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Wed Nov 16, 2016 5:16 pm
Just wondering if there is any chance that there MIGHT be any parts from Boeing 307 around for ANY possible re-creation/restoration of one ? The 2 "BIG GIRLS" I JUST Love ( and I can Not lie !

) are the C-46, & the 307 !
Wed Nov 16, 2016 7:26 pm
And
maybe s/n 1998, NC19906/NC1940/42-88623/F-BELU/XW-TFP, if you want to go slogging around Laos:
Aviation-Safety.net wrote:An aircraft was reported missing on this date while on a flight from Hong Kong to Vientiane. MacAlan Thompson reported that a Stratoliner was forced to carry out a controlled crash-landing in a river. Captain Jimmy Lieu and the copilot were held prisoner by the communist Pathet Lao for several months then released about May 1975.
Other sources claim Curtiss C-46 XW-PMF (or HS-SKD), c/n reported 22561, was reported missing in the same period on the same flight. Since Stratoliner XW-TFP was seen in the Mekong river, near the Laos-Thailand border in 1986, this is probably the aircraft that "disappeared".
Fri Nov 18, 2016 4:01 pm
Thanks bdk & Chris, at least there is a trail to follow (?) someday (?), now to look for 307 tail feathers & for anything B-17 wing ect...
Sat Nov 19, 2016 1:20 pm
Someone should try and see if that wreck is still there. Perhaps some key castings and other components could be salvaged and if the awful boat-plane Frankenstein project could be acquired, perhaps a second example could be built.
Sat Nov 19, 2016 11:05 pm
I'm willing to go over to Thailand and look if someone will pay my way and expenses. I'll do exhaustive research and hands on archaeology. Willing to check every hangar,hamlet, building, and brothel.
Sat Nov 19, 2016 11:05 pm
I'm willing to go over to Thailand and look if someone will pay my way and expenses. I'll do exhaustive research and hands on archaeology. Willing to check every hangar,hamlet, building, and brothel.
Mon Nov 21, 2016 3:36 pm
marine air wrote:I'm willing to go over to Thailand and look if someone will pay my way and expenses. I'll do exhaustive research and hands on archaeology. Willing to check every hangar,hamlet, building, and brothel.
Great Idea !!

just maybe, someone salvaged that wreck and made a brothel out of it !!

now, where's that dang check book ??
Wed Nov 23, 2016 12:53 pm
Good thinking, check the beerjoints and

brothels first. Genius!
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