Some People are truly amazing. The people who restored that plane are not getting anywhere near the credit they deserve. Deepest respects and gratitude for preserving history.
There's a huge difference between restoring it for static display and bringing it back to full airworthiness. The latter would easily cost millions of dollars.
@@s0nnyburnett I had the great privilege of flying on the B-17 909 before it was destroyed. As much as I'd like to see these warbirds fly again.. I think its far better if they remain on the ground indefinitely.
@@philipatha Going to disagree with you on that one. I also flew on Nine-0-Nine. It was awesome. I was in aviation maintenance the first half of my adult life. Military and civilian. There is nothing wrong with flying properly maintained vintage aircraft. In general, they get more love than current aircraft. Nine-0-Nine's problem was poor maintenance and poor/no crew coordination during the emergency.
It was. All of the WWII fighters in the bottom of Lake Michigan flew off of either the Wolverine or the Sable. I saw this airplane get pulled out of Waukegan Harbor and placed on a flatbed. Later saw it on a flatbed at Oshkosh as they were trying to gin up interest in the restoration. That's where I asked one of the restorers why it had a square cutout aft of the fuselage. I was told that's where the paddle hit it and tore it apart as the ship ran over it.
They didn't "save" anything more than a handful of parts. They removed WWII junk from the lake bottom, built a plane from top to bottom, and called the job a 'restore' so they could beg for funds and volunteers.
I live near the Airzoo and the fact that people are talking about something I've gone too my whole life like is a famous attraction is crazy to me. I was there when the plane was being restored as well. I agree with that man when he said he thought it would never some back together.
So, Army veteran, Civil War reenactor and lifelong military historian here. FRIKKIN' WOW. Real respects to the restoration crew. I would not have thought that the hulk they pulled from the lake could be fully restored.
You got that right! The plant site was on the west side of Rt. 1 in Linden, and was demolished by GM some time ago. Where the airport was east of Rt. 1 is now a shopping center, though the airport is still active for general aviation.
What's amazing about it. The P-38 Glacier Girl was pretty much built new using some original parts. There are shops in the UK that will build you a brand new Spitfire around an original part and call it a restoration. The big problem in getting a flying completely accurate restoration might be in acquiring original instrumentation. There are rebuilt and possibly some new original engines available and they are only going to get in shorter supply.
@@mpetersen6 Lol sorry bud I'm just a peasant who fixes up a car or a motorcycle here or there in my garage in his spare time so yes, to me that's a pretty incredible project. I understand experts like yourself aren't as easily impressed or appreciate such things. Perhaps you could show us some of your more impressive projects and restorations.
@@sidefx996 My restorations were rebuilding industrial machinery. Machine tools, stamping presses. Industrial centrifuges etc. Sometimes from the castings up. Re-machine and scrape the ways. Scrape bearing diameters in order to maintain center to line relationships. Repair or make new parts as needed within the capability of the equipment we had.
You are absolutely correct. This effort is amazing. I have worked on the restoration of several WWI aircraft and due to the scarcity of original parts, have been forced to fabricate from original drawings many of the components to make them flyable. In the U.S. only a very tiny percentage of an original antique aircraft is required to accurately call a restoration an 'original' and anyone who claims to be flying a 100% original aircraft from before WWII is likely being misleading. Rubber tires, linen covered control surfaces, Perspex canopies were never intended to last 80 years but luckily, there is a niche market which allows for a restoration like the one in this story to result in an aircraft as original as the original.
Just returned from WWII Weekend at the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum in Reading, PA. They've been restoring a Northrop P-61 Black Widow for over ten years now. She's a beauty, Sitting pretty awaiting her wings. I may no live to see her fly but my sons and I threw a pile of money into the bucket to see it happen. Keep 'em Flying.
My dad was in training to fly the P-61; the war ended two weeks before his graduation. He told stories of night time training flights from Florida and how they could see the outline of the Cuban Coast on the radar screen...
My daughter-in law took me to that fantastic air museum while I visited them in K'zoo, from Texas. You folks up there should be very proud of that wonderful place!
Wonderful achievement. Major shout out to all the volunteers, sponsors and supporters of this amazing project. It only serves to remind us what can be done when people work to a common goal.
Stunning! My Dad flew Wildcats and Avengers in the Pacific in WWII for the Marine Corps, helicopters and L-19s(?) in Korea. My war was Vietnam, and "I flew" an air traffic control radar unit.
I was expecting a multi milion amount, not 700k. Brilliant job by all those involved to do it for so little and bring back a piece of history to it's former glory.
