B-26K Counter-Invader Restoration ("Special K")

[Zac Yates]

Great news on the Fouga flying! Hopefully it's an easy fix and she can get back up soon.

[A26 Special K]

Yep, the Fouga is flying. Needs a few tweaks on avionics but we plan to take care of those in January. The Aspen E5 keeps showing overheat after takeoff. The Flightstream 210 is not talking to the Garmin 650. All should be easy fixes. The Hiller is down for engine overhaul so looks like that might take a year. The A-26 has picked up steam with the hiring of a full time guy to work on getting the left gear back in. We also have a part time sheetmetal troop who is rebuilding the nacelle. Photos are on our Facebook page. Once the gear is in place, we will set her down to do a 180 and the put her up on jacks again. The prop and engine will be removed for OH. Then we will work on the other landing gear to make sure they are still good. This is just a necessary precaution given the propensity for A-26 gear to collapse. Our condolences go out to the A-26 Lady Liberty group in Okla for the nose gear collapse on takeoff. Looks maybe to be harder to repair than Kay. But God’s speed to them.

[A26 Special K]

Yep, the Fouga is flying. Needs a few tweaks on avionics but we plan to take care of those in January. The Aspen E5 keeps showing overheat after takeoff. The Flightstream 210 is not talking to the Garmin 650. All should be easy fixes. The Hiller is down for engine overhaul so looks like that might take a year. The A-26 has picked up steam with the hiring of a full time guy to work on getting the left gear back in. We also have a part time sheetmetal troop who is rebuilding the nacelle. Photos are on our Facebook page. Once the gear is in place, we will set her down to do a 180 and the put her up on jacks again. The prop and engine will be removed for OH. Then we will work on the other landing gear to make sure they are still good. This is just a necessary precaution given the propensity for A-26 gear to collapse. Our condolences go out to the A-26 Lady Liberty group in Okla for the nose gear collapse on takeoff. Looks maybe to be harder to repair than Kay. But God’s speed to them.