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Re: R4 Hoverfly
Posted by bdk on Sun Feb 09, 2003 08:42:23 PM
In reply top Re: R4 Hoverfly posted by Tim Badham on Sun Feb 09, 2003 05:15:35 PM
I think that the PoF example was traded away a number of years ago. I forget what they traded for.
: I'm not aware of any under airworthy rebuild. There is sti
: ll an R-4 Chino and it may be the same one you saw but whe
: n I photographed it a couple of years ago it was located i
: n the restoration hangar of the Yanks Air Museum. It was
: very complete and looks an excellent candidate for full re
: storation. In the last few years I seen examples in the R
: AF Museum, USAFM & stored with the Canadian museum at Ott
: awa but none of those are likely to ever fly again.
: Regards, Tim
:
: : Are there any R4s out there flying or under rebuild to f
: ly
: : .
: :
: : I well remember seeing a R4 hulk round the back of Plane
: s
: : of Fame in Chino somewhere near the Ryan Fireball and on
: e
: : of the P39s back in the 80s when they were rebuilding th
: e
: : P51A.
: :
: : I was on my first trip abroad staying with friends in Va
: n
: : Nuys and I made the pilgrimage down to Chino having spen
: t
: : some fruitless time looking for the old location of the
: mu
: : seum in Beuna Vista(?).
: :
: : Always seemed that the R4 was so simple that it would be
: r
: : elatively easy to restore although no doubt people will
: te
: : ll me differently
: :
: : sk