F7F Walkaround 1980

Larry Kraus · **Posted:** Fri Jan 18, 2008 9:24 pm

Pooner,I have some shots of PV-2 Tankers 39,101 and 112 at McCall and Cody in 1980.I'll post them when I get them scanned.

Pooner · **Posted:** Fri Jan 18, 2008 9:36 pm

Hooray! I am ready! I still worry over 112 - she's still at Chandler Memorial as of this afternoon and I know she was sad to see 57C leave last month. I felt as if I'd broken up a family of stray cats. I patted her fat belly at 4 p.m. today and told her I hadn't forgotten her and that I'd be back.

I'm sure hope I'll be wrenching on 112 soon - hope the new owner agrees with me that she's worth the ferry flight versus me having to pull her wings and truck her out....

Pooner worries that too many PVs leaving airports on trucks will become a permanent kind of thing for this aircraft type. Either they go out on trucks or in scrap metal bins, but as long as I can still turn a wrench and yell at someone, the scrap thing is not gonna happen. Not what I'd call a good turn of events for neat tanker airplanes ... :cry:

When time permits, inspire me with your shots of 112 in her glory days!

Larry Kraus · **Posted:** Sat Jan 19, 2008 3:54 pm

Pooner,I started a new thread for the PV pictures.

napoleon · **Posted:** Wed Dec 03, 2008 5:18 am

I run a small site as a hobby and would like to use these shots of the F7F.
I would appreciate the use and of course will give full credit
Martin Simpson
techml@btinternet.com
http://napoleon130.tripod.com/

Larry Kraus · **Posted:** Wed Dec 03, 2008 8:18 pm

Martin,
Please feel free to use any of these pictures.I'm assuming that "Sledge" won't object to using his.Maybe,he will comment here.He certainly has a way of getting spectacular pictures.I took a quick look at your website and found it to be very interesting.

Cheers.....LK

Ztex · **Posted:** Wed Dec 03, 2008 11:26 pm

Martin,

That is an outstanding web site!

http://napoleon130.tripod.com/

Where have you been hiding?

Welcome to WIX.

napoleon · **Posted:** Thu Dec 04, 2008 4:29 am

Thanks guys for the use of these shots. I am trying to put together a small F7F web site similar to my A-26 Site which works on the more pictorial representation.
All my sites are put together using other peoples efforts and knowledge and hard work, I just try and bring it together in the form of a scrap book.
I know there are guys out there that will frown on my efforts but its just a hobby and a place for anoraks like myself to acquire visual information about these aircraft.
If any one has issues regarding the use of their shots then I will act accordingly by either deleting or acrediting.
Good work guys, I love this site
Martin Simpson, Sussex England

Neal Nurmi · **Posted:** Thu Dec 04, 2008 12:23 pm

Mr Widgeon · **Posted:** Fri Dec 05, 2008 11:24 am

For those who may be interested there will be some new decals out in about 2 weeks for F7F Tanker 32.
You can check them out here,
http://scalefirebombers.com//forum/viewtopic.php?t=306 .
There will also be some new S-2 Tanker decals coming as well.

Malo83 · **Joined:** Sat Sep 23, 2006 3:31 am **Posts:** 309

Great shots Larry :wink:

, I remember when the F7F's flew out of the Porterville tanker base back in the 60's as a young'un I use to run out of the house to see them fly overhead

not to hijack this thread but a ? for you Larry, went by the Visalia airport this past weekend and saw 2 C130's parked on the ramp next to the highway a camo job and a tanker, can't remember but I believe the # on the tail was 64,65??? whats the status on these birds :?:

Malo

hercules130 · **Posted:** Fri Dec 05, 2008 8:31 pm

Larry Kraus,

WOW, WHAT GREAT SHOTS! Thank you so much for sharing.
JUST AWESOME!!!!

Larry Kraus · **Posted:** Fri Dec 05, 2008 9:07 pm

Malo,
The two C-130's at Visalia belong to TBM Inc. and are currently being stored in the parking area that TBM leases there.This year they were both flown out of Redmond,Oregon where they had been stored because Butler Aircraft's leased parking area was reduced due to new hangar construction at Redmond.There are pics of these airplanes at Redmond in my thread:

http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/p ... hp?t=20695

There are pics on Page 1 and some shots of the Green Herk leaving Redmond for Visalia on Page 10 of that thread.Incidentally,Tanker 64 is currently flying test and proving flights for a partial glass cockpit for C-130 retrofit.Norm Stubbs sent me some pictures the other day,but I haven't moved them to Photo Bucket yet.I believe that Tanker 63 is also with T64 in Mojave doing other tests for a military contractor.

Also,thank you for the comment on the F7F thread,Hercules 130.

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