National WWII Museum's B-25
Sat Dec 01, 2012 11:39 am
They are prepping the fuselage for display. Does anyone know the s/n for this bird and do they have the wings for it?
Photo from their Facebook page:
Photo from their Facebook page:
Re: National WWII Museum's B-25
Sat Dec 01, 2012 12:23 pm
I thought the gentleman posting on the B-17 said that there was a B-25J to be converted to PBJ. Maybe the process is ongoing?
Re: National WWII Museum's B-25
Sat Dec 01, 2012 12:37 pm
According to Scott Thompson's site, it's a "J" (possibly a post-war conversion to a TB-25L/N used until the late 50s as a ME trainer) that came from a Minnesota amusement park (where I saw it as a kid) that ended up at Aero Trader.
Yes, they have wings for it....maybe not the wings it was made with, perhaps Aero Trader switched them with others from stock?
Yes, they have wings for it....maybe not the wings it was made with, perhaps Aero Trader switched them with others from stock?
Re: National WWII Museum's B-25
Sat Dec 01, 2012 12:58 pm
JohnB wrote:According to Scott Thompson's site, it's a "J" (possibly a post-war conversion to a TB-25L/N used until the late 50s as a ME trainer) that came from a Minnesota amusement park (where I saw it as a kid) that ended up at Aero Trader.
Yes, they have wings for it....maybe not the wings it was made with, perhaps Aero Trader switched them with others from stock?
Thanks John. That makes it 44-29812 and the first warbird I ever touched...
Re: National WWII Museum's B-25
Sat Dec 01, 2012 4:02 pm
Warbirdnerd wrote: Thanks John. That makes it 44-29812 and the first warbird I ever touched...
Likewise, with the possible exception of a PBY that showed up at Duluth one day around the same time (1968) and excepting the active duty AF C-47s and C-54s that were still around airbases when I was growing up.
Re: National WWII Museum's B-25
Sun Dec 02, 2012 3:15 pm
44-29812 had a glass nose in older photos (see the Registry); was it changed to a gun nose to represent a particular aircraft?
Re: National WWII Museum's B-25
Mon Dec 03, 2012 7:32 am
Chris Brame wrote:44-29812 had a glass nose in older photos (see the Registry); was it changed to a gun nose to represent a particular aircraft?
Yes, but to represent an attack version. I imagine the plexiglass nose remained at Chino With Aero Trader for resale so more money can be made on paying flights on future up-grades/restorations.
Re: National WWII Museum's B-25
Mon Dec 03, 2012 10:34 am
Should have made it a 71st BS, 38th BG "Wolf Head" ...
Re: National WWII Museum's B-25
Mon Dec 03, 2012 7:45 pm
gawd the B-25 is B i t c h i n' in any configuration except scrapped
Re: National WWII Museum's B-25
Mon Dec 03, 2012 8:23 pm
Even the one sitting outside at the Soplata place is still freakin awesome even though it needs serious attention. 