"Liberty Belle" to BE RESTORED??

[wingman1]

i just saw this posted on facebook. any info? is it true?


https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... =1&theater

[Iclo]

The owner of the Liberty Belle alos owns an other B-17 wreck recoverd from an canadian lake years ago.
I suppose that news is about the restoration of this specific plane.

[wingman1]

The owner of the Liberty Belle alos owns an other B-17 wreck recoverd from an canadian lake years ago.
I suppose that news is about the restoration of this specific plane.

that was my first thought as well, but i got to thinking, that B-17 was being restored already. maybe plans changed?

[lmritger]

Kermit Weeks took a tour of the shop a week or two ago and posted a couple photos on his Facebook page; work is already well underway on the fuselage structure.

Liberty Belle will fly again!!!

[wingman1]

Kermit Weeks took a tour of the shop a week or two ago and posted a couple photos on his Facebook page; work is already well underway on the fuselage structure.

Liberty Belle will fly again!!!

YES! please post pic's or a link to the Facebook page!!!!!!!thank you.

[Randy Haskin]

Is the Labrador Fortress simply going to be given the Liberty Belle name when it is restored, or is Mr Brooks going to both rebuild the Labrador B-17 AND rebuild Liberty Belle?

[TAdan]

Is the Labrador Fortress simply going to be given the Liberty Belle name when it is restored, or is Mr Brooks going to both rebuild the Labrador B-17 AND rebuild Liberty Belle?

Based on what I heard in the Warbird Radio interview it sounds like the current plan is to rebuild BOTH, with Liberty Belle given priority and the Labrador B-17 being a long term project.

[Rod Schneider]

Per Ray Fowlers interview yesterday on Warbird Radio, there has been some discussion about incorporating some of the parts of Liberty Belle into the Labrador B-17, but the current idea is leaning toward rebuilding Liberty Belle as a separate project. Currently, there are no parts of Liberty Belle down at Don Brooks place in Douglas...........

[Fouga23]

How can they rebuild the Bell? The whole fuselage burned
Wouldn't it be easier to just use the Labrador B-17 and complete it with Liberty's wings?

[groundpounder]

From what i recall, there wasn't much left of the Canadian fuselage other than a very beat up partial cockpit/radio room.

[Jesse C.]

As longs as most of the hardware survived, this can be rebuild. The fuselage is just aluminum sheet held together with aluminum ribs. The rest is rivets and hardware.

I wish them well!

[Matt Sharkey]

From what I heard in the Warbird radio show, they are looking for a fuselage to use as the base of "new" Liberty Belle and incorporate parts from the original Liberty Belle into this fuselage.

[Chuck Giese]

Kermit Weeks took a tour of the shop a week or two ago and posted a couple photos on his Facebook page; work is already well underway on the fuselage structure.

Liberty Belle will fly again!!!

Kermit's pictures are of the Labrador B-17 rebuild. As far as I know, no final decision has been made as to the direction of the Liberty Belle rebuild.

[mlenoch]

Will the 'new' "Liberty Belle" be a restoration or recreation?
(RUN FOR COVER!!)
VL

[cooper9411]

Will the 'new' "Liberty Belle" be a restoration or recreation?
(RUN FOR COVER!!)
VL

From the sounds of it, both!