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Sun Jul 03, 2016 8:35 am
I've been perusing Robert L. Scott A.V.G. Memorabilia on eBay and noticed several personal letters of his referring to his restored P-12. Late 70's time frame. Does anyone have more information on his P-12, was it a restored original? Replica? Any idea where it is now?
Sun Jul 03, 2016 9:05 am
Surviving P-12s are rare, I don't think there are any out there we don't know about.
Sun Jul 03, 2016 12:49 pm
VERY interesting!
Sun Jul 03, 2016 1:07 pm
This is a stretch but what are the chances that Scott is referring to the Boeing 100 that Paul Mantz owned? Now currently on display at the Museum of Flight it was restored to flyable in 1977 and painted up as a P-12. Scott and Mantz worked together during the making of "God is my Copilot" so were obviously at least acquainted. Is it possible that Mantz "loaned" out the Boeing to Scott for an occasional flight? Just grasping at straws here and trying to put two and two together. I have been a resident of the Phoenix, AZ area since 1979 and I have zero recollections of ever hearing of a flyable P-12, real or replica, that lived anywhere in this area. Having said that I also have to add that I have a very hard time believing that a man of Gen. Scott's character would make up such a story.
Sun Jul 03, 2016 1:09 pm
I remember an article from the 70's or so titled "So, I built a P-12"...I think it was either Jim Dewey or Jim Applebee. The replica was created from a Stearman airframe. I remember the article showing how the fuselage and wings were cut and reshaped to P-12 dimensions. Unfortunately I don't have access to all my old magazines but this could be the airframe in question.
Jim
Sun Jul 03, 2016 4:17 pm
JimH wrote:I remember an article from the 70's or so titled "So, I built a P-12"...I think it was either Jim Dewey or Jim Applebee. The replica was created from a Stearman airframe. I remember the article showing how the fuselage and wings were cut and reshaped to P-12 dimensions. Unfortunately I don't have access to all my old magazines but this could be the airframe in question.
Jim
I found reference to this article credited to Jim Dewey and appearing in the EAA magazine. Apparently this is now the F4B replica on display at the Marine Corps Museum. Have not been able to find any info on the airplane. Was it flyable at one point?
Sun Jul 03, 2016 6:13 pm
Yes, it was in Sport Aviation. If I remember the article correctly there were some air to air shots of it. Good to know it ended up there.
Jim
Mon Jul 04, 2016 8:48 am
I knew Bob Scott for some years. My father's home on E Napier St in Macon was next door neighbors to the Scott clan.
General Scott was not above spinning a yarn or two; witness the tale of a P-40 reaching China from the Philippine's.
Also, I believe he claimed 12 kills.
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