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Well done, guys! It's been a long seven years!

Pat 'n Steve up front, I presume?

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CONGRATS YOU GUYS! A job well done! Can't wait to see the finished product! It will be a stunner for sure.

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Here's a first short video from the restoration team. I have much more to come. We have cameras in the cockpit, on the right wing tank and on the belly just aft of the bomb bay. This short has a camera at American Aero filming the takeoff and me at the end of the runway for a flyover. Turn up the sound!

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Great job.... :drink3:

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Dan K wrote:


So when was the first flight.............today.............or July 8th?


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The first flight was Saturday. Today was a public first Official Flight.

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hawkeyepoole wrote:
The first flight was Saturday. Today was a public first Official Flight.


That makes sense now.


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Huge congratulations and VERY WELL DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Congrats to all involved! I can't believe it's been seven years already.

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Great Job guys!


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Thanks for the good wishes. We had two commemorative flights today. One to celebrate the first A-26 flight on 10 July 1942 and the second was to give two of the original A-26 Nimrod pilots the chance to fly their old airplane again. Tim and Jay were delighted to take the reins. It had been since 1969 that they last flew Kay. Our team was very proud to make this happen!! We have more maintenance flights to do and then we hope to find a good paintshop opportunity. We have posted video of the flights on YouTube and http://www.facebook.com/a26specialkay


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Fantastic, great job folks! Especially great to hear two original Nimrods were given a proper homecoming!

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