Turkey arrives at Canadian Warplane Heritage

Wed Oct 21, 2009 2:49 pm

A Grumman TBM-3E Avenger, the latest acquisition by the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum, arrived today by road. What better way to celebrate the arrival than unload it, hang the prop and fire her up! It will be in many more pieces very shortly as work begins to get her flying.

For further information:
http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/p ... hp?t=32377

For a history of the CWH airframe:
http://www.atlanticcanadaaviation.com/t ... /53858.htm

Wed Oct 21, 2009 2:54 pm

wonderfull! good luck!

Wed Oct 21, 2009 2:55 pm

Nice! I'll have to head up there sometime to check her out.

:partyman:

Wed Oct 21, 2009 3:15 pm

ok dumb question time, with the engine running, how come you guys were not able to fly it there, at any rate, CONGRATS, and best of luck to you GOOD folks. yall did good.

Wed Oct 21, 2009 3:29 pm

ok dumb question time, with the engine running, how come you guys were not able to fly it there, at any rate, CONGRATS, and best of luck to you GOOD folks. yall did good.

The wings are too short :twisted:

Wed Oct 21, 2009 3:57 pm

Great news... incidentally, I thought this aircraft had been sitting since the early '90's... kinda amazing that she fired up at all.... had any work been done on the engine recently?

Cheers,
Richard

Wed Oct 21, 2009 4:09 pm

Had been running into the 2000's and then preserved. It was run during the pre-buy inspection in New Brunswick, but a second run for a good looking over and compression check was done upon arrival. The engine is fairly low time!
And I have to agree, the wings are a little short!
It was decided to truck it rather than work possibly out doors with the fall weather setting in to get it ready for ferry flight.

Wed Oct 21, 2009 4:45 pm

How about a few photos of the inside? Gunners compartment? Good luck Thanks Mike

Wed Oct 21, 2009 5:34 pm

HELLDIVERS wrote:How about a few photos of the inside? Gunners compartment? Good luck Thanks Mike

How's your Avenger coming on Mike? You and Eric have been pretty quiet for a while. Hope all is well!

Cheers,
Richard

Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:08 pm

The museum will try and keep a thorough update as the progress continues on the restoration.
The gunners compartment is not much to see at this time. green primer and metal, minimal original equipment left in place, mount ring partially there. Will try and get someone to take some photos of the interior.

Fri Oct 23, 2009 3:46 pm

Hi,
My TBM is 600 miles away still in Mn. I have been making some progress on small parts but the Skyraider keeps me pretty busy. To get my TBM fix I've been doing some work on the CAF TBM at Smart Field. An overdue annual that has seen a lot of worn out parts replaced, and a effort at returning the interior to a stock condition. I hope to move my TBM here asap but for now the Skyraider is my main focus :roll:

Thanks Mike

Mon Oct 26, 2009 6:27 pm

It is good to see the CWH has an Avenger again.

I have done a little history work-up on this airframe. It can be found here...

Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - Grumman-General Motors TBM-3E Avenger, s/n 53858 USN, c/n 3920, c/r C-GFPR

If anyone has any photos of this airframe it would be great to have a few uploads. If anyone would like to upload photos go here...

Aerial Visuals - Airframe Photo Upload - Grumman-General Motors TBM-3E Avenger, s/n 53858 USN, c/n 3920, c/r C-GFPR

Mike

Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:42 pm

Had my camera with me on the weekend when i was in signing out the Sea Fury and thought I'd post a few for the Wixers on what's happening with the Avenger project.
Lots of disassembly, cleaning and obsolete systems ( sprayer) removal.
Will wait for an update from engineering on what the timeline is, and how things are progressing.
Lots of work ahead though.