Warbird Information Exchange

Something you don't see everyday!

Harland Avezzie has been working on this for a year or so and yesterday he did some taxi tests with his PT-23 on restored Federal Aircraft Works Snow skis!
They are the 10th set of only 41 built for use on Fairchild PT-19, 23, and 26's. He has only found one photo of a set on a PT from back in the 1940's.
Test flight will have to wait for less snow!!!! Hopefully I will be there to get some A2A pics and some video of it!
Harland snapped these photos with his phone.

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HOW COOL IS THAT!?!?! So freakin' neat! Thats how a true Warbird-New-Englander takes full advantage of the season!!!!

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I get chills just looking at those photos - Down here in Pa, not much difference in temps I guess. A2A's will be great. Jerry - maybe find another open
cockpit plane to shoot from, ey? Rugged men up there in NE.

Mark D

Interesting way the photo distorted the prop, which had to have been turning at the time, I assume?

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Jerry,

Do you know if any progress is being made on his TBF or how far along it is?

Thanks,

Mac

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I'm not THAT hardy Mark! Give me an e closed cockpit in the winter! TBF is still slowly moving along. He's doing lots of turrets.

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Thanks, Jerry. I wish he had a website.

Mac

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Good stuff, Jerry! Does Harland have the photos of the TBM I took at Glenview after it was recovered? I can forward the files if he wants.

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)

I believe his turret is still on display at the neam

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