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 Post subject: Duantless Recovery
PostPosted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 6:47 pm 
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I just found this picture on the net, any news on this recovery, or is this old news?
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 Post subject: Re: Duantless Recovery
PostPosted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 8:37 pm 
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A Lake Michigan recovery perhaps?

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 Post subject: Re: Duantless Recovery
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Lake Michigan recovery. Not the one I saw brought up 3 years ago as this one doesn't have all the zebra mussels on it. That will teach me to look at my pictures closer. :)
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 Post subject: Re: Duantless Recovery
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I think you will find B-23 came up in the 1990s, but it has only in recent times that it has been undergoing restoration.

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 Post subject: Re: Duantless Recovery
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As Dave mentioned, this is one of the aircraft recovered in the early-mid 90's (s/n 36177) and completed restoration within the last few years. The aircraft is now on display at Ford Island, following a mixture of restoration and preservation work. Where possible, the original paint/finish was preserved and still remains, while other portions of the aircraft required new paint to be applied, with some effort to closely match the existing original paint.

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/pacificavi ... 279015779/
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Categ ... BuNo_36177)


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