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Re: WildFire

Posted by Jim H on Thu Feb 14, 2002 10:51:42 AM

In reply top Re: WildFire posted by Joe Scheil on Thu Feb 14, 2002 10:37:23 AM

: : : wildfire was a r-2800 conversion but never flew..
:
: The aircraft was detailed in a racer issue of Air Classics
: a few years ago that profiled Dreadnaught, tsunami and Wi
: ldfire... The story I heard was that it was completly unfl
: yable and never really did get off the ground, though it w
: as tried. It went back into the hangar in Mojave, and may
: have been reduced back to parts by this time. I believe
: it simply did not work. It never left Mojave for Chino as
: far as I know.
:
: Joe

Michael O'leary wrote that the a/c did fly once and was horribly unstable, barley making it back in one piece. This took place at Mojave, and has been locked away ever since. There are some great photos of this white beast in an old issue of A/C or W/I...if anyone wants the issue I'll start digging

jim

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