Warbird Information Exchange

We have no shortage of projects at our little museum (Stockton Field Aviation Museum) and I always welcome volunteer help.

We have had volunteers come in to offer all kinds of assistance. Some folks need to be watched closely and some can tackle a project with no supervision at all. I like to assess their skills and if they are up to the challenge they usually get free run of the shop. I have had folks take stuff home but only after we get to know them.

One guy offered to take our 1942 Ford GPW home to get it running and paint it. He had it for a while but he did exactly what he said he would do and it looks great.

I have projects ranging from small to large and even extra large that are available for volunteers to work on. How about getting a small radio working or restoring a Martin or Erco gun turret. You can even start on the B-29 forward crew compartment if you are up to the task.

One of our volunteers, Jimmy Ricketts, built two of our turret stands (Martin 250CE and the Ball Turret) and he did a great job. We have a 1.5 ton Chevy turret training truck project just waiting for lots of work.

We have an immediate need for an electrical engineer to design a solid state replacement for a turret system Amplidyne (motor generator) so we can get FiFi's lower forward turret running. If you want to help build and mock up the rest of the turret system for her we could use the help.

Do you have the ability to check out the big liasion transmitter (BC-375 and a BC-191) used in the WWII bombers and transports and get it running for an upcoming project? We like to make all the old WWII systems operational so you can hear and smell what they are like when they are doing what they were designed to do.

If you want to work in the our shop, Vintage Aircraft, as an apprentice on round engines and old aircradt we can also accommodate you. Be prepared to start out like the rest of us did; with a push broom and a mop. Hard work certainly earns its privileges. Volunteers also have access to fly to air shows on weekends too.

We have a lot of fun projects to do around here especially if you can work unsupervised. If you are near Northern California and want to lend a hand just let me know. We will gladly put you to work.

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All donations are tax deductible as the Stockton Field Aviation Museum is a 501c3 nonprofit organization. Tell a friend as the Harpoon needs all the help she can get.

Thank you!

Taigh Ramey
Vintage Aircraft, Stockton, California
http://www.twinbeech.com
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