arrival
Thu Sep 18, 2008 4:48 pm
ok,thats good to stay tightlipped about it,but doesn't anybody know the expected date of arrival into the usa?
Re: arrival
Thu Sep 18, 2008 5:21 pm
camshaw wrote:ok,thats good to stay tightlipped about it,but doesn't anybody know the expected date of arrival into the usa?
Probably in about 10 years, whenever they settle all of the political and in-fighting in PNG.
Re: B-17
Thu Sep 18, 2008 6:56 pm
If PNG can't afford to repay the $100K that was paid to them some time ago for SG, what makes you think they will be able to pay a couple million of today's dollars for it after it is restored?warbird1 wrote:"Alfred Hagen says he’s agreed to give PNG the right to buy back the Swamp Ghost once it’s restored."
Cool, so now Swamp Ghost, after it's pristinely restored, can be sold back to PNG, who can then put it on outside static display in front of their National Museum. Sounds like a win-win situation.
Re: B-17
Thu Sep 18, 2008 7:01 pm
bdk wrote:If PNG can't afford to repay the $100K that was paid to them some time ago for SG, what makes you think they will be able to pay a couple million of today's dollars for it after it is restored?warbird1 wrote:"Alfred Hagen says he’s agreed to give PNG the right to buy back the Swamp Ghost once it’s restored."
Cool, so now Swamp Ghost, after it's pristinely restored, can be sold back to PNG, who can then put it on outside static display in front of their National Museum. Sounds like a win-win situation.
I wasn't serious in my previous posts. I was being facetitious.
Tue Sep 30, 2008 1:23 pm
OK! It's been two weeks since the last post. Does anyone know anything yet? When does it get to the States? Where?
Tue Sep 30, 2008 2:04 pm
sgt hawk wrote:OK! It's been two weeks since the last post. Does anyone know anything yet? When does it get to the States? Where?
All in good time my friend, all in good time...
Ryan
ona a barge
Tue Sep 30, 2008 2:56 pm
I heard the ship sank off the coast and all the crew and swampghost were lost....now because its sunken,the navy is now the rightful owners...
Tue Sep 30, 2008 3:03 pm
Wow you guys are brutal! 
Wed Oct 01, 2008 12:25 am
I heard Somali Pirates had it, but were claiming it was a Russian tank...
Robbie
Robbie
Restoration
Wed Oct 01, 2008 6:20 am
You might find someone to restore it or realy it will be a Replica you wouldn't use anything.It's just a patern.
But if it was a static display you could use some parts.
I was told this aircraft was basicly taken apart with an axe.Now i don't know how true that is but if it is the case what skins are you going to restore.
But if it was a static display you could use some parts.
I was told this aircraft was basicly taken apart with an axe.Now i don't know how true that is but if it is the case what skins are you going to restore.
Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:12 am
Looking the pictures, it appears that the axe was there, but left in the tool box. There is a photo of a firewall where you can see that the engine mount was unbolted from the airframe. Also what I can see of the fuselage mounts it appears that the wings were unbolted from there as well.
Re: "Swamp Ghost" news (September 2008)
Tue Mar 13, 2012 8:19 am