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PostPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 4:23 pm 
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Sorry if this has already been covered and I've not been paying enough attention :hide:

http://www.americanaeroservices.com/web ... bomber.htm

Is that amazing ? I wonder where it's going and who owns it ?

I wish it was mine !

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 4:27 pm 
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Looks like an HU-16 Albatross in drag.

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I agree...Shrimp Boat airframe with a pseudo-B-25 style nose grafted on for good measure. I bet my dad would have loved to have the waist .50 cals and the bombs at his disposal when he was flying SA-16. Shoot and blow up a lot of fish that way.....

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 10:46 pm 
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this was posted, but bears repeating. that thing is ugly as poo poo.

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 7:24 am 
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I think it is going to the American Airpower Museum on L.I. They posted something about a "guess the airplane" on their facebook page a while back.

It is supposed to be a hands on exhibit.

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 8:14 am 
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It is definitely made to 'play' with and walk around inside without dinging your scalp.

Looks cool!

Certainly gets the point across.

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We came up with the name Albatrocity! :wink:

Nice work, to take an airframe headed to the scrapper, and make it in to something that will make a kid remember his or her trip to the museum. Thus saving the real bombers from being used as a static toy. I like it.

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 12:28 am 
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great nickname!! is it a movie prop or somebody's walter mitty toy??

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 6:54 am 
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I can confirm the Albafort (my name) bomber is a new exhibit at the American Airpower Museum. The final interior finish work featuring a couple of truly slick special effects is almost completed. It'll be a unique walk through type of experience that will give visitors some sense of what it was like to fly and fight 25,000 feet up. Just can't figure out how to get the interior down to 35 below zero!

Moderators... is it permissible to post a link to the AAM's website here?


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PostPosted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 12:17 pm 
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obart1, I think you can go right ahead.

http://www.americanairpowermuseum.com/W ... Index.aspx

I've never visited the AAM but have enjoyed seeing it's aircraft at local shows the past several years. :D

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 7:18 am 
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Thanks TAdan... hope you get a chance to visit us some day.

Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends are best for enjoying flight ops. Many of our aircraft fly in The New York Airshow @ Jones Beach which takes place Sat/Sun of the Memorial Day weekend. Our C-47 then flies on Monday as well in our D-Day paratroop drop re-enactments. Sorry, no actual jumping but it is a unique experience we offer to the public. Details on the website.


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Update...old news...? I saw this site today.


http://americanaeroservices.com/cgi-bin ... &type=5234

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 2:39 pm 
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I kinda like this thing, for several reasons.

* It was built around what is said to be a badly corroded & damaged Albatros -- minimal prospects for survival otherwise;
* I appreciate the workmanship and creativity that went into it;
* It is educational for kids and may pique their interest in warbirds;
* It keeps the museum from having to butcher a real B-17/B-24/B-25/B-29 or whatever in order to produce a walk-through exhibit.

As long as it is clear to the public that this thing is somewhat fancifal and not the "real thing", then I see no harm in it.

That said, I do agree that the Alba-bomber is really ugly!


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I really like this project. looks great IMHO.

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Looks a little like something Gary would have had in his backyard! :lol: :supz:

I love it. Great learning tool for the young ones!

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