A-26 44-34104 now listed with Courtesy...

[Warbirdnerd]

Good Looking Bird.


http://courtesyaircraft.com/Current%20I ... nvader.htm

[TAdan]

Is this the Tallichet aircraft that MARC restored? Now on display at the 1941 H.A.G. in Geneseo?

[K5DH]

N99420, registered to M.A.R.C.

Is this a flyer? Low times on engines and props.

[Warbirdnerd]

Is this the Tallichet aircraft that MARC restored? Now on display at the 1941 H.A.G. in Geneseo?

No mention of it being in Geneseo in the Registry:
http://www.warbirdregistry.org/a26regis ... 34104.html

[Warbird Kid]

Well isn't this a disappointment. I was hoping MARC was bringing more aircraft to Geneseo to operate them. Not sell them. If that A-20 ever becomes available as well, I'm sure it wont stay available for long.

[kzollitsch]

Does appear to be the one located at Geneseo. If I recall, it was flown into the field in 2011 and probably hasn't flown since. I was really hoping to see it buzzing around the area for a little while or at least participate in the airshow but I guess that never happened.

[bmoran]

Yeah, that's the one that arrived at Geneseo in 2011. Shucks - I was looking forward to seeing her stay based there and get some sky time... But I am well aware I can't put my money where my mouth is

[kalamazookid]

Well isn't this a disappointment. I was hoping MARC was bringing more aircraft to Geneseo to operate them. Not sell them. If that A-20 ever becomes available as well, I'm sure it wont stay available for long.

Probably just as disappointing to the group in Ohio that restored it for MARC in the first place.

[AHancock51]

Does appear to be the one located at Geneseo. If I recall, it was flown into the field in 2011 and probably hasn't flown since. I was really hoping to see it buzzing around the area for a little while or at least participate in the airshow but I guess that never happened.

Correct, she has not moved since flying in here. Shame really, a beautiful airplane. Glad to see that she is open for a new home, though...

[airknocker]

MARC does not appear to be an operator any more since "Belle" is now flown by the Liberty Foundation.
http://www.flyingmag.com/news/memphis-b ... ODkzNjU2S0

[flightsimer]

Well isn't this a disappointment. I was hoping MARC was bringing more aircraft to Geneseo to operate them. Not sell them. If that A-20 ever becomes available as well, I'm sure it wont stay available for long.

Don't count on it. And be glad it's just one plane and not an entire collection.

That A20 was ripped out of our museum to go to Geneseo along with a P-51D that only had ferry time on it, a P-47D (hairless joe), two P-40's, a P-39, three B-26's, a Fi-156 Storch and a Lysander which all went in different directions at different times. All of which were Tallichet's and all of which were being restored on our dime to flight to be flown by us.

Him doing that practically destroyed our museum as the members didn't have anything to show for the years of hard work they put into the aircraft and the majority left the organization.

The P-47 neded just a prop and cockpit installed before we would have been flying it to air shows I was told. Most of the planes were taken out in the 90's with the A20 being the last WWII plane we had leaving in 2006 or 2007, before I became a member.

[Warbirdnerd]

The Price has been reduced to $159,000.
T-6s and T-34s are selling for more than that!

[bombadier29]

The Price has been reduced to $159,000.
T-6s and T-34s are selling for more than that!

Not having dual controls would probably make it less attractive.

[bombadier29]

That A20 was ripped out of our museum to go to Geneseo along with a P-51D that only had ferry time on it, a P-47D (hairless joe), two P-40's, a P-39, three B-26's, a Fi-156 Storch and a Lysander which all went in different directions at different times. All of which were Tallichet's and all of which were being restored on our dime to flight to be flown by us.

Him doing that practically destroyed our museum as the members didn't have anything to show for the years of hard work they put into the aircraft and the majority left the organization.

The P-47 neded just a prop and cockpit installed before we would have been flying it to air shows I was told. Most of the planes were taken out in the 90's with the A20 being the last WWII plane we had leaving in 2006 or 2007, before I became a member.

What people seem to forget a lot when dealing with Dave Tallichet and his collection is that all of that stuff belonged to him and it was on loan. The museums, groups and organizations all knew he could take the planes back and they stood to loose everything but people kept entering the agreements.

Regarding the P-47, the museum loves to tell the story of how great of condition they had the airplane in and how much work had been done to it and how great it was. The person that purchased the airplane and had it restored-again-tells a totally different story of the great condition.

[flightsimer]

What people seem to forget a lot when dealing with Dave Tallichet and his collection is that all of that stuff belonged to him and it was on loan. The museums, groups and organizations all knew he could take the planes back and they stood to loose everything but people kept entering the agreements.

Regarding the P-47, the museum loves to tell the story of how great of condition they had the airplane in and how much work had been done to it and how great it was. The person that purchased the airplane and had it restored-again-tells a totally different story of the great condition.

Your right, they were on loan, but they were also under contract with us.

I was told that the reason why the 47 and 51 left was because he filed bankruptcy and the judge ordered him to sell them. That p-51 was never supposed to leave the state of Pennsylvania as a part of the agreement in which he got it from the military. It has been sitting in storage since then.

As for the 47, sure they may have had it restored again but that's there prerogative. That does not mean what was done was bad or wrong. Maybe he wanted it restored to a different level of detail or a slightly different configuration. I don't know as I don't know the history of the plane except for when it was with us. All I'm saying is that we would have been flying it very shortly after they took it, at least that is what I have been told.

Again, both were before my time there, so I personally don't know, but that is what I have been told by numerous members who were heavily involved with both planes.