Full scale B-17 mock ups and other fiber glass replicas

[bdk]

http://www.specialtyrestaurants.com/src ... rants.aspx

Looks like the one at Palwaukee Airport in Wheeling, Il has closed. I wonder where the aircraft went?

[Mark Allen M]

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[4RG.I.'S]

Does anyone know the name/location of the company that did the replicas, and if they are still in business?

[RandolphB]

Does anyone know the name/location of the company that did the replicas, and if they are still in business?

I stumbled onto the Proud Bird about 15 years ago while on my way to a Dr Who convention. When I stopped in to ask more details on the planes, nobody there had a clue about them....

[Red Baaron]

Does anyone know the name/location of the company that did the replicas, and if they are still in business?

David Tallichet was the guy that made most of them out at Chino. He also owned all the proud bird restraunts. I think he is dead now but I don't know if the replica business was passed on to somebody else or not.

[bdk]

I think that F4U-7 is friends with one of the Tallichet sons.

[Fortress Fan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrFsgbfGeWU

found it