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Re: Tallichet collection
Posted by bdk on Fri May 31, 2002 12:31:17 PM
In reply top Re: Tallichet collection posted by Rob Mears on Thu May 30, 2002 09:34:33 PM
Tallichet used to have a derelict one of these parked at Chino... I remember the fabric deteriorating into tatters over the period of time it was there.
: These were actually a "Chipmunk" style trainer, but with m
: ore of a Harvard-style reinforced canopy. The main gear l
: egs were fixed with a forward facing "dog leg" style desig
: n. All seven of them were stored bulkhead to bulkhead in
: a small fenced area on the south side of the little gas st
: ation - all with wings & control surfaces removed. There
: were numerous metal engine containers stacked there as wel
: l, all with low-time, and zero-time engines inside. All o
: f the planes were finished in yellow schemes with RCAF mar
: kings.
:
: I was involved with the Civil Air Patrol at thew time, and
: was taking flight instruction from a husband and wife tea
: m there in Longview, Texas, The couple were both licensed
: A&P mechanics who pooled their money and bought the entire
: group of the Nords, plus spares. They moved on shortly t
: hereafter, but before leaving they did relate that their p
: lan was to restore the planes one at a time and offer them
: for sale. I believe the woman's name was Kathy.
:
: Anyway, there was a single example of the plane at Oshkosh
: this past year parked near the dozens upon dozens of AT-6
: 's. Because of the apparent rarity of the type, my guess
: would be that the plane at Oshkosh was one of the seven fr
: om that original group in East Texas. It's the only examp
: le I've ever come across outside of that storage yard.
:
: Rob