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PostPosted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 9:57 pm 
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One of Wally Fisk's Hangers back in the day when KANE was chock full o' neat $h*t

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I hope he has enough life left to finish them :shock:


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Broken-Wrench wrote:
I hope he has enough life left to finish them :shock:


Sadly all of them have been sold off. Last I heard the P-63's were in Az and part of Gosshawk's package.
Anyone know about the Owl and the Hunter?


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The last I knew the Hunter was at the Olympic Flight Museum.

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The O-52 in the pics...is that Walter Soplata's old Owl?
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THE O-52S AND P-63S WERE FROM THE DAN CHEVATEL COLLECTION,YES THE O-52 ON ITS GEAR WAS X WALTER SAPLATA COLLECTION .THE O-52 NEXT TO IT WAS RECOVERED FROM A CRASH SITE IN WASHINTON STATE.THE P-63S ONE WAS THE ORIGINAL BELL 2 SEATER CONVERSION :shock: ,ANOTHER WAS RECOVERED FROM THE DUMP IN HONDURAS,ANOTHER WAS THE ORIGINAL C.A.F. TUMBLE WEED,DAN HAD A HANGAR FIRE WHICH HAD DAMAGED ALL THE A/C TO SOME DEGREE. :cry: WALLY FISK WANTED DANS ALLISON W ENGINE ,DAN TOLD HIM THE ONLY WAY HE WOULD SELL IT WAS IF WALLY BOUGHT EVERYTHING WHICH TO DANS SUPRISE HE DID :roll: !LATER WHEN WALLY DUMPED EVERYTHING THE COBRAS WENT TO BRIAN RENOLDS ?SP?WHO SHIPPED IT TO BRIAN SANDERS FOR RESORATION,THEY FOUND THAT THE HEAT FROM THE FIRE HAD REALLY DONE A NUMBER ON THE AIRFRAMES :cry: .THE O-52S WERE SOLD THROUGH MARK CLARK AND I THINK THEY WENT TO INDIANA CHEAP TOO :wink: THANKS MIKE

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