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Surviving P-6E Hawks

Posted by Joe Scheil on Wed Nov 06, 2002 03:56:09 PM

In reply top P-6 posted by Elwyn on Wed Nov 06, 2002 01:02:07 PM

The USAFM P-6e was a trade school wreck and was found during the 1960's. Ralph Rosanick looked the airframe over for a potential restoration, but thought it was too far gone and eventually the USAFM got it. He spent the next 10 years looking for a P-6 and got the lower right? wing of -260 I believe. All other leads were no good. The replica is superbly accurate and exists because he felt it was important enough to spend 20 years on it. Unfortunatly he finished when in his late 70's and declined to fly it. It is however, flawless, and a "new" aircraft.

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