B-17G Champaign Lady Restoration

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390BG
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Re: B-17G Champaign Lady Restoration

Sun Apr 12, 2015 3:55 pm

Painting done....

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Re: B-17G Champaign Lady Restoration

Sun Apr 12, 2015 4:42 pm

Cool! 401st....Had a friend that was bombardier in "Der Gross Arch Vogel"
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Re: B-17G Champaign Lady Restoration

Sun Apr 12, 2015 7:40 pm

Looks fabulous!

Love the updates. pop2 Thanks.

Andy
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Re: B-17G Champaign Lady Restoration

Mon Apr 13, 2015 3:44 am

hang the expense wrote:Looks like the check window frames are fiberglass.I have the dies to press metal ones.

390BG, did you notice this post?
390BG
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Re: B-17G Champaign Lady Restoration

Mon Apr 13, 2015 9:19 am

Yes - will pass that along.
390BG
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Re: B-17G Champaign Lady Restoration

Mon Apr 20, 2015 9:17 am

2015 CAM dinner. Photos courtesy of Greg Schafer.

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Guest speaker "Bud" Anderson.

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Re: B-17G Champaign Lady Restoration

Mon Apr 20, 2015 4:41 pm

Nice paint job on the tail! :drink3: :drink3:
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Re: B-17G Champaign Lady Restoration

Mon Apr 20, 2015 9:57 pm

390BG wrote:
Guest speaker "Bud" Anderson.

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I'm glad to see he's still getting around and giving talks at 93. Unfortunately he lost his wife of almost 70 years this past January.
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Re: B-17G Champaign Lady Restoration

Tue Apr 21, 2015 8:51 am

maxum96 wrote:
390BG wrote:
Guest speaker "Bud" Anderson.

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I'm glad to see he's still getting around and giving talks at 93. Unfortunately he lost his wife of almost 70 years this past January.


And the smiling pilot in the Mustang behind him is Ray Fowler, pilot extraordinaire! :D
390BG
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Re: B-17G Champaign Lady Restoration

Thu May 21, 2015 10:23 am

Horizontal Stabilizer:

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Re: B-17G Champaign Lady Restoration

Thu May 21, 2015 8:27 pm

Thanks 390BG for the photos and your consistent and interesting updates. Please keep it up!
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Re: B-17G Champaign Lady Restoration

Fri May 22, 2015 12:57 am

You know the whole story would be great except those stupid clecos! Haha oops.
390BG
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Re: B-17G Champaign Lady Restoration

Tue Jun 16, 2015 2:15 pm

More work on the horizontal(s).

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390BG
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Re: B-17G Champaign Lady Restoration

Thu Jun 18, 2015 6:16 pm

New stainless turbo air inlet scoop.

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Re: B-17G Champaign Lady Restoration

Thu Jun 18, 2015 7:35 pm

Al Moore wrote:Thanks 390BG for the photos and your consistent and interesting updates. Please keep it up!


What Al said!! pop2

Really appreciate the efforts put in to these updates. Some beautiful work by this team on a LONG haul!!

Thanks 390BG

Andy Scott
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