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Over yonder, in Indian..er

Wed Jan 03, 2007 8:56 pm

I had the great pleasure today, of meeting Tim Savage.

What a busy man he is! But he made a few minutes in order for us to chat, and showed me around his T-6 restoration and mini-assembly line, of which he is evidently and with plenty of reason, very proud.

He has a group of dedicated people working with him on this, and the evidence of their hard work is there to be seen, the quality of the workmanship is obvious, even on those parts of the airplane that, once the skins are on, will never be seen by the human eye.

Tim, it was really nice to finally say hello in person.



Partial view of the main hangar.

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Attention to detail, quality of workmanship!

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And although security was tight,

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I was able to visit the "mini-production line"

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with three T-6s being built from the ground up.

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The F-104 sits as gate guardian at the Huntington, IN Municipal airport.


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This neat Beech twin is, according to Tim, coming in for some TLC

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This T-33 has seen better times, and now is basically gone; the Memorial Park, Huntington, IN

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This gun turret sits on a lamp-post business, Highway 31, Peru, IN

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The Grissom museum was closed, but this T-2 was outside, in their parking lot.

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Saludos,


Tulio

Wed Jan 03, 2007 9:14 pm

In the first picture, the T-6 with the red tail, is that Bob Pingston's?

Wed Jan 03, 2007 9:17 pm

Great pics, thanks for sharing (always like seeing T-6s with
no "clothes" on....). :D

Bela P. Havasreti

Wed Jan 03, 2007 9:23 pm

warbirdguy wrote:In the first picture, the T-6 with the red tail, is that Bob Pingston's?


No, it is John Bizal's SNJ-5.

Wed Jan 03, 2007 9:29 pm

Gotcha! It looks very similar though.

Thanks for the quick reply!

Re: Over yonder, in Indian..er

Wed Jan 03, 2007 10:38 pm

Tulio wrote:Image



Regarding the boat in the background. Is that the type used on the Search and Rescue SB-17s and PB-1s?

If it is I recall someone a little while ago inquiring if any still existed.

Shay
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Semper Fortis

Wed Jan 03, 2007 11:49 pm

The boat looks like a regular ships launch. The airborne boats had a bit lower profile.
Jerry

Thu Jan 04, 2007 12:30 am

As far as I could tell, it was a plain and simple boat (was this nicknamed a whaler?) and certainly not an aircraft-borne rescue boat.

Of course, I can be wrong, it's happened so many times before : )

Saludos,


Tulio
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