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Monday, February 10, 2014

Remember to cast your vote and help an old vet (B-25) win the Fed Ex small business grant!

http://smallbusinessgrant.fedex.com/Gallery/Detail/4856588f-6330-4359-9abb-49cc1797b05f/

Just click the vote button and you've done your part! Even better? Save the page, and go back every day til Feb 23rd!

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

major sections of a B 25

all found on http://www.sandbarmitchell.org/design.html who would really appreciate a vote each day from now til Feb 23rd to get a $25,000 dollar grant from Fed Ex!

http://smallbusinessgrant.fedex.com/Gallery/Detail/4856588f-6330-4359-9abb-49cc1797b05f/

When you've clicked it, it's going to say thank you!

now that you've seen how many parts there are to inspect and refurbish... you'll understand that they need a lot of help with funds and votes! (and 5000 Clecos!)

They have a just under a month to raise the needed $25K to acquire the parts and transport them back to our Michigan restoration shop.
· (3) R-2600 Engines in military metal storage cans, cores
· (11) Different cowlings & attached supports
· (1) Nose cowling · (15) Cowl flaps
· (2) Yellow nose rings
· (2) Cowl rings, one has two flaps attached
· (4) Generators · (4) Starters
· (10) R-2600 Pistons
· (13) NOS fuel boost pumps
· (1) R-2600 engine on pallet in poor condition
· Hundreds of R-2600 engine baffling
· (1) Disassembled R-2600, incomplete engine
· (1) NOS nose gear in box
· (2) NOS Main left landing gears
· (2) Prop blades, serviceable
· (2) Prop domes, serviceable
· (35) R-2600 cylinders, serviceable
· (3) NOS wiring harnesses
· Miscellaneous R-2600 carburetor parts
· Box of B-25 auto pilot parts

I would like to thank you all for considering this opportunity in joining our support team and donating today. Please visit www.sandbarmitchell.org to make a donation or contact me at pmihalek@Sandbarmitchell.org

Monday, January 27, 2014

Sandbar Mitchell, was finally lifted out of the Alaska wilderness last year, and is getting rebuilt at the Warbirds of Glory museum

Retired from the military, it went into firefighting duty in Alaska, until one flight when the engines went, and it was carefully landed on a sand bar in a river.

A very determined guy went all the way to make his dream of owning and restoring a B-25

He found that this one was the most likely available inexpensive one, and launched a kickstarter campaign, was successful, and got as much off it as possible to lighten the load, then helicoptered the last big part out

Believe it or not, the guy who owned it when it got stuck, his family still retained ownership. Yeah, 40 some years of sitting in the Alaska forests, and it had a title transfer. Wonder what the govt wants for taxes and fees on that!

When it got stuck, the good bits were removed to keep other fire fighting planes in good repair, the engines, wheels, etc.. the plane wasn't worth getting back... as one only cost about 5000 dollars, then.

She will be restored at the Brighton airport shop and then transported to the nearby Livingston County Airport for finial assembly. The future hope is to construct a public hangar-museum at Livingston County Airport for a public display and to hangar the aircraft when not flying on the airshow tour.

getting an airplane out of the back country was only a little bit easier because it's near a river and only 20 minutes from Fairbanks Alaska

by the way, the restoration will need about 5000 Cleco clamps! If you can help them, please email Patrick pmihalek@sandbarmitchell.org

If you can take a moment to click a vote to help try to get the plane a grant from Fed Ex... and please vote once a day til Feb 23rd! Here is the link, http://smallbusinessgrant.fedex.com/Gallery/Detail/4856588f-6330-4359-9abb-49cc1797b05f/ and some images to show how it's a simple point and click to pitch in your help!