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:

: 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.

: The F-102’s drop tanks are in the restoration building for fixing up and painting.

: 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)

: Our excess B-26 parts and gear are being packed up for transport to California. The receiver is paying for the freight.

: One Corsair horizontal stabilizer has been primed and final finishing work is in progress.

: 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.

: 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.

: Wall studs are going up in the hanger second floor. Dry wall can be seen on the far wall.

: 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.

: 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.

: 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

: Right Side

: We continue to collect food for the Ohio National Guard. The drop off point is in the trailer in the hanger.

: We were very good at MAPS this year and Santa brought us a tree.