I visited this museum last year and went to the museum's annex where they do the restorations. Since it was a slow day one of the volunteers took my friend and I behind the fence that keeps visitors out of the work area. We got a close up look at this plane and some of the other projects they are working on. Well worth the trip. This was my third visit, and I plan more in the future.
Absolutely amazing dedication with a phenomenal result. I visited the Spitfire centre at Biggin Hill a few years ago, and while they are remanufacturing aircraft to return to flight, the skills needed for these projects are lost to many people.
Awesome job guys. I wonder if along the way these guys shot a video of the restoration process?.. It could help others in future restoration projects and it is also of a HISTORIC value. Good job and congratulations to all the dedicated and just awesome volunteers. IT LOOKS AWESOME
The crazy thing for me was that I was there! A while ago me and my family went to the Kalamazoo Air Zoo Aircraft Museum, and I saw them working on this Wildcat. If I remember correctly this Wildcat was launched by one of the Navy Paddle Steamer Aircraft Carriers (For those who don't know, Since The American Navy needed a Place to train our pilots away from the Frontlines of WW2, And The Great Lakes are large enough/far away from said Frontlines, and had two passengers vessels big enough to be rebuilt as carriers, which is what happened. Now if I'm correct, this Wildcat fell off USS Wolverine due to pilot error and wind.) Hopefully this explains why there's Wildcat in Lake Michigan, 😉👍 But don't take my word for it as I could be partly wrong :/
The Navy converted two paddle wheel steamers to serve as training aircraft carriers. USS Wolverine and Sable were provided with wooden flight decks built up over the hulls. Over 150 Navy aircraft were lost in Lake Michigan.
It does look like a great build! While I applaud them for taking on this project and the resurrection of a Wildcat, this is not a restoration but the use of a few bits and pieces and the use of existing parts as templates.
Sorry, but I need to disagree. Based on conversations with experts at both Duxford (UK) and Avspecs, Ltd. (NZ), There is no minimum amount of original material required for a restoration. Duxford has restored a Hawker Hurricane from about 25% and Avspecs has restored several Mosquitos with as little as 12%. If a project contains zero percent original structural material then it is simply a replica.
@@seaskimmer9071 Not quite my grandfather's axe. If I remember correctly a Spitfire was restored around an elevator or a rudder. Glacier Girl as pretty much a new aircraft when done.
Back in September I was at that Museum for the first time in Hudson MA (not far from Marlboro and Worcester) . The biggest display of tanks , aircraft and other stuff in one place in New England . I saw that Wildcat but didn't know it was this one until now . The Bradley Air Museum in Windsor Locks CT has a huge number of aircraft and some space stuff . Right next to the Bradley Int. Airport .
The FM-2 is an uprated late war Wildcat, surprisingly nimble given its predecessor. They pulled off 2 machine guns and gave it a bigger tail surface. In simulation games it's quite a surprise for Spitfire pilots who underestimate it.
They didn't say whether this Wildcat was restored to airworthy condition, or will just be a static piece. A while back there was a Spitfire dug up after 40 years from under a French beach where it crashed that has now been restored to flying condition. Whichever it is, the Wildcat restoration team have done a brilliant job.
There is nothing mechanical humans have made that other humans can't fix again as new. As always it all depends on the dollars and time those are willing to spend. Very nice job all.
What is so sad about restorations like this are the volunteers. Take a look at how old they are. Many are late 50's up to 80's in age. Once they are gone, restorations like this will be more difficult and more expensive as the knowledge of how these planes were built goes away. Very few young people have the interest in working with tools, and learning how to create parts and learn the techniques used. Thats very sad. They did a wonderful job restoring this warbird.
@@acdii Aviation mechanics are still being taught these skills - because preWW2 aircraft designs are still being flown (and in some cases, being built NEW).
@@allangibson8494 Its not those being taught, sure, it is still being taught, its the amount of volunteers that is decreasing. Usually they are retirees or those who have time, but younger generations don't have the time, or have other priorities. I have a friend who is restoring a B-17E, he asks for volunteers, but very few commit to it, usually its the older guys who are retired. There are a few young guys, but they drift off eventually due to career moves and such. There is also quite a bit of difference between building new, regardless of technology, and trying to restore something that HAS no spare parts, or patterns, or dies and everything has to be recreated from scratch. Those are the type of people that are hard to find.
I was wondering that as well. I’m guessing that it’s just a static display based on a number of factors, but it would have been a nice thing for the report to have clarified.
