May 26, 2014 10:17 am 
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I like the TDR..............................last time I saw it , it had the canopy on it and was on the ground in a storage hangar.


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Does anyone know the real story about the "Zero". There are a couple of pretty obvious things that are not right.


I think the Zero is a compilation of Zero parts put together to make one plane. I don't know the actual history behind it but I couldn't find it in a history of Zero survivors...

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APG85 wrote:
Kyleb wrote:
Does anyone know the real story about the "Zero". There are a couple of pretty obvious things that are not right.


I think the Zero is a compilation of Zero parts put together to make one plane. I don't know the actual history behind it but I couldn't find it in a history of Zero survivors...


There is a really odd bulge just above the intersection of the leading edge of the wing and the fuselage. I suspect there is a lot of "not Zero" in the "Zero".


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Great set of photos! I really like the "As seen at the bottom of Lake Michigan" displays.

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I think the Zero may be one restored by Bob Diemert


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PostPosted: Wed Sep 17, 2014 3:18 pm 
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It is an ex-Diemert Zero.
The last restoration was done by Black Shadow Aviation in Jacksonville before heading to P-Cola in 1992.
http://www.blackshadowaviation.com/bsag ... ubishiA6M5


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