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vernicator
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Hi all. First time poster, long time reader.

Just wondering if Mr. Weeks' Po-2 is kept airworthy. Back in his youth my dad used to parachute out of them in Hungary and I would love to have a chance actually see/hear one fly.

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Where are you located? The FHC has a Po-2 that is kept in flying condition, although I don't know when it last flew.

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Vernicator - If your prepared to wait a little while the Shuttleworth PO-2 should be back in the air again which might give you a shorter trip to see one!
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There are also airworthy examples in France and Poland, and I'm sure also elsewhere in Easter Europe... ;)

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mrhenniger wrote:
Where are you located? The FHC has a Po-2 that is kept in flying condition, although I don't know when it last flew.

Mike


I'm in North America. Mom and dad left Hungary back in '56.

Excuse my ignorance but what is the FHC?
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Vernicator,

The FAA on-line database lists four Polikarpov Po-2s;

N3602, Training Services Inc., Virginia Beach, VA,
N46GU, Vulcan Warbirds, Inc., Seattle, WA,
N50074, Kermit Weeks, Polk City, FL,
N9016J, Vintage Aircraft International, Nyack, NY.

Incidentally, there's one Po-2 still flying in Hungary, HA-PAO. It is currently owned by the GOldtimer Foundation.

http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=493550

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Jan
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Jan wrote:
Vernicator,

The FAA on-line database lists four Polikarpov Po-2s;

N3602, Training Services Inc., Virginia Beach, VA,
N46GU, Vulcan Warbirds, Inc., Seattle, WA,
N50074, Kermit Weeks, Polk City, FL,
N9016J, Vintage Aircraft International, Nyack, NY.

Incidentally, there's one Po-2 still flying in Hungary, HA-PAO. It is currently owned by the GOldtimer Foundation.

http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=493550

Regards,

Jan


Interesting, I wonder if all of the U.S. reg.'d ones are airworthy.

I am aware of the Goldtimer's Po-2 "Mari Néni". I've also been closely following their restoration and now flying status of Lisunov Li-2 HA-LIX. The DC-3 has always been my all time favorite a/c type and dad also used to parachute out of the Malev and Hungarian Airforce Li-2's back in the day.

Thanks for all the replies to my post...this forum really is a great resource for info!!
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vernicator wrote:
I'm in North America. Mom and dad left Hungary back in '56.

Excuse my ignorance but what is the FHC?


FHC is billionaire Paul Allen's fabulous Flying Heritage Collection, based in Arlington, Washington
http://www.flyingheritage.com

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