You are close, but even much better-looking WW2 airplanes are rebuilds in the high percentage of airframe structure (minus engine-maybe). That is because of age, corrosion and fatigue of materials and that makes the cost of restoration astronomical. It is nothing in common compared to car restoration, although there are exceptions of almost total rebuild. Like, if you have some partial bucket of rust that semble to car chassis and it has Ferrari serials visible, Ferrari will rebuild it from the ground up (for a hefty price).
@@docnele even vehicle rebuilds can be a challenge. Remember after the war Britain was bankrupt. I've handled RR and Jag. parts from that ear going into the sixties, and the zinc castings are contaminated with slag and useless for a really good restoration. Packard you basically have to re=machine the parts: not the many cars were made, parts weren't kept in inventory!! But in some cases a resto. can be BETTER than the original construction. I guess maybe that's why so many "resto mods" are the rage today.
The US Navy commissioned USS Sable & USS Wolverine. The were not regular Navy Carriers. No plane went “below decks” . The young pilots used this two ships to practice landings & takeoffs. One of the trainee was George H. Bush….later President of the US. The plane discussed in this video was not the first salvaged. The cold late water kept the planes in much better shape that ocean wrecked planes. In Chicago O’Hare Airport there is a salvaged Lake Michigan Wildcat. The Airport is named for Medal of Honor winner “Butch” O’Hare. He flew Wildcat fighters.
I got to go there a while ago and they let us go behind the normal viewing area and we got to see everything it was very cool very Awsome to see it in its former glory
Beautiful aircraft. These guys are true master craftsman. The gentleman who said he doesn't like to see it go. You get like that because when you work on something as a labor of love it becomes a part of you. I restore old motorcycles. I hate selling them when they are done. I really do. But I only have so much space... :)
In the Mesa Arizona area at Champlin fighter museum. workers there have restored a Japanese mitsubishi 0 that went through the same dilemma and restore it to originality.
Some People are truly amazing. The people who restored that plane are not getting anywhere near the credit they deserve. Deepest respects and gratitude for preserving history.
$700K to restore THAT Wildcat from it's former condition? That was a bargain and a testament to the volunteers donated time and skills.
I was expecting millions not hundreds of thousands.
There's a huge difference between restoring it for static display and bringing it back to full airworthiness. The latter would easily cost millions of dollars.
Airworthy could add another zero easy.
@@s0nnyburnett I had the great privilege of flying on the B-17 909 before it was destroyed. As much as I'd like to see these warbirds fly again.. I think its far better if they remain on the ground indefinitely.
@@philipatha Going to disagree with you on that one. I also flew on Nine-0-Nine. It was awesome. I was in aviation maintenance the first half of my adult life. Military and civilian. There is nothing wrong with flying properly maintained vintage aircraft. In general, they get more love than current aircraft. Nine-0-Nine's problem was poor maintenance and poor/no crew coordination during the emergency.
Being pulled from the bottom of Lake Michigan, it was probably operated from one of two paddle wheel aircraft carriers, Sable or Wolverine.
It was. All of the WWII fighters in the bottom of Lake Michigan flew off of either the Wolverine or the Sable. I saw this airplane get pulled out of Waukegan Harbor and placed on a flatbed. Later saw it on a flatbed at Oshkosh as they were trying to gin up interest in the restoration. That's where I asked one of the restorers why it had a square cutout aft of the fuselage. I was told that's where the paddle hit it and tore it apart as the ship ran over it.
Hats off and a huge salute to all who worked on the restoration of this airship ~ great job!
"Airship" God casuals are the greatest sometimes...
Thank you for your will and your perseverance to restore this plane
🇬🇧 A lot of effort went into this plane and it’s a credit to the people who restored it. Worth every dime.
Thank you for saving it.
They didn't "save" anything more than a handful of parts.
They removed WWII junk from the lake bottom, built a plane from top to bottom, and called the job a 'restore' so they could beg for funds and volunteers.
2 you folks.
Who have restored this Great treasure we veterans of the United States. Salute you.
Good job to the Aircraft Mechanics doing the restoration, they deserve recognition and award.
Big round of applause for these guys !
I live near the Airzoo and the fact that people are talking about something I've gone too my whole life like is a famous attraction is crazy to me. I was there when the plane was being restored as well. I agree with that man when he said he thought it would never some back together.
So, Army veteran, Civil War reenactor and lifelong military historian here.
FRIKKIN' WOW.
Real respects to the restoration crew. I would not have thought that the hulk they pulled from the lake could be fully restored.
Unbelievable! That is an amazing restoration. To the artisans who resurrected that masterpiece and icon of early Naval Aviation, I salute you. BZ.
