Help with a Honduran P-63 Kingcobra

Lone Eagle · **Joined:** Mon Apr 02, 2007 1:25 am **Posts:** 57

Hi,
My friend FAH619 is asking for some help with an old Bell P-63E, ex FAH 403, S/N 43-11732 that must be disassembled soon. They need to place it under storage and some information on instructions in how to remove the wings will be appreciated. A simple, basic procedure suffices.
This is how the aircraft looked circa 2004.
Thanks for your help,
Lone Eagle

mustangdriver · **Posted:** Mon Feb 23, 2009 10:46 pm

Wow, so where is that.

DaveM2 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 23, 2009 10:56 pm

Doesn't help with the original request, but an earlier thread on this aircraft.....

http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/p ... +kingcobra

flyingsailor · **Posted:** Mon Feb 23, 2009 10:58 pm

Lone Eagle wrote:

Hi,
My friend FAH619 is asking for some help with an old Bell P-63E, ex FAH 403, S/N 43-11732 that must be disassembled soon. They need to place it under storage and some information on instructions in how to remove the wings will be appreciated. A simple, basic procedure suffices.

Might want to contact the guys in Breckenridge, the CAF P-63 is currently in pieces in their hangar.

jet1 · **Posted:** Tue Feb 24, 2009 2:41 pm

I'll pay my own expenses and disassemble it for you, store it in the US and build you a fiberglass mock up that would look better than the real thing.! of course after you recieve the mock up I take ownership of the plane.....

retroaviation · **Posted:** Tue Feb 24, 2009 3:03 pm

The wings are actually pretty easy to take off, but you need the right tool for it. It takes a special "internal spanner-type wrench" to get it done and we made the tool(s) we needed for the disassembly of the CAF bird. You may wish to contact Chad Ezell at office@ezellaviation.com to see about that special tool.

Gary

jaldo · **Joined:** Tue Sep 13, 2005 4:33 pm **Posts:** 175

jet1 wrote:

I'll pay my own expenses and disassemble it for you, store it in the US and build you a fiberglass mock up that would look better than the real thing.! of course after you recieve the mock up I take ownership of the plane.....

Those days when the indians traded gold for mirrors are long gone my friend...

All the aircraft at the museum in Tegucigalpa are national patrimony and are not for sale or trade.These guys just need somebody to point them in the right direction.They need mostly donations to place the aircraft under some type of cover to protect them from the elements,and help with the restoration of the aircraft.

ww2John · **Posted:** Wed Feb 25, 2009 8:17 am

Lone Eagle & Jaldo,
Thanks for this thread and for posting the pictures.
Best Wishes in saving more Warbirds for more people to enjoy.
John

jet1 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 25, 2009 10:30 am

Those days when the indians traded gold for mirrors are long gone my friend...

good luck and with the specialized tool they do come off easily. We de-winged a beech u-50 and needed specialized tools for that as well and you could see the bolts...you just couldn't get to them to turn them!

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