Good News for Hellcat Fans!

[Warbirdnerd]

Paul Allen's F6F is inching towards a return to the sky!
From their Facebook page:

[The Inspector]

GOODY! Another R-2800 beating up KPAE, it could only get better if either P.A. or John Sessions would buy a DC-6. I've always said you could make $99 Million dollars if you could bottle the sounds of a DC-6 taxiing and sell it to kids driving CAMAROS BLOOPATA-BLOOPATA-BLOOPATA

[Pat Carry]

gr8, kool, fantastic!

[Matt_in_NC]

Awesome news! Does anyone know the story with this airframe? I saw pictures of it years ago looking beautiful in its '00' markings, but I'm guessing it needed re-restoring to bring it up to collection standards? Thanks in advance!

[C VEICH]

Most excellent news for sure. This one has been dormant for much too long, IMHO.

[JohnCFord]

The Hellcat is officially my favorite Navy airplane. Is there a link to Paul Allen's FB page?

~J~

[Warbirdnerd]

The Hellcat is officially my favorite Navy airplane. Is there a link to Paul Allen's FB page?

~J~

Here you go...
http://www.facebook.com/flyingheritagecollection

[Fight2FlyPhoto]

GOODY! Another R-2800 beating up KPAE, it could only get better if either P.A. or John Sessions would buy a DC-6. I've always said you could make $99 Million dollars if you could bottle the sounds of a DC-6 taxiing and sell it to kids driving CAMAROS BLOOPATA-BLOOPATA-BLOOPATA

It's not a DC-6, but John does have a DC-3 on its way this year.

[The Inspector]

Yeah, Merrill Wien (of the late Wien Air Alaska) and his son flew it into KPAE about 3 years ago on it's way to someplace in British Columbia to be gone through (DAVEYMAC 82, you on this??) it had a radar extended nose and other aftermarket mods, not sure what it will show back up with.

[krislhull]

Here is a recent photo of John's DC-3. It was taken last fall by Nathan McGrew, AKA BigNate on WIX...


Kris

[Pat Carry]

Here is a recent photo of John's DC-3. It was taken last fall by Nathan McGrew, AKA BigNate on WIX...


Kris

Is it me or does it look like a photo of a model DC-3?

[wingman1]

Here is a recent photo of John's DC-3. It was taken last fall by Nathan McGrew, AKA BigNate on WIX...


Kris

nice model kit!

[Warbird Kid]

Its a really cool effect you can do to photos called tilt shift. Here, somebody's made a do it yourself web app for this:
http://tiltshiftmaker.com/

[cooper9411]

First thing I thought, wow cool model!

[Chappie]

If this is the Hellcat I think it is I fuelled it up at Sussex County Airport in Delaware around 1993-ish. It was flown over from a private airstrip before flying out the next day. I never knew where it went.

I took a few shots of her sitting on the ramp. I was on nightshift that night and the canopy was unlocked....so.....well yeah I sat in it for about 10 minutes looking around.


Chappie