F4F Gerald Martin

Neal Nurmi · **Posted:** Sat Apr 28, 2007 10:06 pm

Ah -- 29 years and 5 months ago... Now that is a scary thought! Anyway, here is Gerald Martin in trouble:

Neal Nurmi · **Posted:** Sat Apr 28, 2007 10:07 pm

But he does manage to prevail in the end.

Thought somebody out there in WIX land might enjoy these oldies...

Chad Veich · **Posted:** Sat Apr 28, 2007 11:54 pm

Mind if I play too Neal? This has been posted here before but it fits so nicely into this thread I didn't think folks would mind. Straight from Gerald Martin himself.

Neal Nurmi · **Posted:** Sun Apr 29, 2007 12:55 am

Chad -- I'm a photographer! There's always room for another good picture...

planenutti · **Posted:** Sun Apr 29, 2007 2:54 pm

Unforunately the CAF lost that FM-2 at Houston a few years back.

Neal Nurmi · **Posted:** Sun Apr 29, 2007 3:39 pm

I didn't know that -- I'm a long way from Texas. I'm very sorry to hear about it -- I have good memories of the aircraft...

Warbird Kid · **Posted:** Sun Apr 29, 2007 5:43 pm

Where is this wildcat now? Any current photos?

Chad Veich · **Posted:** Sun Apr 29, 2007 11:02 pm

Here's another of the Wildcat in it's original CAF house colors. This pic also provided by Gerald Martin.

retroaviation · **Posted:** Mon Apr 30, 2007 6:14 am

Warbird Kid wrote:

Where is this wildcat now? Any current photos?

I tried to purchase it myself, but it was sold to an "annonymous buyer" after I was told that "we don't sell airplanes." :roll:

Trust me, you don't want any photos. Very rough, very sad. :cry:

Gary

Warbird Kid · **Posted:** Mon Apr 30, 2007 12:37 pm

That’s a shame! But I bet eventually shell be recycled back into the air in the future.

Remember we are not the owners of these aircraft but merely the current holders.

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