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Reprint of the old post.

Posted by B Darnell on Fri Jan 03, 2003 11:49:22 AM

In reply top Ages ago on this site.. It was said that someone had died posted by Paul McMillan on Fri Jan 03, 2003 10:59:12 AM

Louis Myers...
Hope this helps....


:The guy showing us around re-iterated t
: he statement which came out a little while ago (which you
: told me about months ago Jim) regarding the bequeathment o
: f six airframes from a guy named Louis Myers of Tempe Ariz
: ona. Apparently this grouping included a complete Brewster
: Buffalo (the number tallied with a Finnish airframe, but
: not BW-372), a P-40N, a P-38 (mostly complete, but with a
: damaged tailboom), a drone of some sort, and two other air
: craft which for the life of me I cannot remember now. Anyw
: ay, apparently the will has come under contest from the he
: irs... no surprise I guess considering the potential value
: of the airframes, should they be as described. I have tri
: ed to look up the name Louis Myers in and around Tempe, bu
: t didn't get very far... he was supposedly a VERY secretiv
: e man. I guess it is possible for a chap to keep something
: so significant
: hidden for nigh on 50 years, but... I am still guessing.

Richard,

The Drone is supposed to be a Culver and the two other birds are a L-5 and PT-22. Unfortunately, the story seems too good to be true and I think it is. The heirs story is kind of funny (I'm an estate planning attorney) as is most info on the donation. I do know that no one from the Museum has seen the planes. (And this is not because they haven't tried to see them.) Until someone from the Museum sees them, I hate to say it, but I will continue to believe it is a hoax. I hope I am proven wrong...but...

The good news is that MAPS has had a Aeronca built PT-19 donated to the Museum. It is now sitting in the big hangar and restoration is to start soon.

Jim


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