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Re: "Hendon Buffalo" More titbits and argy bargy

Posted by JimH on Wed Jun 26, 2002 09:15:37 AM

In reply top "Hendon Buffalo" More titbits and argy bargy posted by Paul McMillan on Wed Jun 26, 2002 06:06:01 AM

: In the new issue of Classic Wings their is an article on C
: hris Provost of Vintage Aircraft Co in California. He is t
: he owner of the parts of 3 Buffalos' ex Australia.
:
: Anyway, their is a paragraph on the Dutch Air Force Museum
: s attempt to get one of these a few years ago. Apparanetly
: they were to offer a Jet Fighter in return, but couldn't
: come up with the goods and all went quite.. Chris is now s
: elling the Buffalos as a package and thinks they could be
: restored as a batch aka. Texas Airplane Factory Oscars and
: F-3's. So getting economies of sacle etc.. Anyway the mag
: azine says 'A major European aviation musuem has already i
: ndicated its desire to acquire one of these machines'.
:
: Well no prizes for guessing who that is!!!!
:
: Also a bit or Magazine argy bargy in Flypast August 2002 o
: ver this 'Henry Hall (who is responsible for all exhibits
: within the Museum) was keen to dispel reports in other mag
: azines of a Brewster Buffalo being built for the museum: "
: The fact that there may be parts around isn't enough to pe
: rsuade me that we must go hammer and tongs to acquiere the
: m with a view to restoring an example of the type. We have
: 'juicier targets' in terms of restoration and conservatio
: n".
:
: Also. Classic Wings says 2 other complete Buffalo's, one i
: s obviously BW-392 but is the other one the Finish Copy??

Two others...supposedly one (Buffalo) is residing in Arizona and slated to be donated to the MAPS Air Museum here in Canton Ohio. Scuttlebutt says the family has tied up the aircraft in court because they figured out how much they are worth. If you'all remember there was a P-38, P-40, Stinson, Buffalo, PT-19...and a few others that I cannot remember.

jim

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