Maty12 wrote:
I'd rather see them indoors or flying in Brazil, though the latter is quite unlikely. There are many places you can go in the US to find a P-47, A-26 or B-17, but these types are quite rare here, the P-47 being the most plentiful. If we count aircraft that are airworthy, on display, being restored or in storage all together there are over 30 P-47s in the US, we have 5. Y'all have around 70 A-26s, we have 3. Y'all have 40 B-17s, we have 2.
They served here, some for over a decade, why ship them off to the US? Honestly I think they could be much better utilized here, the P-47s specifically would be pretty useful for teaching people about Brazil's role in WW2 since we had an entire Group of those in the MTO.
Agreed. Can someone put together a list of those birds and their status? I know the Air Force museum has one that is airworthy but not flown. Or is it two? Would be great to see them eventually operate as some sort of Air Force based honor squadron like the BBMF or the new Indian Wing trying to get off the ground.