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Re: Gulfhawk (II?)

Posted by bdk on Thu Sep 13, 2001 10:36:02 PM

In reply top Gulfhawk (II?) posted by Tom Woodhouse on Thu Sep 13, 2001 06:03:30 PM

I believe this was Elmer Ward's Bearcat (from Chino) that crashed upon/after takeoff at Oshkosh a few years back. Fighter Rebuilders built a jig and repaired the main portion of the fuselage a few years back. The partially repaired aircraft is now in storage in Chino. The aircraft is now on hold due to Elmer's health problems as I recall.

: I can vaguely remember the front cover of Flypast quite a
: while back having a sort of before and after set of photos
: of what I can recall what was a mainly orange and black c
: oloured Bearcat (called 'Gulfhawk II'?), with an in flight
: shot of it on the cover and just inside a smaller caption
: ed photo of it post bellying in (made quite a mess, as far
: as I can recall, breaking her back, ouch!). I think that
: it had an engine failure immediately after take off and th
: e pilot had to put her down quick. I don't know if this is
: the aircraft referred to but it has certainly got me remi
: nicing about the good old days of Flypast.

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