What's your best piece off a warbird

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Chunks
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Fri Apr 10, 2009 1:57 am

The cowling came with a project I purchased, and included some other pieces off of the same airplane. It was told to me that it is off of an airplane a retired Brig. General lost on landing roll out.

Chunks
lmritger
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Fri Apr 10, 2009 8:47 am

Chunks wrote:The cowling came with a project I purchased, and included some other pieces off of the same airplane. It was told to me that it is off of an airplane a retired Brig. General lost on landing roll out.

Chunks



Paging Jack Cook... Jack Cook to page 12, please. :D
Jack Cook
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Fri Apr 10, 2009 9:01 am

Was that from the T-6G George Welch crashed into a bunch of boulders after groundlooping it off the runway awhile landing with the wind :?: :shock:
No wait....he's the guy that first broke the sound barrier :idea:
Must of been that other guy :roll: :roll: :twisted:
Whomever ever it was I'm sure they manned up and paid for the repairs :? :roll: :roll:
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PeterA
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Fri Apr 10, 2009 9:19 am

A poignant little piece - LBG.

PeterA

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tom d. friedman
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Fri Apr 10, 2009 2:17 pm

PeterA wrote:A poignant little piece - LBG.

PeterA

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how did you get that gem????
PeterA
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Fri Apr 10, 2009 2:44 pm

tom d. friedman wrote:
PeterA wrote:A poignant little piece - LBG.

PeterA



how did you get that gem????


It was just lying in the sand.

PeterA
Edward Sheetmetalhands

Fri Apr 10, 2009 5:19 pm

PeterA wrote:
tom d. friedman wrote:
PeterA wrote:A poignant little piece - LBG.

PeterA



how did you get that gem????


It was just lying in the sand.

PeterA


What is it?? What is the last word? D?F
Steve Nelson
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Fri Apr 10, 2009 8:08 pm

I've got a couple of tiny fragments of twisted aluminum from the rudder of the Kalamazoo Air Zoo's P-39 (found on the floor after an SUV crashed through the wall of the museum and into the tail of the Airacobra.)

And thanks to Albert Stix, I've got a few bits from his massive stash of NOS turret parts from the old Emerson Electric plant in St. Louis.

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bdk
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Fri Apr 10, 2009 8:10 pm

Edward Sheetmetalhands wrote:What is it?? What is the last word? D?F
"LIFT THE DOT"
Steve Nelson
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Fri Apr 10, 2009 8:18 pm

Looks like some sort of snap-on fastener. Maybe part of a canopy cover?

SN
A2C
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Fri Apr 10, 2009 9:51 pm

I've got an original piece off of one of Robert Diemert's Zeros that he had sent me.
Jack Cook
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???

Fri Apr 10, 2009 10:09 pm

I've got triple Mustang ace Don Beerbower's wings and posthumous British DFC.
tom d. friedman
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Sat Apr 11, 2009 3:56 am

the tip of the iceberg...... the crowned jewels of my collection........
7 japanese instruments
japanese camera gun (looks like a lewis machine gun & still works)
ultra rare italian licenced built sperry directional gyro instrument
japanese navy flight suit lined w/ rabbit hair
b-24 pilot's seat from a b-24 lib, recovered by tallichette in india
over 100 silhouette aircraft i.d. posters ( many for sale, your choice)
over 50 cardboard silhouette i.d. models (many for sale, your choice)
b-4 parachute survival kit, near complete
gibson girl survival radio kit, near complete
ww1 dehavilland bomber prop blade, 1 blade, almost five feet tall!!
admiral byrd's autograph amongst others
3 me 109 instruments
ju 88 radio instrument

check out the man cave thread for pics
Edward Sheetmetalhands

Tue Apr 14, 2009 8:54 pm

The Fire Control Panel from a KC-97... "Cut fuel, feather prop"....

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Re: ????

Tue Apr 14, 2009 10:03 pm

Jack Cook wrote:Was that from the T-6G George Welch crashed into a bunch of boulders after groundlooping it off the runway awhile landing with the wind :?: :shock:
No wait....he's the guy that first broke the sound barrier :idea:
Must of been that other guy :roll: :roll: :twisted:
Whomever ever it was I'm sure they manned up and paid for the repairs :? :roll: :roll:


Really Jack :roll:
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