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I did snap a few Scott. I will put them up on web shots as soon as I can get them downloaded and cleaned up. You will, of course, be able to use any of them that you like in the registry.

PS- I even snapped a few pics of a couple of military marked Navions for you!

Thanks Chad!

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At least one of those Harpoons is the one formerly owned by the Collings Foundation that was sold to AN Vintage Restorations a few years ago. It was a bird sold at the Globe auction in the mid-80s. It will be a while before that will be flying.

Ryan Keough

Hi All,

Perhaps I can shed a little more light on the PV's at Mesa. The five Harpoons currently at Mesa and their owners are:

N7483C--Kermit Weeks
N7273C--Kermit Weeks
N7268C--Gene Packard
N7454C--Vintage Aircraft
N86492--Bob Reed

An A&P friend examined all five airframes inside and out back in February and wasn't too impressed with any of them. Instruments missing, glass crapped out from the heat, disintegrated wiring harnesses, and (most unfortunately) ALL showing some level of corrosion on the main spar. Believe me, this is the major bugaboo with surviving Harpoons. The Harpoon that I've had the opportunity to work on is owned by the Wisconsin Wing of the CAF, and since corrosion was evident on the spar they wound up milling & drilling a replacement...expensive and time-consuming!

It would appear that Tim Savage's and the CAF's Harpoons will see wind under the wings at about the same time. Tim, as soon as you pull that beast into bomber row at OSH the overpriced burgers are on me!

For updates on the CAF's Harpoon try: www.cafwi.org

Dan

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