I took some pictures of the White Lightning a while back in the hanger at Stinson. Not having seen the actual wreck, it didn't appear that much had been done if any. I think that part of the booms are crated up, and the plane is sitting on it's own gear. The bottom half of the plane needs LOTS of work. Below are some links to three of the pictures I took. The plane is in a corner with terrible lighting and the planes around it make it hard to take good shots.
Here are the links:
www.doolittleraid.com/whitelightning01.jpg
www.doolittleraid.com/whitelightning02.jpg
I heard that they'd like to move it to Kerrville, TX for the restoration, but I think that they need more funds first.
BTW Here's a plug for the Texas Air Museum there at Stinson. It's not very big, and not the greatest kept, but they do have one of the FW-190s and some other neat stuff there. Worth a stop.
Ryan
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