You can hear these old planes when they are coming from miles, awesome.
A lot of work. Dedication. History at it's best. Remember TODAY.
These men are brilliant to restore such a thing, amazing work. American skill on display.
A labor of respect and appreciation for the generation that built and maintained and fought with this aircraft, well done!!
Thank you to the volunteers and to the technicians for your skill, care and labors. Looks magnificent.
What a great segment. Thanks for sharing this awesome efforts with us.
If it’s an FM-2, it wasn’t made by Grumman, it was made by General Motors in Linden NJ.
That's O.K....0:04 They got the "Aero-Plane" part right.
You got that right! The plant site was on the west side of Rt. 1 in Linden, and was demolished by GM some time ago. Where the airport was east of Rt. 1 is now a shopping center, though the airport is still active for general aviation.
Designed by Grumman, licensed to GM.
@@FS2K4Pilot
Primarily used on Escort Carriers by the US and the Royal Navy.
@@mpetersen6 ...and the Royal Navy as the Martlet.
That’s amazing that they were able to basically build a brand new aircraft off what they had to start with.
What's amazing about it. The P-38 Glacier Girl was pretty much built new using some original parts. There are shops in the UK that will build you a brand new Spitfire around an original part and call it a restoration. The big problem in getting a flying completely accurate restoration might be in acquiring original instrumentation. There are rebuilt and possibly some new original engines available and they are only going to get in shorter supply.
@@mpetersen6 Lol sorry bud I'm just a peasant who fixes up a car or a motorcycle here or there in my garage in his spare time so yes, to me that's a pretty incredible project. I understand experts like yourself aren't as easily impressed or appreciate such things. Perhaps you could show us some of your more impressive projects and restorations.
@@sidefx996
My restorations were rebuilding industrial machinery. Machine tools, stamping presses. Industrial centrifuges etc. Sometimes from the castings up. Re-machine and scrape the ways. Scrape bearing diameters in order to maintain center to line relationships. Repair or make new parts as needed within the capability of the equipment we had.
You are absolutely correct. This effort is amazing. I have worked on the restoration of several WWI aircraft and due to the scarcity of original parts, have been forced to fabricate from original drawings many of the components to make them flyable. In the U.S. only a very tiny percentage of an original antique aircraft is required to accurately call a restoration an 'original' and anyone who claims to be flying a 100% original aircraft from before WWII is likely being misleading. Rubber tires, linen covered control surfaces, Perspex canopies were never intended to last 80 years but luckily, there is a niche market which allows for a restoration like the one in this story to result in an aircraft as original as the original.
Ty guys for working so hard to bring this piece of history back and have it somewhere so people won't forget that time in our nation's history
Congratulations to all those involved, You Folk's have done a Magnificent job 👍
What a great video. I grew up a block away from Lake Michigan and what a wonderful restoration. Thanks for sharing this with us.
Just returned from WWII Weekend at the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum in Reading, PA. They've been restoring a Northrop P-61 Black Widow for over ten years now. She's a beauty, Sitting pretty awaiting her wings. I may no live to see her fly but my sons and I threw a pile of money into the bucket to see it happen. Keep 'em Flying.
Wow didn't know about this. Last I heard only four P-61s exist and none of them fly. This is good news.
My dad was in training to fly the P-61; the war ended two weeks before his graduation. He told stories of night time training flights from Florida and how they could see the outline of the Cuban Coast on the radar screen...
God Bless these Heros! Bring History Back!
Kudos to all those skilled, talented, and dedicated men and women who can accomplish such a monumental task. Job well done, and well worth it.
What labour of love. Nothing beats the old war birds, loud radial engines, simple yet efficient engineering at its best
My daughter-in law took me to that fantastic air museum while I visited them in K'zoo, from Texas. You folks up there should be very proud of that wonderful place!
Wonderful achievement. Major shout out to all the volunteers, sponsors and supporters of this amazing project. It only serves to remind us what can be done when people work to a common goal.
Stunning! My Dad flew Wildcats and Avengers in the Pacific in WWII for the Marine Corps, helicopters and L-19s(?) in Korea. My war was Vietnam, and "I flew" an air traffic control radar unit.
How awesome. Thanks for restoring that Grumman. You all did an impressive job!🤠👍🇺🇸
I was expecting a multi milion amount, not 700k. Brilliant job by all those involved to do it for so little and bring back a piece of history to it's former glory.
Great gob! My hats off to the restoration staff.👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I visited this museum last year and went to the museum's annex where they do the restorations. Since it was a slow day one of the volunteers took my friend and I behind the fence that keeps visitors out of the work area. We got a close up look at this plane and some of the other projects they are working on. Well worth the trip. This was my third visit, and I plan more in the future.
