2015 restorations

Pat Carry · **Posted:** Tue Dec 02, 2014 2:15 pm

Its time for my annual post regarding ongoing restorations, what current projects can we look forward to being finished in 2015?

Airlift48 · **Joined:** Sat Oct 29, 2005 7:01 pm **Posts:** 744

K5DH · **Posted:** Tue Dec 02, 2014 2:53 pm

B-26K "Special Kay"

Maybe the XP-82? (he says hopefully)

Pat Carry · **Posted:** Tue Dec 02, 2014 3:37 pm

Airlift48 wrote:

C-97

kalamazookid · **Posted:** Tue Dec 02, 2014 4:05 pm

Off the top of my head:

B-29 "Doc"
Chris Kirchner P-40N in Florida (maybe?)
MAM Bf109
CWH Avenger

I'm also wondering how close some of these other restorations are:

CAF PBY in Minnesota
Midwest Aero- any P-51s under rebuild? Bf109 progress?
Fagen Fighters- Working on anything?
Collings Foundation TF-51

Mike · **Joined:** Tue May 04, 2004 8:54 am **Posts:** 3331

How far off is Dottie Mae? A realistic proposition for 2015?

jspott · **Joined:** Wed Feb 15, 2006 11:04 pm **Posts:** 47

Caf pbj
Caf p-63 Dixie wing
CWH avenger
Yagens me-109
The CAF pby is a long way from flight last photos I saw.

Triplane102 · **Joined:** Wed Oct 15, 2014 12:55 pm **Posts:** 491

3 SeaFury T-20 s, Meier Motors Red one.Cent. Powered.
Dwell Family's ex "Crit. Mass" 3350
Chuck Greenhill's next one at Sanders Cent. Powered .
In my lurking days, didn't I read in WIX, about a Real Bird Cage Corsair in Cal.? (Sorry, I hope I didn't "go there"

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UC61K · **Posted:** Tue Dec 02, 2014 5:24 pm

WW2 RAF veteran UC-61K / RAF Argus III
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SaxMan · **Posted:** Tue Dec 02, 2014 6:03 pm

The UC-78 that Jack Kosko and his crew are working on may see the skies in the latter part of 2015. Once they get past the wiring process, they should be able to pick up some momentum to get the plane completed as the rest of the work is fairly straightforward. If it doesn't fly in 2015, it will be a shoe-in for the 2016 list.

Courier Sportster · **Joined:** Thu Oct 20, 2011 7:03 am **Posts:** 319

not a warbird (sorta kinda is) and not a resto, but I am pumped to see the Bally Bomber fly. gotta be soon!

C VEICH · **Joined:** Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:40 pm **Posts:** 1471

How about the Collings Foundation Hellcat? Any chance of that one flying in 2015 or is it going to be further down the road?

JimH · **Posted:** Tue Dec 02, 2014 7:31 pm

Collings TF, not the Hellcat, that's slated for 2016.

jim

Triplane102 · **Joined:** Wed Oct 15, 2014 12:55 pm **Posts:** 491

Bear Cat G-58 Gulf Hawk 4th? Now that the Hintons & Fighter Rebuilders are done with Jim S.' Tiger Cat , any chance the Orange Bear-kitty will claw the sky again? Sure hope so!

flightsimer · **Posted:** Tue Dec 02, 2014 8:51 pm

Air Heritage's C-47, "Luck of the Irish" should be finished up with its external restoration and flying sometime in 2015, hopefully by late spring/early summer.

Not much left on it other than painting it (which is going to have to wait until spring when weather warms up), re-installing the completed controls and sending out both props for their corrosion AD inspection (which will be done right before we are ready to fly as they are time limited items).

There is also a possibility that our T-34B Mentor could be finished in late 2015, as it recently had a crew chief change and work is back underway and is going at a fairly consistent and rapid rate.

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