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Renovation Activities ~ week ending 12/13/20
Museum Aircraft History Series ~ Goodyear GA-22A Drake
December 9, 2020
Renovation Activities ~ Week Ending 12/20/20
December 20, 2020
From Ken Ramsay:
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- The F-105’s stabilator has been primed. It will be moved to the sand shed to make room for the aft section and vertical stabilizer.
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- The F-102’s drop tanks are in the restoration building for fixing up and painting.
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- One of the F-86D’s tanks had a mount problem. Dan made a new mount latch before he left for Texas. (top photo too)
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- Our excess B-26 parts and gear are being packed up for transport to California. The receiver is paying for the freight.
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- One Corsair horizontal stabilizer has been primed and final finishing work is in progress.
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- The broken T-37 canopy has been patched and final finishing is in progress. It will never be clear, just satin black which the Air Force likes.
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- The H-19 is in pretty rough shape. Panels are being removed. However, Dennis made one new panel to test how it might fit. Looks good.
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- Wall studs are going up in the hanger second floor. Dry wall can be seen on the far wall.
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- The Soplata collection included an F7U Cutlass. My research shows that there are only 6 – 10 still in existence. Rick Johnston and I think it would be a great addition to the MAPS collection. The Soplata Cutlass is for sale. I offered Margaret Soplata $5000 and she turned me down.
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- At today’s membership meeting I mentioned that any donations would be greatly appreciated and 4 members responded, one from Florida. For those of you not familiar with the Cutlass, here are two photos. Anyone who would like to donate, let me know.
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- On Friday, Jim and the crew brought in the F-105’s aft fuselage. I counted 10 patches. We removed 9 of them today. There is also corrosion, missing panels and damaged areas. Left Side
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- Right Side
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- We continue to collect food for the Ohio National Guard. The drop off point is in the trailer in the hanger.
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- We were very good at MAPS this year and Santa brought us a tree.
