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A Few B-23 Pics

Sat Jul 03, 2010 6:31 pm

Here are a few of N62G, the CAF Cajun Wing B-23 I flew with as Wing Maint Officer & Crew Chief..................Long ago & far away================
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A Very Young Keith Hibbet & Robbie Stuart :shock:

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Re: A Few B-23 Pics

Sat Jul 03, 2010 8:06 pm

Robbie Stuart wrote:
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A Very Young Keith Hibbet & Robbie Stuart :shock:

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You're not kidding those are old pics...you're drinking a Blatz! :lol:





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Re: A Few B-23 Pics

Sat Jul 03, 2010 9:38 pm

Here's my B-23 photo. Never got a ride but sat it the right seat while Bob
ran the engines and taxied to check the brakes.
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Re: A Few B-23 Pics

Sun Dec 25, 2011 1:00 am

Been some B-23 talk lately, so I bumped this one back. :shock:

Re: A Few B-23 Pics

Sun Dec 25, 2011 1:11 am

Oh, and here I thought we were going to let Jack's "Members Only" jacket die a quiet death in thread-obscurity.

Re: A Few B-23 Pics

Sun Dec 25, 2011 9:19 pm

Dan K wrote:
Robbie Stuart wrote:
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A Very Young Keith Hibbet & Robbie Stuart :shock:

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The name Keith Hibbet sounds familiar...did he own an immaculate yellow Stearman in the mid to late 1990's? If so, I got my first and only Stearman ride in that plane. It looked better than new.

-Pat

Re: A Few B-23 Pics

Mon Dec 26, 2011 11:49 am

I have a friend that would like to purchase a B-23, preferably a flyer or close to it. He has a small warbird and cash to put towards the acquisition. Any for sale now?

Re: A Few B-23 Pics

Mon Dec 26, 2011 2:34 pm

Pat wrote:
Dan K wrote:
Robbie Stuart wrote:
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A Very Young Keith Hibbet & Robbie Stuart :shock:

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The name Keith Hibbet sounds familiar...did he own an immaculate yellow Stearman in the mid to late 1990's? If so, I got my first and only Stearman ride in that plane. It looked better than new.

-Pat

Yea man, that's the same dude. He drives "Big Iron" for FedEx now. I am proud to say I had a lot to do with the direction he took in aviation. 8)

Re: A Few B-23 Pics

Tue Dec 27, 2011 12:03 pm

Nice photos! :D

Is the B-23 with the yellow on the cowls the Dragon that is now at McChord?

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Re: A Few B-23 Pics

Thu Apr 26, 2012 8:08 pm

The B-23 is such a beautiful airplane. The CAF needs to get a Dragon again.

Re: A Few B-23 Pics

Thu Apr 26, 2012 9:19 pm

Why,.......they just sold theirs a couple of years ago.

Re: A Few B-23 Pics

Fri Apr 27, 2012 12:43 am

Here it is:
http://www.1941hag.org/b_23_dragon.html

Re: A Few B-23 Pics

Fri Apr 27, 2012 5:14 am

marine air wrote:I have a friend that would like to purchase a B-23, preferably a flyer or close to it. He has a small warbird and cash to put towards the acquisition. Any for sale now?



The seldom-seem Moses Lake bird perhaps.

I saw it in November, she's hangared and looks to be in fine shape.
I have a few new photos, but since I don't have a photobucket account, can't post them here.

Re: A Few B-23 Pics

Fri Apr 27, 2012 7:20 am

Interesting to me that a fair number of them survived into the 1960s after only about 40 (?) were made. The museum at McChord AFB used to have one, at least until a few years ago.

Re: A Few B-23 Pics

Fri Apr 27, 2012 11:29 am

The B-23 for sale for many years is now being made airworthy:
http://www.sandersaircraft.com/restorat ... attery.asp
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