Fri May 08, 2009 12:48 am
Yes, 'Here Kitty Kitty' is the ex-Kalamazoo one I believe. At the media briefing for the show yesterday, Frank Mormillo said to Steve H something along the lines of, "there will be three Tigercats and five Bearcats, isn't that right, Steve? "and Steve answered, "no, two Tigercats."
So I guess we'll just have to wait and see!
So I guess we'll just have to wait and see!
Fri May 08, 2009 8:34 am
okay, so 5 Bcats. The two Friedkin cats, the Thai Rod Lewis cat, what are the other two? Is the CAF Bcat up flying again?
Fri May 08, 2009 8:47 am
CAF one is still parked at Burbank with a broken engine. No idea where the other two are coming from. Steve H ferried one to a new owner in Arizona last week (from Kalamazoo) so that could be a possibility.
Fri May 08, 2009 11:23 am
DenverWarbirdFan wrote:okay, so 5 Bcats. The two Friedkin cats, the Thai Rod Lewis cat, what are the other two? Is the CAF Bcat up flying again?
Since the Thai cat is only one of 4 flying Mr. Lewis owns, I would guess his are the remainder of the 5... Sure wish I could go see that !!!
Mike
Fri May 08, 2009 8:16 pm
Southwest Airlines to Ontario, CA.
Fri May 08, 2009 8:46 pm
Mike wrote:Yes, 'Here Kitty Kitty' is the ex-Kalamazoo one I believe. At the media briefing for the show yesterday, Frank Mormillo said to Steve H something along the lines of, "there will be three Tigercats and five Bearcats, isn't that right, Steve? "and Steve answered, "no, two Tigercats."
So I guess we'll just have to wait and see!
I'm assuming either JS or CL hasn't told SteveH about going...
We want to get a flight on the VNY Tcat before next Friday in case there's any squawks that need sorting... Don't want a "But it was fine when I parked it 2 months ago" scenario
Tue May 12, 2009 11:16 am
I didn't see a B-17 on the schedule. Does anyone know if Fuddy Duddy will be making the hop over?
Tue May 12, 2009 12:52 pm
No Fuddy Duddy. Jim Dale will be bringing another of Rod Lewis' Bearcats from Texas.
Tue May 12, 2009 1:38 pm
Whatever happened to the Bearcat and Tigercat owned by Bob Pond? The Bearcat originally belonged to the Fornhoffs; Bob kept it in its copper paint. The Tigercat was a two-seater N model IIRC, named "King of the Cats" w/a cartoon of Bagheera wearing a crown.
Tue May 12, 2009 1:52 pm
They're both grounded and parked up in the Palm Springs museum, along with the remainder of the Pond collection. 
The Bearcat is now painted gloss blue, with another example of the 'tasteful' nose art that seems to be in vogue at the moment.
The Bearcat is now painted gloss blue, with another example of the 'tasteful' nose art that seems to be in vogue at the moment.
Tue May 12, 2009 2:27 pm
Mike wrote:The Bearcat is now painted gloss blue, with another example of the 'tasteful' nose art that seems to be in vogue at the moment.
Almost a criminal act..another aircraft whose civvy paint job carried its own history..and looked good too!
Tue May 12, 2009 2:39 pm
bdk is there away you can get jim dale to get a hold of me? also when the pond bear cat was at the hanger for awhile it was in advance machine race gold for awhile. can't remember the race #.
Wed May 13, 2009 6:52 pm
Tigercat latest:
Rod Lewis's 2 are there, JC's is out on the ramp at Van Nuys awaiting test hop this evening & JS's is U/S. So that's 3....
However, it hasn't actually been confirmed with PoF that Joes T'cat will actually be there yet..
Rod Lewis's 2 are there, JC's is out on the ramp at Van Nuys awaiting test hop this evening & JS's is U/S. So that's 3....
However, it hasn't actually been confirmed with PoF that Joes T'cat will actually be there yet..
Wed May 13, 2009 7:06 pm
As of late afternoon Wednesday, May 13, FIVE Bearcats and two Tigercats are in residence at Planes of Fame, Chino for the airshow. I understand that even another Tigercat may arrive soon, am I correct?
Wed May 13, 2009 7:19 pm
Yes, sometime on Friday if everything goes to plan.