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Tom Camps Wildcat:

http://www.courtesyaircraft.com/index.p ... tem/n86572

I wish I had a spare million laying around. Nice looking Grumman for sure

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I've always wondered, what kind of landing gear reaction systems do the surviving Wildcats have? I assume they've all been made automatic by this point. Are there any left that still have the manual crank?

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The Atlantic paint scheme looks great.

This one still has the original hand crank system. As do most of them I am pretty certain. A friend of mine wrenches for Tom and due to his kindness I was allowed to sit in this Wildcat at Chino a couple of years ago. Very cool! Tom was considering some very interesting projects at that point in time and I wonder if the sale of the Wildcat might be to finance one of them? Whatever the circumstances I hope the Wildcat finds a good home with someone who will continue to operate it on a regular basis.