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B29Gunner
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I'm very happy to report that the VAC's C-47 "Tico Belle" successfully flapped her wings yesterday for the first time after an extensive 8 year rebuild! Congrats to all involved!!

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Hooray!

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That is great to see. Congrats.

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Up, up, and away! Wind beneath her wings again!!! Gotta feel so good! She looks nice, but those invasion stripes, you sure you painted them with a mop!? They look so clean! :wink: Now you need to find 30 guys if full gear that are crazy enough to jump out of a perfectly good airplane!
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Absolutely AWESOME!
Great to see that they were able to save her and get her back where she belongs!
Kudo's to the VAC and their volunteers!
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Outstanding work and she's looking good!!!

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:D Very good news indeed. :lol:
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Congratulations to all involved!

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This is great news. I know that they have been working hard on getting her back in the air where she belongs.

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That's really great news!

I sure hope they don't paint it. I think it looks really good/authentic having so many different colours of green and the patchy-ness of it. Looks great!

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Congrats! another Gooney is the sky.......

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B29Gunner, thanks for posting that good news and photo!

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"I sure hope they don't paint it. I think it looks really good/authentic
having so many different colours of green and the patchy-ness of it."

Think I heard they recently found a photo of what this particular aircraft
actually looked like in combat.
Believe the correct lettering/numbers are as shown in this years airshow
poster below, not what is currently on the a/c.
Would not be surprised if that much is repainted.

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That is awesome. I have been there, a number of years ago, and it looked great. Awesoem to see that it is flying again.

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