Warbird Information Exchange

The restoration in Dallas of the V-173 Flying flapjack by the Vought Heritage Group is finished!
Check it out! Looks fantastic!

http://www.antiqueairfield.com/articles ... out-photos

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"Always remember that, when you enter the ocean or the forest, you are no longer at the top of the food chain."

Excellent!

Big round of applause to the Vought Heritage guys. Fantastic Work! Shame she wont ever come home to Stratford Ct where she was designed, build, flown, crashed, and flown again!

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Andrew King
Air Museum Director with no Museum to Direct
Open to Suggestions

Beautiful job!!!

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Don't make me go get my flying monkeys-

Is this super cool oddity viewable to the public? (Never mind, all I have to do is read!! )

Very nice! It seems this is the only way aircraft from the NASM are going to get restored, when someone esle undertakes the job.

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Ain't no sunshine when she's gone!

Interesting. I never knew it was silver underneath.



Chappie

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Brrring. Dispersal? TWO SECTIONS SCRAMBLE!!

They really did a wonderful job with the aircraft! The photos posted to that webpage compare very well with these originals taken back in the 40's:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lightning72/3525302739/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lightning72/3525302747/

This is probably a silly question but, I am assuming that the landing gear is fixed? It seems like such a huge source of drag.

Tom P.

Yes, landing gear is fixed. This was more a proof-of-concept vehicle and a demonstrator for low-speed manuverability than anything else. At such low speeds drag is less a factor.

Note also that access is from a door on the bottom of the aircraft.

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Kevin McCartney