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Re: Southern MN CAF Show

Posted by Mark Braun on Wed Aug 07, 2002 02:55:07 AM

In reply top Re: Southern MN CAF Show posted by Bryan Joseph on Tue Aug 06, 2002 12:12:32 PM

: : Did anybody make it to the 25th Annual Airshow at Flemin
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: : Field Airport in South St.Paul, MN.?? I wasn't able to g
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: : because of work conflict. How was it??
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: They had a good turnout, but the Weather could have been b
: etter. His is a list of most of the attending air craft
: B-17 Thunderbird (LSFM)(static)
: C-47 No Dak ANG (Odegaard)
: C-47 Black Sparrow (CAF)
: B-25 Miss Mitchell (CAF)
: C-45 Ozark Air Museum
: PBY Tanker #115 (CAF)
: PBY In Hanger (Heavily Damaged In a Storm a few year's
: back, But we hope to have her back on her gear and finish
: rebuilding the Hydrolic system by next year) (CAF)
: F4U-4 (Beck)
: P-40 (Beck)
: Firefly (Captain Eddie)
: SBD (CAF)
: P-51C 'Red Tail' (CAF)
: P-51 Dakota Kid
: P-51 Dazzling Donna
: P-51 Gunfighter II
: P-51 Petie 2nd (Beacheler Sat Only)
: These were 4 T-6's, 2 T-28's, 1 OV-1, an Albatross and a b
: unch of L-birds.The PBY Did water drops both days and on S
: aturday it flew with a Piaggio Amphib, and WhipAir's Air T
: ractor on Floats (Quite a group)....Can't wait for next ye
: ar!

Am I to understand the B-17 "Thunderbird" was static only, and did Not fly in any of the flying displays all weekend??
Just like at Oshkosh??
Also, what is the timeline on getting the PBY back in the air? Did you folks at the Mn Wing CAF ever find yourselves a replacement wing center section to replace the damaged one? I heard that the one that you folks attempted to purchase in WA state a few years back, never came to pass. Did you find another, or are you repairing the original one?

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