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Re: B-17 for sale
Posted by David M Jameson on Wed Jul 17, 2002 10:45:51 PM
In reply top Re: B-17 for sale posted by Richard Allnutt on Wed Jul 17, 2002 05:40:47 PM
I was at Toms place in March. There are a total of 5 B-17 there, including the one that is undergoing sheetmetal. It does not have a title though.
The white one in the corner is Kermit Weeks. He is letting Tom use it for templates.
The B-24 is still up in Canada. You are right, they finally received permission to move it across the border, but they sold the fuselage 2 or 3 years ago, that they were going to use for the wings that are up in Canada.
Michael told me that a complete project would sell for around a cool $1 million or so without any turrets.
Tom is starting to slow down and sell some of the stuff in the hangers.
David
: Hi Jim,
: About three years ago, Tom took me around his place
: and at the back there were sections from two B-17's, excl
: uding "Outhouse Mouse" and the Weeks aircraft. One of thes
: e aircraft, the center section of which I saw, had been in
: volved in a crash as a firefighting aircraft. There were a
: lso substantial sections of another B-17, which had been t
: he 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 testb
: ed aircraft, and formerly of the NEAM in Connecticut... ha
: ving been severely damaged in a tornado in '79). Phew...th
: at 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 ba
: ck
: : of the hangar as well...OutHouse Mouse is pretty far al
: on
: : g in the sheet metal dept. I remember seeing three airf
: ra
: : mes as mentioned by Mike. Did Tom ever get the B-24/LB-
: 30
: : out of Canada?
: :
: : Jim