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Pat Carry
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Since I got such great responses from my P-47 restoration question I thought I wood ask this, except for the Hellcat at Yanks are there any Hellcat restorations taking place out there?

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Pat Carry wrote:
Since I got such great responses from my P-47 restoration question I thought I wood ask this, except for the Hellcat at Yanks are there any Hellcat restorations taking place out there?


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(From last June)

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I sort of have a Hellcat project here at Austin Acres.......sort of. I have an F6F-5 R/H outer wing panel that I'm working on and is available for sale. ;-) (I don't know how much I want for it yet, as I'm still stripping paint and haven't completed an inspection on it at this time. I just want to be fair to both the potential buyer, should there be one, and myself......thanks for all the PMs and E-mails though. :) )

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The Weeks F6F seems (to the eye) to be so close to completion, and has looked the same for so many years! It makes me wonder exactly how much work is left to be done. It's served wonderfully as a remarkable piece of window dressing for the restoration shop, but more and more I'm wondering if that has become its "end game" role within the museum.

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retroaviation wrote:
I sort of have a Hellcat project here at Austin Acres.......sort of. I have an F6F-5 R/H outer wing panel that I'm working on and is available for sale. ;-) (I don't know how much I want for it yet, as I'm still stripping paint and haven't completed an inspection on it at this time. I just want to be fair to both the potential buyer, should there be one, and myself......thanks for all the PMs and E-mails though. :) )

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well thats what I would do! :roll:
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why not just build a plane out of it...

well thats what I would do! :roll:


Ahhh, I wish it were that easy.

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What about all the Hellcat parts that were for sale in the midwest about 5 years ago? I think they were all China Lake drone wrecks. Looked like a few aircraft could have come from those.
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There was the hellcat under slow restoration at the Quoset Air Museum, in Quonset Point, RI. I haven't seen any pictures on its status in ages, but I imagine they are still working on it.

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Yanks are doing another one, using the left-over bits from the one now with TFC in the UK (was N100TF)
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Let me clear up some facts about our Hellcat project.The aircraft at this time is only in the shop for storage purposes and is not being actively worked on ,although years ago the wings had some worked completed to them but they are not finished. When Mr. Weeks started the collection back in the 1980's he purchased and donated ten aircraft to the Weeks Air Museum a 5013C non-profit set up. The Hellcat was one of those aircraft and any work or money spent on the project has to be donated from Mr. Weeks himself or money generated by the Weeks Air Museum. At this time the only money generated for W.A.M. is a small percentage taken from ticket sales for Fantasy Of Flight. Because of this when it's time to make a decision on which aircraft to restore next the choice will more likely be on a Week's Aircraft owned project than a W.A.M. aircraft.This all sounds complicated but it's all about tax issues and were Mr. Weeks decides to spend the money.
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That makes perfect sense to me stetz. Thanks for the insight! 8)

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Dan K wrote:
Pat Carry wrote:
Since I got such great responses from my P-47 restoration question I thought I wood ask this, except for the Hellcat at Yanks are there any Hellcat restorations taking place out there?


FOF progresses on Mr. Weeks'.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yPSOvv7LA_I/S ... ellcat.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yPSOvv7LA_I/S ... cat+32.jpg

(From last June)


Those two pictures that I took are actually from atleast six or seven years ago.
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Anyone have any updates on the Quonset Air Museum Hellcat?

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What about all the Hellcat parts that were for sale in the midwest about 5 years ago? I think they were all China Lake drone wrecks. Looked like a few aircraft could have come from those.


Where did they go?

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How about the FHC Hellcat, any work being done to bring that one back to airworthy?

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