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Re: B-17 for sale

Posted by Richard Allnutt on Wed Jul 17, 2002 05:40:47 PM

In reply top Re: B-17 for sale posted by JimH on Wed Jul 17, 2002 12:06:27 PM

Hi Jim,
About three years ago, Tom took me around his place and at the back there were sections from two B-17's, excluding "Outhouse Mouse" and the Weeks aircraft. One of these aircraft, the center section of which I saw, had been involved in a crash as a firefighting aircraft. There were also substantial sections of another B-17, which had been the other of the two engine test bed aircraft (some of this aircraft was incorporated into "Outhouse Mouse", which is itself, of course, based upon another of the engine testbed aircraft, and formerly of the NEAM in Connecticut... having been severely damaged in a tornado in '79). Phew...that was a long sentence!
With regards to the LB-30 that Tom had recovered in Canada and had impounded, he was finally given permission to export the aircraft earlier this year. As far as I know, the remains have been brought back into the States, but I am not sure whether they have reached, or are even going, to Kissimmee.

Hope this helps!

Cheers,
Richard

: Major Sheet Metal...I am thinking this is the one out back
: of the hangar as well...OutHouse Mouse is pretty far alon
: g in the sheet metal dept. I remember seeing three airfra
: mes as mentioned by Mike. Did Tom ever get the B-24/LB-30
: out of Canada?
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: Jim

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