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Helicopters near Reilly Aviation in Kissimmee

Tue Jan 05, 2010 7:23 am

When I was there a few years ago there were some Sikorsky helicopters and other warbirds pushed over in the weeds near the Warbird Adventures building. Whatever became of these, and what all was in there?

Re: Helicopters near Reilly Aviation in Kissimmee

Fri Jan 08, 2010 7:49 pm

I am curious to hear where they went. Anyone?

Mike

Re: Helicopters near Reilly Aviation in Kissimmee

Fri Jan 08, 2010 8:02 pm

I'll have to review the pics I took, but I thin there may have been an Avenger and a Tracker there as well.

Re: Helicopters near Reilly Aviation in Kissimmee

Fri Jan 08, 2010 8:54 pm

Here are 3 Heilos located at Kissimmee.

http://picasaweb.google.com/b747cf/Misc ... 0618406322

http://picasaweb.google.com/b747cf/Misc ... 3737301762

http://picasaweb.google.com/b747cf/Misc ... 3777281538

These were taken a couple of years ago.

Mark Fidler

Re: Helicopters near Reilly Aviation in Kissimmee

Sat Jan 09, 2010 10:02 am

Yeah that orange one was right near Warbird Adventures. Where are t hey now, and who owns them?

Re: Helicopters near Reilly Aviation in Kissimmee

Sat Jan 09, 2010 10:05 am

Woaw, what is that camo'd aircraft in the background of this shot? Su-25??

http://picasaweb.google.com/b747cf/Misc ... 3737301762

Re: Helicopters near Reilly Aviation in Kissimmee

Sat Jan 09, 2010 11:08 am

The orange Sikorsky is SH-34J BuNo 148030. Some pictures of her are featured in the book "Sikorsky H-34" by Lennart Lundh. Please post more pics of her of you have them. Hopefully she wasn't scrapped!

-Derek

Re: Helicopters near Reilly Aviation in Kissimmee

Sat Jan 09, 2010 12:00 pm

I believe the Avenger went to a wixer named HELLDIVER. If he had not got it I would have.

:D

Re: Helicopters near Reilly Aviation in Kissimmee

Sat Jan 09, 2010 1:28 pm

In several of the "Birds-eye" photos of Reilley's place on Bing Maps, you can see a lot of the old airframes he had at one time. Two of the photos show an A-26, MiG-21, F-101, an DC-3, an S-55, an S-2 Tracker and a number of others .

Other photos show it after Reilley left, but show the MiG-21, the S-2, an F-104 and a T-6.

Walt

Re: Helicopters near Reilly Aviation in Kissimmee

Sat Jan 09, 2010 4:31 pm

Ok I found some of the photo's you want from Riley's.

Here are the Grummans.

http://picasaweb.google.com/b747cf/Misc ... 2851998322

This is the camoed plane it's the B-25 Killer Bee.

http://picasaweb.google.com/b747cf/Bomb ... 5881183858

Here is the Mig-21.

http://picasaweb.google.com/b747cf/Figh ... 4042825138

Here is the f-104.

http://picasaweb.google.com/b747cf/Figh ... 2243155218

And here is a F-101.

http://picasaweb.google.com/b747cf/Figh ... 5646736178

For the final one here is the a-26 with the Cougar in the background.

http://picasaweb.google.com/b747cf/Bomb ... 2673129762

Mark Fidler

Re: Helicopters near Reilly Aviation in Kissimmee

Sat Jan 09, 2010 6:13 pm

vernicator wrote:Woaw, what is that camo'd aircraft in the background of this shot? Su-25??

http://picasaweb.google.com/b747cf/Misc ... 3737301762


That's Tom Reilly's B-25J "Killer Bee"

Cheers,
Richard
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