Warbird Information Exchange

Nice looking T-6.
From an email inquiring about the identity;
Hi Steve,

I want to apologize for not getting back to you sooner. I had to do some research on your questions as I was not here when the AT-6 was installed, which was back in 1999. I did know that the plane had been cobbled together from 3-4 planes but the rest I didn’t. It would appear we obtained the plane from Cal Arrow in Southern California, they cobbled it together. It was brought to Arizona and contracted out for conservation but it would appear the contractor did not do a very good job and when the plane was brought to AHS it was not in good enough condition for display and was thus completed by volunteers under the supervision of a gentleman named John Yates who had been a pilot. Parts of the planes frame were removed as the frame was cracked so it is no longer able to fly, they wanted to make sure it was obvious if we ever removed the AT-6 from display. It is not an accessioned piece, it is considered a prop piece. So the serial number on the side is not a “real” number.








At least they put the penny in!!









Rear exhaust and plugs seem to be gone as well

Possibly one of the Swing Shift film SNJs? They were pretty corroded (sourced from Florida I believe) and had a lot of stuff pop-riveted on them to make them look like SBDs.

That is a very nice display! And good use of non airworthy parts

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Magister Aviation
It's all in my book

The display looks great, nice work.

Lots of missing safety wire!