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Its like building a Tamiya 1:1 kit

Flash Gordon. Great to meet you!

Something I’ve wanted to know for a while now. Tires don’t last. So how do you go about replacing or maintaining the tires for aircraft when the supply and manufacturing of originals is gone?

Your background music is just fine. The video is well-composed. Don’t listen to the haters on your video process. I hope to own either a P-61 Black Widow or a F7F Tigercat someday.

I hope I get to see her first start up.

Great plane that had tenacious pilots

As a student pilot I flew my long cross country to New Tamiami Airport where Betty had a flight school. She signed my Log Book proving that I was there then took me to lunch, Glad to have met her.

I’m so glad these aircraft will be completed! So sorry Tim won’t be here to see his dream come true. All the best to you Gayla ❤

That's the EGC-7 that Eddie Ruckstell owned! He was well known for the Ford Model T axel that allowed one to change the rear axel gear for climbing hills. There is, or was, another EGC-7 being restored in Missouri.

We think so too!

These are going to be real beauties once restored.

As a kid I use to crawl all over inside of this plane when it was Aero Union's air tanker number 17 at the Chico Airport. Wish I could afford it, I'd go take a flight in it. Great video. I'm glad I found your channel through Google.

Scotty

I work in Everett, WA. If they need any help working on it or if I could just get a tour, let me know. Navy vet here.

I was fortunate to visit Tim twice while he was working on the Peashooter. His craftsmanship was impeccable! Glad to see that it will be completed!

It is great to see someone finish these. I saw it years ago. Tim gave me a tour. The work was top notch. I hated to hear of his passing. Would love to see them fly.

Are these rebuilds from wrecks or replica/reproductions? Thanks

Wow those RC birds are all beautiful. I would love to get behind the sticks of that Phantom, Corsair and definitely the Mustang. My apartment ceiling is filing up with RC and plastic model planes. I have a 6 foot B-17 painted as my Dad's hanging in my living room. It's a good thing I'm single 🤣

Very nice. It's always nice to have a permanent place.

Great video Gordon. It's definitely not like rebuilding a 2 or 4 barrel Holley carburetor. Lol

Nice enemy planes! 😎👍🐺

I visited Mid-Atlantic from Toronto 5 or 6 years ago and asked the usual question. When will it be done? The answer was prompt and simple. "about a million dollars from now" . As always these projects are driven by the availability of funding. The P-61 is looking great and I hope to visit again soon.

I have just finished reading Betty’s original 1977 “Little Stinker” signed “Happy Landings.” It was written from N22e’s point of view.

Have they figured out the low-octane fuel problem yet? The P-61's engines were designed to run on higher octane fuel than what is available today.

I got to fly in her a few years back when she visited my hometown. It was a short flight but it was amazing... another check on the bucket list.

I am curious. What is the troubleshooting sequence that leads to the phone call, "Hey, we need a new carburetor." ?? I presume the engine wasn't running to spec, but then what ? Beautiful plane, and I would guess a few more checks are in place after that loss last year. So about this video, you didn't show any wrenching - and no before/after lessens the impact. Still, beautiful plane, beautiful weather, good photography and sound that is the real deal.

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They actually made keychains out of some of the unusable, original aircraft skin from this exact plane!

Beautiful video 👍👍🔔🔔

I was out on the course last year, and this Yak sounded NASTY! Go get'em Scotty.

The aircraft is so beautiful, I hope once she's in flying condition, I'll get to see her

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Absolutely love the Hellcats!!!! What a beautiful job restoring it to its glory days!!!

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Fantastic project, congratulations!

Thank you for the update. Awesome work by all involved.

Amazing work on an amazing plane, it's great that this plane is restored so future generations can see it

Looks & sounds great.

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That's a real achievement guys!

The year was 1968. I was on the beach near Corpus Christi, TX with my family in a post prandial daze after BBQ chicken cooked on the beach. I lay down on a beach towel to take a nap. Just as I was almost asleep I hear the unmistakable sound of a Jap Zero. All of a sudden I am in WW II being straffed on a beach in the S Pacific, at least in my mind. I wake in a panic to see a Zero from the Confederate Air Force flying low level out of Brownsville, TX. towards CC... I guess I had seen enough WWII movies to recognize the unique sound of the Zero engine, even in my sleep.

Another airworthy A6M getting close to reality.

That's great!! Another Zero gets to fly! I have flown many models of the Zero and it's a great flying airplane!!

Original engine?

Very exciting! What an amazing piece of history.

Don't like that it's not japan engine..

Amazing accomplishment. Is it the original engine?

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