Spare change....

Wed Mar 25, 2009 2:44 am

Mate of mine just sold his Japanese Zero fighter for a large $$$ and brought a DC-3 with ALOT of spare change left over... what a lucky bugger.

Wed Mar 25, 2009 5:42 pm

What scale?

Wed Mar 25, 2009 7:55 pm

scale huh?

We re talking warbird here.. what are you talking?

Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:13 pm

Your friend sold his Reisen they don't change hands very often, do you have the construction number? I like the A6M but the Ki44 was better.

Thu Mar 26, 2009 7:12 am

Any ID on that Reisen yet, Flyingheritage? I'm only familiar with three examples in Australia, all with museums. As Shoki stated, there are just enough WIX Kaigun fans that like to keep track of these things.

Also, any registration info on that DC-3 he acquired?

Thu Mar 26, 2009 7:23 am

Should point out the sale was of a US based Zero...

Thu Mar 26, 2009 7:57 am

Certificate issued on March 17. I take it this is the one then?

http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry ... dfind.y=11

Thu Mar 26, 2009 8:24 am

Confirmed sold there also..

http://bobhannah.com/wbds/

I always wondered why this bird was up for grabs for so long ?

Price ? Condition ?

Thu Mar 26, 2009 5:32 pm

Looks, like it is one of the replica's the Musuem of Flying had built in Russia a few years ago. The aircraft was advertised in Air Classic about a year ago for 1.9 million. That's alot of money for a replica, even a really nice replica.

Thu Mar 26, 2009 6:04 pm

That Zero was sold about a year ago. Tom (the guy who sold it) has had his DC-3 for many years. The Zero is now sitting in Kevin Larosa's hager. You wouldn't believe how nice it is to not bang my head on that Zero in the hanger now. Not really sure when the new owner is going to come and take it away.