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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

WW1 enormous German airplanes

the above has 5 engines, 2 push pull units on the wings, and one on the center nose

See video of the top at http://strangernn.livejournal.com/901515.html

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!

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

screen shots from war documentaries in the movie "The Fog of War"

a bit too strong on the brakes!

found on http://aviatorgirl.tumblr.com/

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

The Mustang in the garage.. P51 F-6D to be exact, incredibly rare

Condensed version of the story: Selling P 51H Mustangs for 4000 meant buying up all the ones that had just become obsolete from the California Air National Guard, as they moved and switched to F86s, all the warehouses of P 51H parts, and all the aircraft were now surplus, and sold in scrapyards. A guy bought all he could, until the yard owner said no more until you get this P 51D out of the scrapyard... It was just taking up lots of space, and no one wanted the hassle when licensed and ready to fly P 51s were the same price.

So the guy buys it, and finally sells it and it gets moved from California to St Louis to some backyard, basement, and garage. Still a lot of crates and parts.

The rumors get out, kids played on it, and all the locals knew where it was. A guy flys in for a show, and buys it by first clearing and cleaning out the garage.. made someones wife very hapy to see all the plane parts go away! Trucked the parts from St Louis to Illinois.. 6 trucks and 5 trailers. The restoration was finished in 1993

found on http://gizmodo.com/this-gorgeous-warbird-is-more-phoenix-than-mustang-572235249 where you can read the whole story, which is just one in the book Hidden Warbirds http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2014/01/hidden-warbirds-two-books-in-style-of.html

Convair B-36 and XC-99 planes in flight, 1949

found on http://historicaltimes.tumblr.com

lucky crew, though not very good at dead reckoning navigation

Returning from a Nickeling mission over Warsaw the night of October 15th-16th, 1939, the AW Whitley “L-Love” of 77 Squadron was running low on fuel and, thinking they had reached the French border, put down in a field. Although an AA gun had fired a single shot at them, turning on their navigation lights and putting the wheels down had ended further fire, and they assumed nothing was amiss.

Exiting the plane and walking out, they were greeted by a group of curious villagers who, after a stilted conversation in some poor quality French, informed them they were actually in Germany. Realizing their mistake, the crew bolted for the plane some 200 yards behind them, and had the engines started before the German military patrol reached them and opened fire. There was enough fuel left to make it the remaining dozen miles to France.

found on http://historicaltimes.tumblr.com/ via http://georgy-konstantinovich-zhukov.tumblr.com/

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!

the purple button on the upper right area !

when you have clicked it, it'll say thanks!

the Facebook page is at https://www.facebook.com/Sandbarmitchell

info and photos from the following links:
http://www.sandbarmitchell.org/
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1918260583/b-25-bomber-sandbarmitchell-rescue-and-recovery-fr
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1918260583/b-25-bomber-sandbarmitchell-rescue-and-recovery-fr/posts/476068

If this has you interested in other B 25s that are getting restored, or are in museums, see http://www.aerovintage.com/b25news.htm

and a TV show series, the Restorers

the only pilot to ever eject from a jet, which then crash landed on auto, and fly it again.

found on http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e76_1381965140

it'll fly if you build it Wright

from http://silodrome.com/1903-wright-flyer-blueprints-free-download/

Hidden Warbirds, two books, in the style of the Cobra In The Barn, finding WW2 military aircraft that have been abandoned or previously undiscovered

Aviation historian Nicholas A. Veronico has been investigating and writing about aircraft wrecks for many years. His website, http://wreckchasing.com/ , is the go-to source for enthusiasts who want to know more about how to locate vintage airplane wrecks and then tell their stories. In this engaging new book, Veronico explores the romantic era of World War II Warbirds and the stories of some of its most famous wrecks, including the "Swamp Ghost" (a B-17E which crashed in New Guinea in the early days of World War II and which was only recently recovered), and "Glacier Girl" (a P-38, part of "The Lost Squadron," which crashed in a large ice sheet in Greenland in 1942). Throughout, Veronico provides a history of the aircraft, as well as the unique story behind each discovery and recovery with ample illustrations.