The Platinum Fighter Sales Continue

GRNDP51 · **Joined:** Fri Sep 22, 2017 1:34 pm **Posts:** 509

Summary of some of the recent sales from Platinum Fighter Sales...

Connie Edwards P-51D Mustang N38227
-Sold to Chris MacAllister. This name didn't ring a bell, but I looked him up. Race car guy?... Anyone have any info?

Connie Edwards TBM Avenger N33BM
-Sold to Historic Aircraft Preservation Group. They also have a PV-2.

Connie Edwards Grumman Mallard N775WA
-Sold to Yanks Air Museum.

Mid America also picked up some Piaggio's being N6354T, N651E, and N166Y.

Yak 11 Fan · **Posted:** Sat Oct 05, 2019 1:49 am

Good news that the aircraft are finding new homes, I see the award winning Corsair, the P40, Catalina and Lysander are all pending, it will be interesting to see where they end up.

Mick G · **Joined:** Sat Feb 13, 2016 5:39 pm **Posts:** 213

Curious about the C46 and if it will ever be bought. Looks like they have dropped the $250K price to "Accepting offers" actually a decent deal for a museum t pick up.

marine air · **Posted:** Sat Oct 05, 2019 11:58 pm

It’s odd that the C-46 and C-117D Super Gooney haven’t sold. My guess is the paperwork isn’t clear or they’ve had a lot of work done that isn’t kosher with the FAA, something weird. The C-117D is a prized load hauler.
Cosmetically , both aircraft look great. The prices are quite reasonable.

Kyleb · **Posted:** Sun Oct 06, 2019 7:21 am

marine air wrote:

It’s odd that the C-46 and C-117D Super Gooney haven’t sold. My guess is the paperwork isn’t clear or they’ve had a lot of work done that isn’t kosher with the FAA, something weird. The C-117D is a prized load hauler.
Cosmetically , both aircraft look great. The prices are quite reasonable.

You think? I would love to have either one, but the reality is the working days of a round engine WWII transport are 99% done. Maintainability is going down daily due to part availability and the challenge of finding someone who can work on older aircraft. The same problems exist if you want them as toys or as museum flyers to take to shows.

Fearless Tower · **Joined:** Thu May 26, 2011 5:14 pm **Posts:** 365

Nice to see Platinum listings actually start to move. For the longest time it seemed like very few of their aircraft ever sold.

marine air · **Posted:** Sun Oct 06, 2019 1:54 pm

Their sales has a lot to do with the US and world economy, the exchange rates, and also what an investor can do with that money relative to expanding their business, the stock market, real estate, etc.
At least that’s my understanding. Their inventory is always “ top shelf” . If you won the lottery is there any doubt all of us would drop some coins on a few of their listings? I’ve also been told the collector airplane market mimics what’s going on in the collector car world.

Lon Moer · **Posted:** Mon Oct 07, 2019 2:58 pm

Both of the PBY's sold, too.

LysanderUK · **Joined:** Sun Feb 21, 2010 2:01 pm **Posts:** 271

Does anyone know where the Avro Avian is going?

kalamazookid · **Posted:** Tue Oct 08, 2019 10:01 am

LysanderUK wrote:

Does anyone know where the Avro Avian is going?

It appears the Avian and Fleetwings Sea Bird are now owned by Walt Bowe and Carlene Mendieta and will be based in California. Both aircraft are at Dakota Territory Air Museum through Sunday.

https://www.minotdailynews.com/news/loc ... ir-museum/

GRNDP51 · **Joined:** Fri Sep 22, 2017 1:34 pm **Posts:** 509

kalamazookid wrote:

It appears the Avian and Fleetwings Sea Bird are now owned by Walt Bowe and Carlene Mendieta and will be based in California. Both aircraft are at Dakota Territory Air Museum through Sunday.

https://www.minotdailynews.com/news/loc ... ir-museum/

Walt's gonna have a pretty cool collection! Hope to see all three of his new arrivals soon enough.

EstorilM · **Posted:** Tue Oct 08, 2019 1:25 pm

Any information on where the PBY's went?

David Legg · **Joined:** Sun Dec 31, 2006 1:07 pm **Posts:** 338

EstorilM wrote:

Any information on where the PBY's went?

The PBY-6A N4NC was sold to the Mid America Flight Museum at Mount Pleasant, TX and has already been flown there. It was registered to 'Glover William Scott' on 24th September. I have no details on a sale of the Canso A N222FT yet but note it is still registered to 'Connie' Edwards.

EstorilM · **Posted:** Wed Oct 09, 2019 9:46 am

David Legg wrote:

EstorilM wrote:

Any information on where the PBY's went?

The PBY-6A N4NC was sold to the Mid America Flight Museum at Mount Pleasant, TX and has already been flown there. It was registered to 'Glover William Scott' on 24th September. I have no details on a sale of the Canso A N222FT yet but note it is still registered to 'Connie' Edwards.

Thanks! Hopefully some more will pop up on the east coast soon, but for now I'm glad I got to see MAM's Cat a few times this year!

Warbird Information Exchange

The Platinum Fighter Sales Continue

Who is online