NMUSAF A-25 Update? Please!

[airnutz]

Back to the original discussion about the soon to be stunningly displayed A-25 Shrike, courtesy of the hard work of HELLDIVER and the vision of the outstanding NMUSAF. Don't forget the pictures please

Agreed!

Mike: Post those pictures pronto, or I'm going to have to come up there and take them myself!

Ooops...sorry..yes, pictures when possible Mike. Thanks in advance.

[skymstr02]

Maybe Airnutz can do some research down at the Rosenberg Library. I remember seeing pictures of an A-25 squadron at Galveston Army Airlield that towed targets for the P-47 training squadrons at Galveston and Matagorda. There was one or more crashes on the Island and specifically Teichman Road.

[HELLDIVERS]

HI I JUST EMAILED PHOTOS TO DAN K TBY GUY! IM NOT UP TO SPEED ON THE PHOTO POSTING SO ILL LEAVE IT UP TO THOSE THAT ARE!! THANKS MIKE

[Dan K]

Buttered biscuits! One metal basher from Minnesota just sent photos to a basher in Wisconsin. I can't post photos any more than I could save a P-51 from an F8F.

First guy/gal who e-mails me will receive the forwarded photos to post (as well as the adoration of WIX lurkers worldwide).

tbyguy@yahoo.com

[DaveM2]

[Dan K]

Thanks again, Dave, for posting the photos.

And to Mike R.: Love what you're doing with that big, old Curtiss!

[Broken-Wrench]

One metal basher from Minnesota just sent photos to a basher in Wisconsin.
First guy/gal who e-mails me will receive the forwarded photos to post (as well as the adoration of WIX lurkers worldwide).

tbyguy@yahoo.com

Metal Basher? Do you mean sheetmetal man? A metal basher ponds dents out of garbage cans. A sheetmetal man fabricates parts.

[RMAllnutt]

Actually, it is not totally true that the Navy Museum can't trade their stuff. They parted out a Douglas Dauntless about two years ago and traded the wings to a close friend of mine in exchange for components, which included several turrets for the PB4Y-2 (not the side blister ones though). I am curious as to why they can't trade the surplus side blisters they have if they can trade significant chunks of a Dauntless.

Cheers,
Richard

[Dan K]

Metal Basher? Do you mean sheetmetal man? A metal basher ponds dents out of garbage cans. A sheetmetal man fabricates parts.

Oh dear, I forgot how testy you New Englanders can be in the morning.

Your Honor, I'd like to retract my previous statement:

Mr. Mike, you are truly a sheetmetal craftsman of the highest order (you ludefisk-munching Viking)

Hope that puts everyone in the right mood.

[Broken-Wrench]

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[Broken-Wrench]

Metal Basher? Do you mean sheetmetal man? A metal basher ponds dents out of garbage cans. A sheetmetal man fabricates parts.

Oh dear, I forgot how testy you New Englanders can be in the morning.

Your Honor, I'd like to retract my previous statement:

Mr. Mike, you are truly a sheetmetal craftsman of the highest order (you ludefisk-munching Viking)

Hope that puts everyone in the right mood.

NEW ENGLANDER! You are pissing in the milk bucket! I'm not a New Englander. I'm merly a German/ American Indiana Hoosier here temporally conquering it. Don't worry Cheesehead no offense taken.

[HELLDIVERS]

DAN AND DAVE THANKS FOR YOUR EFFORTS!! I CAN MAKE ALMOST ANYTHING FROM ALUMINUM BUT IM NOT PATIENT ENOUGH FOR THE COMPUTER WORLD!! ELEVATORS WILL BE ON TONIGHT,NEW PHOTOS IN THE NEXT DAY OR SO. LOTS OF LITTLE DETAILS LEFT BUT MOST AIR FRAME PARTS ARE DONE.WERE GETTING INTO THE FINAL STAGES OF THE PROJECT BUT IVE ALREADY LEARN THAT THE ROLL OUT DATE IS STILL AN UNKNOWN.WEVE TRIED NOT TO CUT ANY CORNERS ON THE RESTORATION SO IF IT TAKES A LITTLE LONGER ITS MY FAULT.OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE IT AS CLOSE TO FACTORY ORIGINAL AS IF IT JUST ROLLED OUT OF THE CURTISS PLANT IN ST. LOUIS 61 YEARS AGO THANKS MIKE

[ramprat]

On the subject of a recoverable SB2C, I wonder if the NHC could work out a trade with Thailand? I think they have a complete example sitting static in a museum.

[airnutz]

Maybe Airnutz can do some research down at the Rosenberg Library. I remember seeing pictures of an A-25 squadron at Galveston Army Airlield that towed targets for the P-47 training squadrons at Galveston and Matagorda. There was one or more crashes on the Island and specifically Teichman Road.

That's do-able Sky... in fact required, the Rosenberg's online access is
a disappointment in view of it being the oldest continuous library in Texas.
(Edit: Public library, that is.)
I'll have to set aside a day to go down to the island for some archive
digging. Haven't been there since high school...thanks for the
suggestion.

[airnutz]

On the subject of a recoverable SB2C, I wonder if the NHC could work out a trade with Thailand? I think they have a complete example sitting static in a museum.

Here's a link Ramprat to the Thai Helldiver, as well as an "apparently"
complete example of a Vought V-93s, as well as a good story of the
Auckland Museum's history of their Mitsu. Zero...
http://members.tripod.com/peterlewisdes ... ldiver.htm