Warbird Information Exchange

Nathan's post showing O-47s in Hawaii reminded me that I just photographed the Planes of Fame example under restoration to airworthy.

They just moved it to a different building so it isn't as hidden from the public as it used to be.





Planes of Fame is just finishing up a new hangar so a lot of the displays scattered to the winds are being relocated. It gets better every day!

Looks like it may be time for an O-47 registry Scott!

The link where Nathan's O-47 photos are located:

http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/p ... 01ce3fde36

Thanks for sharing BDK. Not sure why but I really like the portly old 0-47 and can't wait to see the POF example finished. I only got to see their previous 0-47 once before it was destroyed.

Coincidentally, the POF O-47's first movie appearance is on TCM this week in the 1959 movie "The Wreck of the Mary Deare", in a scene where Gary Cooper and Charlton Heston are in a lifeboat and the plane - in Royal Navy Air-Sea Rescue markings! - flies overhead. I'll try to get a still from that sequence and post it.

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)

Lots of good parts left! Not really destroyed.

Oh, Im sorry bdk. Those pics are not of Hawaii O-47's. I was just stating that the O-47 was in the heat of battle a few times in the Pacific.

Sorry,
Nathan

No problem! They are great period photos in any case. Thanks for posting them.

Looks like it's in the same spot where the P-51A was last March... in the same hangar with the Fireball. Speaking of which, anyone know the status of that bird?

Thanks for the pics, this will be cool to see once done, and will look SPECTACULAR with the Guardsman in a flyby! Now they need a P-36 and a B-10...

Lynn

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Wisdom, courtesy of shrike: "In aviation, as well as marriage, it's often just as important to be seen to be doing something as is to do it properly in the first place."

I've seen...what...two of the three survivors? USAF Museum and Topeka airframes. For some reason, I'm oddly attracted to the O-47, though I haven't the slightest clue why. Same goes for the O-52.

Presently sitting outside while some stuff is being moved around, but undergoing a freshining up for static display. The volunteers are doing a nice job on it!

Yeah I get to see these birds when I volunteer at the USAFM and there is just something cool about them.

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Chris Henry
EAA Aviation Museum Manager

As promised, one good frame from "The Wreck of the Mary Deare":



This is as close as it got, but it's recognizable - an early 60s photo shows remnants of this paint scheme.

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)

That movie was on Cable TV just last night!
Jerry

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"Always remember that, when you enter the ocean or the forest, you are no longer at the top of the food chain."

That's where I got it - recorded the scene to DVD, pulled a still from it in WinDVD, changed it to jpeg and cropped it in ArcSoft, and there it is!

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)

Ack, I had Flight of the Phoenix just last weekend. I coulda grabbed some stills of the bird they had in it. Just curious, was the one in Mary Deare the same as the one in the Phoenix?

I believe it was the same O-47 in both films.
Jerry

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"Always remember that, when you enter the ocean or the forest, you are no longer at the top of the food chain."