A-26 invader questions

[whistlingdeath77]

How many a-26s are in flying condition in the u.s currently?

How many are possibly sitting at airports in that are not in flying condition, dismantled or abandoned in the u.s roughly that we know of in the u.s? Photos would be great if you have them

How many a-26s fly the eastern coast? Here in the north east, I have never seen one flying at any airshow. But I would love to see one!

[Lon Moer]

http://www.warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=56065

[T J Johansen]

How many a-26s are in flying condition in the u.s currently?

Flying
44-34104 N99420 Tim Savage
41-39230 N9682C CAF
41-39359 N26BP Marine Aviation Museum
41-39427 N240P CAF
44-34313 N4313 Black Crow Aviation
44-34508 N74874 William Glover
44-34538 N34538 William Lyon
44-34749 N4959K Gary Abrams
44-34766 N26BK Howard Keck
44-35562 N7079G Peter Hambling
44-35708 N26PJ Premier Jets Inc
44-35788 N126HK Howard Keck
44-35911 N6840D George Lancaster

These are the ones that comes easily to mind on a Saturday morning. Some might wanna add more to the list, but these are the ones which flies, and might fly without major work being done to them. A couple of the fliers are somewhat doubtful as they might not fly much, or even have flown for some time.

Potentially flyable
44-34520 N126HP Hans Lauridsen
44-35323 N8026E Planes of Fame
44-35371 N4818E Marine Aviation Museum
44-35439 N74833 Evergreen Aviation Museum
44-35456 N5625S Wade Eagleston
44-35601 N202R Rod Huskey
44-35948 N381EC Champaign Aviation Museum

Of the potential fliers there are a few of which I don't know the current status ie. PoF, MAM, Eagleston and Champaign.

How many are possibly sitting at airports in that are not in flying condition, dismantled or abandoned in the u.s roughly that we know of in the u.s? Photos would be great if you have them

There are some scattered around the US actually.

How many a-26s fly the eastern coast? Here in the north east, I have never seen one flying at any airshow. But I would love to see one!

I would have said George Lancaster and his Rock Island Monarch. He's done airshows on the east coast. However his facebook site says he is currently without a medical, so everything is in limbo right now:
https://www.facebook.com/A26SpiritOfNc
http://www.a-26invaderspiritofnc.com/

Video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VONT-hwHyBo

Another possibility is Tim Savage. He posts here, so maybe he will chime in with which shows he plan to bring N99420 to.

T J

[whistlingdeath77]

Thanks tj, extremely helpful info.

[whistlingdeath77]

That sucks he lost his medical. Would have loved to see it fly. With the potential of a sale, who knows where it could end up,( west coast.) anybody know of a flying a-26 invader that sells t-shirts for their plane? I'd like to buy one and contribute

[Lon Moer]

Large thread pinned at the top of this forum;
http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=34145

[pjpahs]

According to the FAA registry , George Lancaster's A-26, N6840D, 44-35911, Spirit Of North Carolina, has had it's registration expire as of 10-31-2014.
It may be airworthy or not.

[whistlingdeath77]

If anyone has some photos from various airports seeing a-26s sitting derelict id love for you to post them on this thread. They need to be saved in some way

[Snake45]

It wasn't all that long ago--certainly since the turn of the century--that one of the Canadian firebombing outfits sold off quite a few of them, at reasonable asking prices. I think you could have had some of them for as little as $50K--and that's for a flyable airplane, though not of course one restored to Warbird standards. I wonder what happened to these airplanes, if any of them were sold and saved, or if they ended up scrapping them for lack of buyers?

[pjpahs]

Champaign aviation at Urbana ,Ohio has Air Spray tanker #32. Seen it a couple years ago at the Doolittle B-25 gathering, that's where they were setting up before flying to Dayton. It had been ferried in and was without bomb bay doors, maybe they removed them there? According to the FAA, it too has it's registration expire as of 12-31-2011. Champaigns is #44-35948, N381EC.

[T J Johansen]

It wasn't all that long ago--certainly since the turn of the century--that one of the Canadian firebombing outfits sold off quite a few of them, at reasonable asking prices. I think you could have had some of them for as little as $50K--and that's for a flyable airplane, though not of course one restored to Warbird standards. I wonder what happened to these airplanes, if any of them were sold and saved, or if they ended up scrapping them for lack of buyers?

Several of Air spray's A-26s were sold on the civilian market. N26PJ, N5625S and N381EC were amongst them. One also eloped to Australia with one of our own forumites IIRC.

I think the price was more like $100.000,- or in that neighborhood at the time. That was approx the value of a pair of R-2800s.

Here is a photo from Red Deer some years back courtesy of Air Spray.


T J

[Old SAR pilot]

A few more to add to the list. Don't know if they're flyable or not, but searched the FAA listings for both Douglas A-26 and B-26. (READ: SN/N-number/Owner/FAA expiration date)

43-22602 N9990Z MILITARY AIRCRAFT RESTORATION CORP 09/30/2015
27817 N34538 MARTIN AVIATION INC 04/30/2017
28045 N26BK THERMCO AVIATION 10/31/2018
28048 N500MR SEA LINK AVIATION INC 09/30/2017
41-39486 N90711 CONTINENTAL AVIATION INC 06/30/2018
27992 N706ME NOSTALGIA INC 11/30/2018
64-17679 N4988N JAMES STANLEY REYNOLDS 02/28/2018
27834 N26HK EDMUND O NOEL 07/31/2016
44-34602 N167B BANK OF UTAH TRUSTEE 07/31/2017
6874 N26RP GERALD W YAGEN 07/31/2016
44-35552 N5544V DBA DUANE D SLY 09/30/2016
44-35710 N7705C CAVANAUGH AIR LLC 03/31/2016
44-35696N N8036E CCT OF 1979 B-24 SERIES LLC A-26 SERIES 05/31/2017
44-34722R N3222T ERICKSON JACK 02/28/2017
28053 N917Y PASUMEK LLC 03/31/2018
41-39401 N39401 KERMIT A WEEKS 11/30/2017
44-35721 N9425Z POND WARBIRDS LLC 04/30/2018
28922 N626SH AMERICAN AIRPOWER HERITAGE FLYING MUSEUM INC 08/31/2018
44-35493 N576JB WAR EAGLES AIR MUSEUM 08/31/2017

[RickH]

Rick Sharpe, in Houston, has the Always, Fire Eaters aircraft as well as Bob Pond's 2nd A-26 that once was outside at the Palm Springs Museum.

[flightsimer]

According to the FAA registry , George Lancaster's A-26, N6840D, 44-35911, Spirit Of North Carolina, has had it's registration expire as of 10-31-2014.
It may be airworthy or not.

That really does not mean much since all registrations now expire. He could have just let it lapsed since he does not have a medical currently...

[pjpahs]

Is there a co$t to registering an aircraft? If so , how much? Does it depend on the aircraft type, single, twin, experimental, etc...
Does it cost more to register new as opposed to renew? Just found that it costs $5 to renew online with the FAA. It doesn't have to be airworthy,
MAAM's P-61 is registered and it's a long way from flying.