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Re: Brewster Buccaneer in Tullahoma, TN?
Posted by Richard Allnutt on Mon Mar 10, 2003 11:40:30 PM
In reply top Re: Brewster Buccaneer in Tullahoma, TN? posted by Rob Mears on Sun Mar 09, 2003 07:04:28 PM
If I remember correctly, the old air classics article mentioned that there were the remains of five aircraft at Tullahoma when the Brewsters were first found (some wrecks more substantial than others). Tallichet is supposed to have taken the two best airframes, and as far as I know still has them. One airframe went to Nick Dapuso (spelling!), which was under restoration in Johnsville, PA for the NMNA until Nick died a couple of years ago... it;s now in storage in Pensacola. One airframe stayed in Tullahoma. I was told it sits outside the Staggerwing museum. The remains of the last and very battered airframe are at the Empire State Aerosciences Museum in Schenechtady, NY. I have a photo of it there somewhere, but it was really a very tattered wreck, and barely recognizeable as an airframe even.
That being said, the wreck at Tullahoma deserves a better home... it's a very rare beast indeed!
Hope this helps. Cheers, Richard
: I'm suprised they are still there (there were actually two
: present at the site a few years back I believe). I had p
: lanned to travel down from Nashville back around 1997 afte
: r seeing these airframes pop up in an Air Classics magazin
: e. I couldn't pin down their exact location at the time.
:
:
: I figure these would surely have disappeared long ago had
: the owner been willing to sell them. That's pure speculat
: ion though. Definately some good material there that for
: sure doesn't need to remain exposed to the weather.
:
: Anyone have a pic of what these things are 'supposed' to l
: ook like?