Oh What a Weekend

[Tom-D]

As many of you know I work 4 tens and have Friday off. so on fri. we were fairchild hunting.

I have been chasing an old F24 project for more than a year by rumor and having several folks keep thier ears open for who owns it.

last week on the clubs web page a person said the had some F-24 parts to give away. and were near here. I answered right away, and we made contact this weekend. I got a very nice horizonal stab. and elevator set. plus some very hard to find wing iron parts. and now I know where a fuselage is being held. We will gather that as time allows.

But I was still chasing my wild goose, and was on my way to Concrete Wa to see an old Fairchild friend, when we spotted a herd of Elk bedded down in a farmers field. (pictures)

That reminded us we were to get our S-I-L in Maryland a new hunting rifle, so we detoured to Kesselrings gun shop and bought him a Weatherby 30-06 with Leaupold 2-7X33 scope mounted, bore scopped, and ready to go.

 

[Dave Krall CFII]

As many of you know I work 4 tens and have Friday off. so on fri. we were fairchild hunting.

I have been chasing an old F24 project for more than a year by rumor and having several folks keep thier ears open for who owns it.

last week on the clubs web page a person said the had some F-24 parts to give away. and were near here. I answered right away, and we made contact this weekend. I got a very nice horizonal stab. and elevator set. plus some very hard to find wing iron parts. and now I know where a fuselage is being held. We will gather that as time allows.

But I was still chasing my wild goose, and was on my way to Concrete Wa to see an old Fairchild friend, when we spotted a herd of Elk bedded down in a farmers field. (pictures)

That reminded us we were to get our S-I-L in Maryland a new hunting rifle, so we detoured to Kesselrings gun shop and bought him a Weatherby 30-06 with Leaupold 2-7X33 scope mounted, bore scopped, and ready to go.

That field's good enough for landin ... where's the venison ?? !!

(congrats on the FA parts... they're an even better bag)

 

[Tom-D]

That field's good enough for landin ... where's the venison ?? !!

(congrats on the FA parts... they're an even better bag)

There were about 50 head in that herd, most were behind the barn almost inthe farmers yard, 4 big rack bulls were in that bunch..

That field is about 3 miles west of Concrete.

we chase oldaircraft any time we can have a hope of finding them..

the Fairchild club is now looking for a set of wheel fenders like the ones pictured. if you or any one knows where we might get a pair to copy and return we would be greatful.

 

[Let'sgoflying!]

wow that one got some hurt on it
I have been looking at some projects too, seems like you almost have to have the parts given to you in order to break even when you sell.

 

[Lawreston]

The elk photo reminds me of a photo I D&P(d) for a customer. He spends a lot of time in the boonies of Northern Maine and had bought his first "good camera" and zoom lens from me. Off he went to the North and to a town so small the sign said, Entering(can't remember), Population: Not many. He spotted a white-tail deer in a large field and had the subject zoomed in for a close-up. Just as he was about to push the shutter button, "Some darn fool woman walked right into the photo area." He said that his eyes were hanging out when the lady reached into her poscket and hand-fed the deer; and he forgot to take the picture. As he gazed in amazement at the species-in-the-wild taking hand food, into the right of the "picture" appeared more deer.........and more.....and more; a total of 27. Each was to be hand-fed with treats.

He was nearly speechless when he approached the lady who said, "Oh, I've been doing this for almost 30 years. Twice a day a deer will come across the field and I'll go out to meet it and offer a treat. Treat accepted, emerging from just inside the tree line will be the rest of the herd, it having observed its scout's success. Creatures of habit, you know; for generations."

I can't find the photo of the 27; it was before I began with the Photo CD process, but it inspires one to reach inside the photo and hug every one of them, including the "darn fool woman" who was not in the picture.

HR

 

[Len Lanetti]

Tom,

I think I may have forgotten to mention this to you...when we go to the outer banks of North Carolina for summer vacation we usually stop at the aquarium in Manto as something to do if the weather is no good for the beach. Anyway, the aquarium is right next door to the Manto aiport so we usually take a look around at the airport as well. This year the airport has signs for at aviation museum, the museum is 2 or 3 rooms in the FBO building. Mostly WWII era items such as log books, uniforms, maps, pictures and such. One of the displays talks about how aircraft based at Manteo Navel Air Station were used as sub hunters. The pictured aircraft, credited with dropping bombs and sinking a German U boat, looked a lot like your Fairchild. Was the military designation of your aircraft J2 F-5? If so, that type played a role in the sink of U-Boat U701. See reference about 1/3 of the way down the page at this URL

http://www.nc-wreckdiving.com/WRECKS/U701/U701.HTML

Len

 

[Tom-D]

wow that one got some hurt on it
I have been looking at some projects too, seems like you almost have to have the parts given to you in order to break even when you sell.

David, I just used that aircraft as an example of the wheel fenders I need, that aircraft is almost ready to fly again.

 

[Tom-D]

Tom,

I think I may have forgotten to mention this to you...when we go to the outer banks of North Carolina for summer vacation we usually stop at the aquarium in Manto as something to do if the weather is no good for the beach. Anyway, the aquarium is right next door to the Manto aiport so we usually take a look around at the airport as well. This year the airport has signs for at aviation museum, the museum is 2 or 3 rooms in the FBO building. Mostly WWII era items such as log books, uniforms, maps, pictures and such. One of the displays talks about how aircraft based at Manteo Navel Air Station were used as sub hunters. The pictured aircraft, credited with dropping bombs and sinking a German U boat, looked a lot like your Fairchild. Was the military designation of your aircraft J2 F-5? If so, that type played a role in the sink of U-Boat U701. See reference about 1/3 of the way down the page at this URL

http://www.nc-wreckdiving.com/WRECKS/U701/U701.HTML

Len

My aircraft was used by the coastal patrol from 1941 to 1946, it was known as the "Forwarder", by the Americans and the "Argus" by the Arits. My F-24 has the holes for hard points for bombs, but they were removed long before I bought it.