All this fuss because of Bob Bean's ratty old Corsairs?
Some of the most photographed warbirds around - hardly a year goes by that someone doesn't turn up with a "I-took-some-photos-of-these-old-airplanes" story about them.
Man, Mark, I know you don't need that cr@p right now. Yours isn't the only loss to history - the Forgotten Jets site used to have
tons of photos of individual aircraft, but there was grousing from a few folks (mainly overseas) about some of them so they were
all pulled by the owner. (Luckily some of the pages were saved complete to archive.org)
My condolences on the loss of your friends. Were there any damages around Cuyama? My friend has a ranch near there with a riverbed running through it that floods out now and then.
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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)