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Pat Carry
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I know that 2 of the 4 Hawkins & Powers Privateers were sold recently but what is the status of the the 2 that remained behind after the auction?

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As far as I know they are sitting in Greybull, word is they belong to Gene Powers. Who knows what he'll do with them.
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There are 3 left at Greybull still.

The silver ones are owned by Gene Powers and Dan Hawkins - neither was up for sale in the auction - both are flyable.

The 3rd (the orange stripped one) is owned by Duane Powers and is unlikely to fly again.
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Sad news to here about the Wonder Bread plane! (aka: 121)
I sure would love to see one restored to their former Coast Guard glory and flown around to airshows.
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121 is the least likey to fly as she needs a lot of work (doesn't mean she wont if the money is spent of course)

the other two have been maintained on a regualr basis - apparently Gene and Dan couldn't bear to sell them.

I have a load of photos from last month but can share yet as they are being published 1st


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What else is up there still? Have the scrappers cleaned the place out?
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partially... roughly from my photos:

PB4Y - 3
PB5Y - 1
C97 - 7
C130 - 7
C118 - 1
P2 - 9
C119 - 8
C123 - 1
FH227 - 1

The C82 and L18 have flown out
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RNDMTRS4EVR wrote:
Sad news to here about the Wonder Bread plane! (aka: 121)
I sure would love to see one restored to their former Coast Guard glory and flown around to airshows.
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The Lone Star Flight Museum is restoring one to back to WWII PB4Y-2 status that will fly. It originally came from H&P.
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I thought Lone Star's airplane used to belong Sergio and Woody from T&G aviation. I have seen the progress pictures and it is looking good.
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Any parts piles still left up there? I'm looking for some P-2V crew seats to restore and add to the hangar lounge.
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nice!

the 3 left to Greybull are N7962C (126), N6884C (127) and N2871G (121)
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plently of P2's in sorry states - most if not all the ones left will not fly out - I'm sure there are seats in some of them

there are not as many piles as there used to be
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Thanks, I guess I'll have to tell the pilots we need to go exercise the Caravan and make a trip up that way.
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there are 4 PB4Ys here in Greybull. the Wonder bread plane WILL fly again, it was bought by a business man from Phx. It and Yanks plane are in the hangar getting the wings fixed.

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WOOOOOO HOOOOOOO go Wonder Bread plane. I just wish someone would paint like it used to be, all of those SPOTS :shock:
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