Hellcat Photos

[Elroy13]

BTW, that's Howard Pardue in the cockpit in the first shot.

I thought that was good Ol' Howie!

[PatM]

I miss seeing the Kalamazoo Hellcat at the western NY shows. Are there any Hellcat restorations to flying going on right now?

[Mike]

I miss seeing the Kalamazoo Hellcat at the western NY shows. Are there any Hellcat restorations to flying going on right now?

A rare beast indeed.

5 actively flying -

TFC (Duxford)
Friedkin (Chino)
CAF (Camarillo)
Pond (Palm Springs)
Lone Star (Glaveston)

Paul Allen's and Kalamazoo's are nominally airworthy, but not flown.

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/f6fregis ... 79863.html

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/f6fregis ... 79683.html

70185 is supposedly under restoration to airworthy at Quonset.

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/f6fregis ... 70185.html

Kermit Weeks has an airframe stored, pending possible rebuild.

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/f6fregis ... 43014.html

All the rest are wrecks or static museum exhibits

[george]

Regarding paint scheme, I thought the one that was long ago at the USS ALABAMA looked the best. Also, the one that used to fly out of Atlanta in the 1980s (OO) looked very good. Does anyone have pictures of these Hellcats? Thanks.

[bdk]

Paul Allen's and Kalamazoo's are nominally airworthy, but not flown.

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/f6fregis ... 79863.html

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/f6fregis ... 79683.html

I think you can add Yanks example to this category.

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/f6fregis ... 78645.html

[Mike]

I think you can add Yanks example to this category.

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/f6fregis ... 78645.html

Did it ever fly since being rebuilt? Was it ever licensed? If not, I don't class it as 'airworthy'.

[Mike]

Regarding paint scheme, I thought the one that was long ago at the USS ALABAMA looked the best. Also, the one that used to fly out of Atlanta in the 1980s (OO) looked very good. Does anyone have pictures of these Hellcats? Thanks.

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/f6fregis ... 79593.html

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/f6fregis ... 79863.html

[phil65]

Does anybody know that happened to this one?
I'm not a 100% sure its a Hellcat but the photo is at NEAM back in about 1985. Sorry for the bad photo,I was running around like a kid in a candy store and it was get dark and I didn't have a flash
Thank,Phil

[Mike]

Does anybody know that happened to this one?
I'm not a 100% sure its a Hellcat but the photo is at NEAM back in about 1985.

Still there.........

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/f6fregis ... 79192.html

The registry is your friend!

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/f6fregis ... istry.html

[L. Thompson]

Now who can come up with a photo of the Moffett Field Hellcat in the base green near the Commissary as she appeared in about 1965 or anytime thereafter?

Sorry, but if I don't ask about once every year I begin again to think it was all a dream.

[george]

Thanks for the link, Mike. Unfortunately, it now has a completely different scheme than it did at Mobile. Would anyone have a picture of it at the USS ALABAMA?

Of the flyers, to me the CAF one looks the very best now.

L. Thompson - does this Hellcat from Moffett still exist, or maybe thats what you are asking also.

[phil65]

Does anybody know that happened to this one?
I'm not a 100% sure its a Hellcat but the photo is at NEAM back in about 1985.

Still there.........

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/f6fregis ... 79192.html

The registry is your friend!

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/f6fregis ... istry.html

Are you sure it's the sameone,I think that one was already inside

[corsairboss]

I have had these photos of Art since the loss and I will post these 3 photos of him prior to take-off. Hopefully they will be looked at and Art remembered for what he did in the warbird community. I had just talked with Art while he was strapping in, as he could not find some paper work and he had called to ask me where it was, and as always the paper work was on the right hand side of the panel in a clear pouch.







I sure do miss Art and the phone calls, and this Hellcat.

[DanteC]

Can I ask a silly question? Why is the second one so... blue?

Kinda what I thought...I snapped this at the Offutt AFB, NE airshow in August 2005. That aircraft is VERY blue...beautiful anyways!!

[DanteC]

I sure do miss Art and the phone calls, and this Hellcat.

LOVE that shot...reminds me of the wartime photo of the Hellcat lauching with the prop blur (you all know what I'm talking about).

RIP Art.