Warbird Information Exchange

Does anyone know the aeroplane's current status? I saw around Christmas time, there was talk this aeroplane was going to England to be flown over there for a season, and have since seen a picture of the fuselage in a shipping jig, but that talk has only come from one source.

I've also seen mentions about the aeroplane going into deep maintenance. Does anyone have any more information?

Thanks

Rumor was that to help anglicize the bird they were going to change the name to "Beatrice Eugenia."

Wasn't there a rumor that it was going to re-emerge as "Ding Hao!"?



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I vote for Ding Hao!

And here I thought the obvious choice would be "The Stars Look Down".


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What Brit wouldn't want to be Ike for half an hour?

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It was a good idea, it just didn't work.

I don't like to use the word dataplate...although that is pretty much what it is, I prefer "ghost of" - 42-103293 that was assigned to 359th Fighter Group 370th Fighter Squadron. Capt. Carey Brown went down possibly doing a loop. There were thunderstorms in the vicinity.



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I don't know exactly how much they started with but she assumed the identity of this airframe. I thought a lot about Carey while flying her...especially doing acro. What had to have been an epic fun and spirited flight, to end in tragedy.

jim

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Shipping Jig - No

Deep Maintenance - Yes

There have been no firm plans for what will take place after the 12-14 month (time is estimated) deep maintenance.