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Follow the flight to Everett here...

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Hopefully it still has the one black bomb on the side in the middle of all the yellow ones.... 8)
I got a metric buttload of pics of that plane from my time at Dx :)

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Thats cool, didn't John Sessions buy that one :?:
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Thats cool, didn't John Sessions buy that one :?:

Yup, apparently him, Shetland & Lee Proudfoot are flying it back.

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Best of luck on trip back.

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That is strange, I didn't even notice he was gone
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Great looking site. All the luck to em! And the scheme looks great on it, but I have to say I hope they decide to repaint her in a more fitting scheme for her new continent. :wink:

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And the scheme looks great on it, but I have to say I hope they decide to repaint her in a more fitting scheme for her new continent. :wink:


Which would be a real shame as Grumpy is one of the, if not the only original RAF/RCAF ordered examples still flying, so I hope it keeps it's 'more correct' scheme :wink:

Or maybe a compromise....

For her 'new' continent, there was a RAF OTU based at Nassau in the Bahamas in 1944, with natural metal/white painted B-25's ;)
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How many Grumpys are needed ?

B-25D http://www.warbirdregistry.org/b25regis ... 33318.html

B-25J http://www.warbirdregistry.org/b25regis ... 58883.html

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How many Grumpys are needed ?

B-25D http://www.warbirdregistry.org/b25regis ... 33318.html

B-25J http://www.warbirdregistry.org/b25regis ... 58883.html


The CWH B-25J was re-named "Hot Gen" a couple of years ago. It is named that currently.

http://www.warbirddepot.com/aircraft_bo ... 5-cwhm.asp


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How many Grumpys are needed ?

About as many as Memphis Belles, and a few less than Old Crows.

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True, CWH did redo Hot Gen's colors this year after reconsideration,
Political correctness had forced it to Grumpy but this year common sense and dedication to remembering things the way they were for all to see prevailed!
Would be nice to see these two birds together for a photo shoot! Maybe a fuel stop in Hamilton?

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Matt Gunsch wrote:
How many Grumpys are needed ?

B-25D http://www.warbirdregistry.org/b25regis ... 33318.html

B-25J http://www.warbirdregistry.org/b25regis ... 58883.html


I don't know.
How many "Old Crow's" are needed? :lol: :lol:
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Yes indeed Hot Gen is back and is no longer Grumpy. That makes me less grumpy, even if I liked the old Hot Gen nose art better.

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