Hellcat Photos

Elroy13 · **Posted:** Thu Dec 28, 2006 6:49 pm

Mike wrote:

BTW, that's Howard Pardue in the cockpit in the first shot.

I thought that was good Ol' Howie!

PatM · **Posted:** Thu Dec 28, 2006 8:41 pm

I miss seeing the Kalamazoo Hellcat at the western NY shows. Are there any Hellcat restorations to flying going on right now?

Mike · **Joined:** Tue May 04, 2004 8:54 am **Posts:** 3331

PatM wrote:

I miss seeing the Kalamazoo Hellcat at the western NY shows. Are there any Hellcat restorations to flying going on right now?

A rare beast indeed.

5 actively flying -

TFC (Duxford)
Friedkin (Chino)
CAF (Camarillo)
Pond (Palm Springs)
Lone Star (Glaveston)

Paul Allen's and Kalamazoo's are nominally airworthy, but not flown.

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/f6fregis ... 79863.html

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/f6fregis ... 79683.html

70185 is supposedly under restoration to airworthy at Quonset.

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/f6fregis ... 70185.html

Kermit Weeks has an airframe stored, pending possible rebuild.

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/f6fregis ... 43014.html

All the rest are wrecks or static museum exhibits

george · **Joined:** Wed Dec 15, 2004 10:20 pm **Posts:** 435

Regarding paint scheme, I thought the one that was long ago at the USS ALABAMA looked the best. Also, the one that used to fly out of Atlanta in the 1980s (OO) looked very good. Does anyone have pictures of these Hellcats? Thanks.

bdk · **Joined:** Sun May 02, 2004 1:16 am **Posts:** 11324

Mike wrote:

Paul Allen's and Kalamazoo's are nominally airworthy, but not flown.

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/f6fregis ... 79863.html

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/f6fregis ... 79683.html

I think you can add Yanks example to this category.

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/f6fregis ... 78645.html

Mike · **Joined:** Tue May 04, 2004 8:54 am **Posts:** 3331

bdk wrote:

I think you can add Yanks example to this category.

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/f6fregis ... 78645.html

Did it ever fly since being rebuilt? Was it ever licensed? If not, I don't class it as 'airworthy'.

Mike · **Joined:** Tue May 04, 2004 8:54 am **Posts:** 3331

george wrote:

Regarding paint scheme, I thought the one that was long ago at the USS ALABAMA looked the best. Also, the one that used to fly out of Atlanta in the 1980s (OO) looked very good. Does anyone have pictures of these Hellcats? Thanks.

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/f6fregis ... 79593.html

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/f6fregis ... 79863.html

phil65 · **Posted:** Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:20 pm

Does anybody know that happened to this one?
I'm not a 100% sure its a Hellcat but the photo is at NEAM back in about 1985. Sorry for the bad photo,I was running around like a kid in a candy store and it was get dark and I didn't have a flash :roll:

Thank,Phil

Mike · **Joined:** Tue May 04, 2004 8:54 am **Posts:** 3331

phil65 wrote:

Does anybody know that happened to this one?
I'm not a 100% sure its a Hellcat but the photo is at NEAM back in about 1985.

Still there.........

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/f6fregis ... 79192.html

The registry is your friend! :wink:

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/f6fregis ... istry.html

L. Thompson · **Posted:** Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:47 pm

Now who can come up with a photo of the Moffett Field Hellcat in the base green near the Commissary as she appeared in about 1965 or anytime thereafter?

Sorry, but if I don't ask about once every year I begin again to think it was all a dream.

george · **Joined:** Wed Dec 15, 2004 10:20 pm **Posts:** 435

Thanks for the link, Mike. Unfortunately, it now has a completely different scheme than it did at Mobile. Would anyone have a picture of it at the USS ALABAMA?

Of the flyers, to me the CAF one looks the very best now.

L. Thompson - does this Hellcat from Moffett still exist, or maybe thats what you are asking also.

phil65 · **Posted:** Fri Dec 29, 2006 12:22 am

Mike wrote:

phil65 wrote:

Does anybody know that happened to this one?
I'm not a 100% sure its a Hellcat but the photo is at NEAM back in about 1985.

Still there.........

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/f6fregis ... 79192.html

The registry is your friend! :wink:

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/f6fregis ... istry.html

Are you sure it's the sameone,I think that one was already inside

corsairboss · **Posted:** Fri Dec 29, 2006 12:35 am

I have had these photos of Art since the loss and I will post these 3 photos of him prior to take-off. Hopefully they will be looked at and Art remembered for what he did in the warbird community. I had just talked with Art while he was strapping in, as he could not find some paper work and he had called to ask me where it was, and as always the paper work was on the right hand side of the panel in a clear pouch.

I sure do miss Art and the phone calls, and this Hellcat.

DanteC · **Posted:** Fri Dec 29, 2006 12:37 am

Django wrote:

Can I ask a silly question? Why is the second one so... blue?

Kinda what I thought...I snapped this at the Offutt AFB, NE airshow in August 2005. That aircraft is VERY blue...beautiful anyways!!

DanteC · **Posted:** Fri Dec 29, 2006 12:42 am

corsairboss wrote:

I sure do miss Art and the phone calls, and this Hellcat.

LOVE that shot...reminds me of the wartime photo of the Hellcat lauching with the prop blur (you all know what I'm talking about).

RIP Art.

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