Warbird Information Exchange

Thats all folks. Hope you all enjoyed the awsome views of what Walter has or had out at his place. Iwas out to his place a long time ago and he talked my ear off. He took me and a friend of mine down a path that ended up being the wing spar of the B-36. He told me that he sprayed all the planes with oil to help save them.


Dave

all old as of 2003

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!

It's just a shame, that this man has been given such a hard time, over the years.
He's my hero, for what he has been able to do.
I would have done the same thing, if I were in his place.
At least the planes he has, never got scrapped.
What treasures!!!!

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Phormer Phantom Painter

Does anyone have recent restoration photos of the F-82 that was at Walter's place?

Dave--

Many many thanks for posting these. This batch appears to be mid-late 70s...my shots from the early 80s show wearier-looking paint on everything.

Re the F-82, C&P Aviation is very private, but there have been a few pix of the Twin Mustang in mags over the years. Maybe try a search of the threads here on WIX, too...the former Soplata F-82 gets referred to a lot.

S.

racer55,

Do you know the date of those photos. The place looks a bit more tidy than in some of the later photos I've seen. Great stuff!

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Rob Mears
'Surviving Corsairs' Historian
robcmears@yahoo.com
http://www.robmears.com

While on the subject, anyone knows what happened to the DC-7 N757Z that was purchased by Soplata around August 1978? I suspect it was broken up on site (Ortner Airport?) before removal, but maybe some major parts survived?

Thanks

a 1/4 of the fuselage survives from the cockpit to before where the left side entry door was. its stuffed with junk & is up on a pile of junk at least 8 to 10 feet high.

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!

Here's Walt's previous BT-13. Not much progress to report other than adding bits to the inventory. It's scheduled to become the main project here as soon as the N2S-3 is finished.



Dan

Thanks Tom.

If anyone has a photo, I would be an even happier man

a26 invader........ what is your interest in the ortners?? i live about a mile from their. i wrote a 2 part article on the ortners in 2002 in air classics magazine. i'm your man for any questions.

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!