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Shiny Invader

Sat Nov 24, 2007 9:36 am

44-35788 (Links from the Goleta Air & Space Museum web site)

http://www.air-and-space.com/20070911%2 ... ng%20l.jpg


http://www.air-and-space.com/20070911%2 ... ng%20l.jpg

http://www.air-and-space.com/20070911%2 ... ng%20l.jpg

http://www.air-and-space.com/20070911%2 ... ng%20l.jpg

Sat Nov 24, 2007 10:30 am

This Invader belongs to Howard Keck out of Van Nuys Ca. My dad and I did much of the metel work on it during the restoration in 92-93.

Sat Nov 24, 2007 10:30 am

WOW ! The only Invader I have ever seen that polished is the last Invader in service. It was a VIP bird flying with SAC. It now resides at the SAC Museum, Omaha. It was delivered by the AF to the museum in 1969.

Sat Nov 24, 2007 11:37 am

Great Googly-Moogly! Lets give a big hand to the employees or vols or whoever did that polish job! How many palletts of cases Mother's Mag & Al. Polish and white towels did THAT job take? Or did some mega-hig-roller have the whole darn thing chromed? WOW!

Canso42

Sat Nov 24, 2007 12:52 pm

Odd that it looks very "civilan-ized" yet has a bomber nose and gun turret. Any details out there on this?

Sat Nov 24, 2007 1:46 pm

It was an On-Mark conversion, as I recall it had a nose on it like the A26 that is listed with Courtesy when they started the project, I will ask my dad if he can give me more infomation.

Sat Nov 24, 2007 2:24 pm

Howard Keck owns two A-26's, actually. The On-Mark conversion is N26HK, while the one in the photos is an unmolested bomber that Matt Jackson rebuilt.

beautiful but.....

Sat Nov 24, 2007 5:28 pm

it makes me hurt all over thinking about maintaining it to that standard! :D

Sat Nov 24, 2007 5:37 pm

Ryan Harris wrote:Howard Keck owns two A-26's, actually. The On-Mark conversion is N26HK, while the one in the photos is an unmolested bomber that Matt Jackson rebuilt.
And both are polished!

Sat Nov 24, 2007 7:51 pm

Nice polished A-26! :D

Sat Nov 24, 2007 9:25 pm

beautiful!
B

Mon Nov 26, 2007 12:14 pm

Wow - breathtaking!!

:D :)

Mike

Mon Nov 26, 2007 12:16 pm

Is this the A-26 that is in the movie One Six Right?

Mon Nov 26, 2007 1:46 pm

Does he take it to airshows??

Tom P.

Mon Nov 26, 2007 4:52 pm

THE SHEEN OF AN ANGEL :heart:





R.H White
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