Warbirds in Branson, Mo
Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:33 pm
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I thought it was a PV-2, but the lady at the counter informed me this is a Lockheed Hudson???
http://s158.photobucket.com/albums/t120 ... y08074.jpg
http://s158.photobucket.com/albums/t120 ... y08065.jpg
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I thought it was a PV-2, but the lady at the counter informed me this is a Lockheed Hudson???
http://s158.photobucket.com/albums/t120 ... y08074.jpg
http://s158.photobucket.com/albums/t120 ... y08065.jpg
http://s158.photobucket.com/albums/t120 ... y08066.jpg
Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:03 pm
That's definitely not a Hudson or a Lodestar. Look at the shape of the lower rear fuselage. It's either a Ventura or Harpoon. It appears to have a civilianized nose.
Cheers!
Cheers!
I sure do hope that P-51 is a plastic mockup
Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:02 pm
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Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:26 pm
It's definately a PV-2 Harpoon..you can tell by the canopy and the shape of the tails. Odd-shaped nose, though..it's not the "D" model strafer nose. As mentioned, it must be a civil mod.
SN
SN
Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:27 pm
Mustang has to be fiber........
But the Lockheed ......gives a new definition to warbird preservation
Whatever saves it from the scrapman is OK with me.....I guess
Even with clown colors 
BTW, what is the location vocation ? Water park ?
But the Lockheed ......gives a new definition to warbird preservation
Whatever saves it from the scrapman is OK with me.....I guess
Even with clown colors
BTW, what is the location vocation ? Water park ?
Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:35 pm
Mini golf course....same owner as the PV-2 in Myrtle Beach.....This is located about 2 miles further west, on the same street as the replica P-51...As a native of Missery, it has been over 28 years since I was last in Branson, or Silver Dollar City.....boy, have things changed! Now they have at least 4 go-cart tracks in town! What a rip!.....
When I walked up to the cashiers cage to inquire about the Harpoon, the girl behind the wire produced a flyer with a picture of a Hudson on it and the history of the Hudson on it....she told me that the owner bought it "at the boneyard"...I asked if she could tell the differences between what was on the flyer and what was on the magic rock pile.....she looked at me like I was annoying her and told me there was no difference.....Seeing that this blonde female was living so close to the Arkansas border, I didn't argue............One of the male employees there did come up out of ear shot of the girl, and told me it actually was a PV-2, and that it had actual combat time when it served with the USAF in Viet Nam......I give up.
When I walked up to the cashiers cage to inquire about the Harpoon, the girl behind the wire produced a flyer with a picture of a Hudson on it and the history of the Hudson on it....she told me that the owner bought it "at the boneyard"...I asked if she could tell the differences between what was on the flyer and what was on the magic rock pile.....she looked at me like I was annoying her and told me there was no difference.....Seeing that this blonde female was living so close to the Arkansas border, I didn't argue............One of the male employees there did come up out of ear shot of the girl, and told me it actually was a PV-2, and that it had actual combat time when it served with the USAF in Viet Nam......I give up.
Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:52 pm
Hahaha! Too funny.
Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:31 pm
I knew it was a Lockheed but thought it was a P-38!