Whats the Status on PANCHITO aka 9079Z

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gary1954
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Whats the Status on PANCHITO aka 9079Z

Thu Nov 03, 2011 8:47 am

Anyone know the current status (other than wounded) of Panchito? like where she is? who is undertaking the repairs? I regularly see her and Mr. Larry when they flying into our little airshow here; sometimes with 1042B, I sure will miss her on the flight line this coming March.
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Re: Whats the Status on PANCHITO aka 9079Z

Thu Nov 03, 2011 9:43 am

According to the XP-82 update, October 2011 blog (http://www.xp-82twinmustangproject.com/), it must be at Douglas, GA, with Tom Reilly's shop.
BK
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Re: Whats the Status on PANCHITO aka 9079Z

Thu Nov 03, 2011 10:47 am

I expect to see her flying this weekend at the Monroe, NC show. According to posts on the DAV blog and Facebook they will be there with the plane.
http://davflightteam.blogspot.com/2011/ ... rings.html
kzollitsch
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Re: Whats the Status on PANCHITO aka 9079Z

Thu Nov 03, 2011 1:43 pm

BK wrote:I expect to see her flying this weekend at the Monroe, NC show. According to posts on the DAV blog and Facebook they will be there with the plane.
http://davflightteam.blogspot.com/2011/ ... rings.html


FYI, DAV was scheduled to attend the Niagara Falls airshow the week after the incident with Panchito and they ended up borrowing Take Off Time. Might be the same deal for this show.
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Re: Whats the Status on PANCHITO aka 9079Z

Thu Nov 03, 2011 1:51 pm

aerovin wrote:According to the XP-82 update, October 2011 blog (http://www.xp-82twinmustangproject.com/), it must be at Douglas, GA, with Tom Reilly's shop.


Nope, not here...
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Re: Whats the Status on PANCHITO aka 9079Z

Thu Nov 03, 2011 2:03 pm

She's at her home base in Georgetown, Deleware, and coming along just fine. I helped rebuild her brake disc assemblies about a week ago (they were due for overhaul). She'll be up and flying again very soon.

Cheers,
Richard
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Re: Whats the Status on PANCHITO aka 9079Z

Thu Nov 03, 2011 7:33 pm

thanks guys and thanks Richard, I appreciate the update. :drinkers:
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Re: Whats the Status on PANCHITO aka 9079Z

Tue Nov 08, 2011 9:40 pm

kzollitsch wrote:
BK wrote:I expect to see her flying this weekend at the Monroe, NC show. According to posts on the DAV blog and Facebook they will be there with the plane.
http://davflightteam.blogspot.com/2011/ ... rings.html


FYI, DAV was scheduled to attend the Niagara Falls airshow the week after the incident with Panchito and they ended up borrowing Take Off Time. Might be the same deal for this show.


Take Off Time ended up substituting for Panchito in Monroe over the weekend.
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