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Re: B-23, PBY sale?
Posted by Jeff on Sun Oct 27, 2002 11:51:41 PM
In reply top Re: B-23, PBY sale? posted by Ryan Keough on Sun Oct 20, 2002 10:14:52 PM
The B-23 will stay in Moses Lake, It was bought locally and will be made to fly soon, UC-67 in Westinghouse Corporate condition, very good. $126,000.
N31235 will stay in Moses Lake for awhile, we plan on putting it in passenger tour business somewhere warm. $85,000
N9505C will stay here for awhile. Was sold locally for $115,000. Is for sale. Waterbomber in Always movie.
Canadian aircraft sold to Buffalo Airways, Yellowknife. Forebomber company, $77,000
Keep in mind all these aircraft heave essentially been stored inside for the last 20 years when not flying or working.
These are the real facts as I know them.
: : : "The B-23 sold for about $112,000 and the stock PBY-5A
: s
: : ol
: : : d for $77,000... what a deal considering you have to p
: ay
: : $
: : : 140,000 for a Cessna these days."
: :
: : The B-23 is not the only flyable example, there a a coup
: le
: : of others I think. This one probably needs some major
: wo
: : rk as it has not flown in some time. However it provide
: s
: : a museum with the opportunity to restore a fairly rare a
: nd
: : unique prewar bomber. What a great visitor a restored
: B-
: : 23, B-10 and flight of P-35's and P-36's at Legends woul
: d
: : be...
: :
: : As for the PBY, I am not sure what one sold but I dont t
: hi
: : nk any were stock. All of the Schlafli aircraft were mo
: di
: : fied. The B-23 may have some mods as well, its been a w
: hi
: : le since I saw it. Post the registrations and I will te
: ll
: : you detailed info about it.
: :
: : Joe
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: It was told to me by the CF liasion there that the B-23 wa
: s indeed flyable and had been kept in pretty nice shape. I
: t was not a stock example, and had been converted to an ex
: ecutive configuration. I believe it was converted for use
: by Westinghouse execs if memory suits me right.
:
: That from my count puts three B-23s in flying or able to c
: ome close to flying state. The former B-23 owned by World
: Airways (N747M) owned by Mike Bogue of Ione, CA is one...
: the B-23 sold above, two... and the Kermit Weeks example w
: hich needs loads of work before flying as it suffered tons
: of damage from Hurricane Andrew.
:
: The PBYs were indeed modified, or in the least stripped. T
: wo of the Cat's were reengined with R-2600's had the clipp
: er nose mod and sold for above $100,000 a piece. The other
: was a more or less stock Cat with R-1830s and the boxed o
: ff nose for the turret position. None had blisters, but th
: ere were a few blister units on auction too.
:
: No idea who bought these yet. I was told that the 1830-Cat
: alina was sold to a Canadian party and one of the Super Ca
: ts was sold to a party in the East (US that is). As soon a
: s there is news, I'll post it.