"Grumpy" returns to the US
Mon Aug 24, 2009 7:25 pm
Mon Aug 24, 2009 7:52 pm
Hopefully it still has the one black bomb on the side in the middle of all the yellow ones.... 
I got a metric buttload of pics of that plane from my time at Dx
I got a metric buttload of pics of that plane from my time at Dx
Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:05 pm
Thats cool, didn't John Sessions buy that one 
Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:07 pm
steve dickey wrote:Thats cool, didn't John Sessions buy that one
Yup, apparently him, Shetland & Lee Proudfoot are flying it back.
Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:08 pm
Best of luck on trip back.
Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:09 pm
That is strange, I didn't even notice he was gone
Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:34 pm
Tue Aug 25, 2009 12:22 am
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. 
Tue Aug 25, 2009 7:18 am
Warbird Kid wrote: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.
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
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
Tue Aug 25, 2009 9:00 am
How many Grumpys are needed ?
B-25D http://www.warbirdregistry.org/b25regis ... 33318.html
B-25J http://www.warbirdregistry.org/b25regis ... 58883.html
B-25D http://www.warbirdregistry.org/b25regis ... 33318.html
B-25J http://www.warbirdregistry.org/b25regis ... 58883.html
Tue Aug 25, 2009 9:06 am
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
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
Rich
Tue Aug 25, 2009 8:28 pm
Matt Gunsch wrote:How many Grumpys are needed ?
About as many as Memphis Belles, and a few less than Old Crows.
Tue Aug 25, 2009 9:40 pm
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?
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?
Tue Aug 25, 2009 9:46 pm
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?
Jerry
Wed Aug 26, 2009 7:11 am
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.
Jim
Jim