Tue Feb 27, 2007 11:14 am
The '40s pics aren't showing up for me. Anyone else see them?
Looking forward to updates!
Looking forward to updates!
Tue Feb 27, 2007 7:33 pm
Nope, not in the album.
Found this 1974 photo on Airliners though:
http://us.airliners.net/photos/photos/1/1/1/0320111.jpg
Found this 1974 photo on Airliners though:
http://us.airliners.net/photos/photos/1/1/1/0320111.jpg
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Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:20 pm
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Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:23 pm
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Wed Feb 28, 2007 11:45 am
I am sorry guys about the photos I am new to this photo bucket thing! I hope to send some pics out today.
Dan
Dan
Wed Feb 28, 2007 11:49 am
I just found out what happened will post new pics soon!
Dan
Dan
Wed Feb 28, 2007 2:01 pm
Hi guys!
We wound up working on our C-131 for a good part of the day as she is scheduled for an air show at Point Magu on the 31st of March. We have really got to bust it to get the annual done. As most of you know we have several airplanes to take care of and we don’t have as much help as we would like to do the job. It has always been a struggle but we manage some how to keep them flying. We also have to get the 131 out of the museum hangar. Our other hangar is already overflowing with aircraft. The SNJ, C-46, Bearcat, and Wildcat are also down for maintenance with show dates approaching. It is crunch time!
As to the PBJ we are making great progress with our control cables thanks to Iran and Jerry. We call them “the cable guys” and they work wonders. As soon as I get an air show schedule I will give out some dates.
Dan
Marc and Jeff on the C-131
Joe's SNJ restoration
Gary Barber works on the BEAR
Our Wilcat with Joe and Ken
We wound up working on our C-131 for a good part of the day as she is scheduled for an air show at Point Magu on the 31st of March. We have really got to bust it to get the annual done. As most of you know we have several airplanes to take care of and we don’t have as much help as we would like to do the job. It has always been a struggle but we manage some how to keep them flying. We also have to get the 131 out of the museum hangar. Our other hangar is already overflowing with aircraft. The SNJ, C-46, Bearcat, and Wildcat are also down for maintenance with show dates approaching. It is crunch time!
As to the PBJ we are making great progress with our control cables thanks to Iran and Jerry. We call them “the cable guys” and they work wonders. As soon as I get an air show schedule I will give out some dates.
Dan
Marc and Jeff on the C-131
Joe's SNJ restoration
Gary Barber works on the BEAR
Our Wilcat with Joe and Ken
Wed Feb 28, 2007 2:24 pm
Good stuff! Keep those updates coming!!! 
Gary
Gary
Wed Feb 28, 2007 7:16 pm
Ditto!
Wed Feb 28, 2007 7:55 pm
Wed Feb 28, 2007 7:57 pm
Wed Feb 28, 2007 8:00 pm
Two years of work on the right wing. We hope to rehang the gear shortly.
Dan
Dan
Wed Feb 28, 2007 8:05 pm
Wow! 
Seems to be a slow restoration or am i wrong?
Seems to be a slow restoration or am i wrong?
Wed Feb 28, 2007 8:13 pm
Two years for the guys working on the right wing. We have ten guys. In the last five years we have rebuilt the belly, the tail, most of the top of the fuselage, the rear gunners cage, the nose, the bomb bay, all of the flooring. We find that if we assign different areas to different crews it keeps us from running into each other.
Dan
Dan
Wed Feb 28, 2007 8:18 pm
Oh and just one other note. Most of us just work one day a week on this. We are all volunteers. I wish we could work 40 hrs a week. We would be up in no time.
Dan
Dan