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Excellent Steve! Good work!!!!! (ntx)
Posted by bdk on Fri Dec 05, 2003 11:20:29 AM
In reply top Hey Brandon, about your Warbird sightings......(O/T) posted by Steven M Dennis on Fri Dec 05, 2003 09:00:39 AM
: Do you remember your posting on the F9F sitting at a farm
: along I-90 in Southeast Minnesota?
:
: Well, I followed up on your sighting, and made the three a
: nd a half hour drive South to see if I could find this bir
: d, and your directions were right on. I did take some pho
: tos, but unfortunately, it was pouring rain by the time I
: got down there, so they aren't the greatest, but I would b
: e happy to send them to you if you would like.
:
: The owner does not live there, but the fellow who is renti
: ng the property let me take a pretty good look around her.
: There isn't a data tag ANYWHERE, but after checking arou
: nd at the local airport, I found out the owner is Mr. Roge
: r Christgau, who lives in the Minneapolis/St.Paul area (I'
: m thinking it was in Edina). Many of our Midwest area Wix
: er's will know him as the owner of The P-51D "Sierra Sue/G
: ul Kalle" (N1751D S/N 44-63675). Anyway, the locals say
: that Mr. Christgau has had MANY people ask if he would sel
: l, and the answer is always "No".
:
: After checking in my handy dandy Warbirds Directory (4th E
: dition), I find an F9F-5 registered to Mr. Christgau (N133
: 2F BuNo 125434), so maybe this is the I.D. for the "tagle
: ss" bird at the farm.
:
: She is pretty complete. I didn't see a rudder anywhere ar
: ound it, but the wings, and the rest of the stuff are ther
: e, (even a towbar). And there are two cans sitting outsid
: e the enclosure that have a couple of engines in them. Th
: e cockpit however is gutted, no seat, instruments, canopy,
: etc. Lots of "hangar", (or should that be "barn") rash.
: But definitely something to be saved! Too bad it's canop
: y is missing, because the cockpit was definitely filling u
: p with water in all of that rain that day, and who knows h
: ow long it sits in there before it drains out?
:
: Maybe our inside man, Mr. B Darnell can give us more info,
: as I know he frequents the Twin Cities Warbird happenings
: , and maybe even knows Mr. Christgau....
:
: Have a GREAT weekend everybody!
:
: Steve :o)
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