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Tom Crawford
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Built by Grumman Aircraft. I don't know WHY though.......
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Mitsubishi and they housed Geisha girls? :?
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Mitsubishi and they housed Geisha girls? :?
Would you believe Chance Vought? (say that like Maxwell Smart would)
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Jethro Bodine's bachelor pad Possum club trailer floated out to sea and and washed up in Stratton, CT
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Bowlus built gliders here on the west coast in the late '30s and 40's, along with trailers. They weren't in CT at one time, were they?

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Let's see Bell Aircraft then Republic might have been involved but I don't a clue as to what they were used for. Good luck to everyone else..
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I wasn't anywhere the Corsair gathering, but this thing must have been on some kind of a display and it was a significant war effort contribution. Portable/Mobile/Emergency airfield control units (F.B.O's) or maybe Link Trainers. I'm just guessing, that's it for me....Good thread though.
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Tell him what he has won Johnie!
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Rob, they were used to house the transient plant workers on site during the war.
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I know I said I was through with this thing but Sikorsky got me back in..
What's the timeline, maybe pre-war? I know Vought/Sikorsky built flying boats. Do I get the fur-lined hockey pot award?
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Great ! Where do I claim my prize ? Did I win a sixpack of Moxie or a gallon of Roundup or are they one in the same :partyman: ?
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Uh, thanks Rob, I think, tell you what why don't you send it down to Ryan K. It will cut down on postage and I'm sure he'd appreciate it. :lol:
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Better watch that Moxie stuff. I've heard it causes uncontrolled hair growth in all the wrong places, the vapors and gives you a uncontrollable urge to hunt for the White bird. Beware!!!!

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