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Re: Your favourite Rarest flyable warbird?
Posted by JohnH on Thu Jan 31, 2002 08:16:16 AM
In reply top Re: Your favourite Rarest flyable warbird? posted by Tim Savage on Wed Jan 30, 2002 09:13:54 PM
The third one was removed by Tallichet from Million D.Valley but after the initial expedition. The flying example, 1464 has the gear in it, because it's the only one that landed gear down. The other two landed gear up. The nose of 1501 was used because 1464's was chewed up when the nose gear collapsed. The aircraft never actually flipped over but the nose did dig in and was crushed pretty good. I'm not really sure where the incomplete 3rd Marauder is at this point. It wasn't at Chino when I used to hang out there every weekend from 1990-93. But I don't know what they would use for the nose section of the 3rd example, since it is on 1464. And parts of Carolyn down there? Makes sense but it's painful for me so I hope I never see them.