Warbird Information Exchange

There was a VERY shady guy in town that used to be at Stinson (99th St. Inc.) who had the B-25 that is now Pacific Prowler. I had gone there to take detail shots of the B-25 and found myself learning some interesting things about south-of-the-border recovery operations involving stolen aircraft, insurance, and the corrupt Mexican government. They claimed that there were B-25s to be had if one had the money. Seemed pretty confident they could get me one if I could come up with enough $$$.

Name is John Lister.

Oh, and if I could come up with three they wouldn't be going to Boulder. I'd probably get them to Aero Trader somehow and have them restore the B-25B for me and we'd put it on the circuit as a sister ship to the Doolittle Raiders (It's three serials off from Doolittle's bird).

Ryan

John Lister used to have a hangar at Stinson, full of interesting stuff.

I met him once, and he was of course, leery of letting me take photos, so I did not.

But he told me an interesting story about a Howard DGA that he had found in what used to be an airport in Mexico, and that he managed to bring back to the USA.

Then again, I met a guy at Boerne Stage, who told me an horror story about the T-28s that he had already bought in Mexico, just to find out when the airplanes arrived in Texas, that he had been cheated and given burned or damaged airframes. I regret that I don't remember this gentleman's name, but his story rang true, when corroborated with other similar stories that I have heard through the years.

It probably has a lot to do, with the people you know down there...

Saludos,


Tulio