Teamski Posted March 16, 2015 Share #1 Posted March 16, 2015 Visited Udvar-Hazy Saturday with my very understanding wife. It looks like Flak Bait is moving closer to reassembly. Pretty Slick I say! -Ski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garandomatic Posted March 16, 2015 Share #2 Posted March 16, 2015 Outstanding! Is this to be a flying restoration? If I remember right, there was one that flew a while back that crashed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blitzkrieg gsd Posted March 16, 2015 Share #3 Posted March 16, 2015 That's pretty cool it's good to see the restoration being done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAF_Collection Posted March 16, 2015 Share #4 Posted March 16, 2015 Good to see it's being conserved and the original paint retained, rather than 'restored'. How many other preserved WWII aircraft still have their original paintwork? I can think of a handful at most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garandomatic Posted March 16, 2015 Share #5 Posted March 16, 2015 Oh man, original paint... amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Meatcan Posted March 16, 2015 Share #6 Posted March 16, 2015 wow! great pic Teamski, thanks for sharing that! Exciting news! Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamski Posted March 16, 2015 Author Share #7 Posted March 16, 2015 Outstanding! Is this to be a flying restoration? If I remember right, there was one that flew a while back that crashed... Static only of course. The B-26 you are referring to was the silly loss of a B-26 on approach back in the 1990's IIRC. It was added to the long list of losses by the Confederate Air Force that included a Helldiver, and a P-82. Tragic and unnecessary. I don't think the folks at the Air and Space Museum would ever think to repaint the plane. They already have a Me-163, P-38 and P-61 still in their original schemes. This one would be right at home. -Ski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waltz41 Posted March 17, 2015 Share #8 Posted March 17, 2015 Thanks for sharing....it is really amazing to see it even in that state, all in original 'dress'. It will be definitely a show stopper once they get it all together! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorsairAce Posted March 17, 2015 Share #9 Posted March 17, 2015 Thanks for the update on this. There are only about 6 B-26s left. The one you pictured at NASM, Fantasy of Flight, Pima, USAFM, one in France, and one at MAPS. Here are some pictures of the one at MAPS I took a week ago. It's been a long restoration and is finally nearing completion. In the last month or two it got a nose cone (had to be fabricated from scratch). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorsairAce Posted March 17, 2015 Share #10 Posted March 17, 2015 Two more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamski Posted March 17, 2015 Author Share #11 Posted March 17, 2015 Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattS Posted March 18, 2015 Share #12 Posted March 18, 2015 A WW2 pilot I knew said they jokingly called short-winged B-26 the "Flying Prostitute" as it had no visible means of support! B-26 at the National Museum of the USAF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garandomatic Posted March 18, 2015 Share #13 Posted March 18, 2015 I've heard that before. Baltimore Wh*re is another. Very interesting plane, once figured out, it had one of the best safety records of all WWII, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorsairAce Posted March 18, 2015 Share #14 Posted March 18, 2015 I've heard that before. Baltimore Wh*re is another. Very interesting plane, once figured out, it had one of the best safety records of all WWII, I guess. The early shorter winged versions were known as the "Widow Maker" because they had high accident rates on take off and landings. After they corrected it by adding, I think 3 feet to each wing, it went on to have the losses accident rate of any Allied aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backtheattack Posted March 19, 2015 Share #15 Posted March 19, 2015 It`s a great restoration project! Here in Germany some museums build their planes back to civilian aircrafts, it`s a shame but in this country with it`s anti-military politicians nobody should wonder about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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