Absolutely amazing dedication with a phenomenal result. I visited the Spitfire centre at Biggin Hill a few years ago, and while they are remanufacturing aircraft to return to flight, the skills needed for these projects are lost to many people.
Wondering if these guys could restore my Volvo that my kids used for a couple years at college. It came back in about the same shape as that bird
Awesome job guys. I wonder if along the way these guys shot a video of the restoration process?.. It could help others in future restoration projects and it is also of a HISTORIC value. Good job and congratulations to all the dedicated and just awesome volunteers. IT LOOKS AWESOME
God bless those guys and whoever has it in the future!
It looks fantastic what a great job you have done !
The F4F Wildcat and P40 Tomahawk were seriously under rated aircrafts.
The crazy thing for me was that I was there!
A while ago me and my family went to the Kalamazoo Air Zoo Aircraft Museum, and I saw them working on this Wildcat. If I remember correctly this Wildcat was launched by one of the Navy Paddle Steamer Aircraft Carriers
(For those who don't know, Since The American Navy needed a Place to train our pilots away from the Frontlines of WW2, And The Great Lakes are large enough/far away from said Frontlines, and had two passengers vessels big enough to be rebuilt as carriers, which is what happened.
Now if I'm correct, this Wildcat fell off USS Wolverine due to pilot error and wind.)
Hopefully this explains why there's Wildcat in Lake Michigan, 😉👍
But don't take my word for it as I could be partly wrong :/
I was there about 18 months ago. I gotta check if I have any pictures of it.
Amazing job considering the look of the plane when hauled to the shop.
The Navy converted two paddle wheel steamers to serve as training aircraft carriers. USS Wolverine and Sable were provided with wooden flight decks built up over the hulls. Over 150 Navy aircraft were lost in Lake Michigan.
It does look like a great build! While I applaud them for taking on this project and the resurrection of a Wildcat, this is not a restoration but the use of a few bits and pieces and the use of existing parts as templates.
Ship of Theseus.
Sorry, but I need to disagree. Based on conversations with experts at both Duxford (UK) and Avspecs, Ltd. (NZ), There is no minimum amount of original material required for a restoration. Duxford has restored a Hawker Hurricane from about 25% and Avspecs has restored several Mosquitos with as little as 12%. If a project contains zero percent original structural material then it is simply a replica.
@@seaskimmer9071
Not quite my grandfather's axe. If I remember correctly a Spitfire was restored around an elevator or a rudder. Glacier Girl as pretty much a new aircraft when done.
How do you "restore" something made partially out of wood when all the wood is long gone? It does look amazing though.
Good enough for me.
Back in September I was at that Museum for the first time in Hudson MA (not far from Marlboro and Worcester) . The biggest display of tanks , aircraft and other stuff in one place in New England . I saw that Wildcat but didn't know it was this one until now . The Bradley Air Museum in Windsor Locks CT has a huge number of aircraft and some space stuff . Right next to the Bradley Int. Airport .
Awesome dedication to the restoration team.
Awesome work, great job! Thanks for saving it.
More a rebuild than a restoration, but good work never the less.
@@abnurtharn2927 they’ve used a fair bit of original material, as the plane doesn’t have to fly.
The FM-2 is an uprated late war Wildcat, surprisingly nimble given its predecessor. They pulled off 2 machine guns and gave it a bigger tail surface. In simulation games it's quite a surprise for Spitfire pilots who underestimate it.
I was involved with installing the Wildcat in O'Hare Airport to honor
Butch O'Hare...
Nice.
Seeing it in its ruined state, it is utterly inconceivable to me as to how that thing was put back to right. Bravo.
I am very happy people put money and hard work to make this happen!
They didn't say whether this Wildcat was restored to airworthy condition, or will just be a static piece. A while back there was a Spitfire dug up after 40 years from under a French beach where it crashed that has now been restored to flying condition. Whichever it is, the Wildcat restoration team have done a brilliant job.
Static display.
There is nothing mechanical humans have made that other humans can't fix again as new. As always it all depends on the dollars and time those are willing to spend. Very nice job all.
What is so sad about restorations like this are the volunteers. Take a look at how old they are. Many are late 50's up to 80's in age. Once they are gone, restorations like this will be more difficult and more expensive as the knowledge of how these planes were built goes away. Very few young people have the interest in working with tools, and learning how to create parts and learn the techniques used. Thats very sad. They did a wonderful job restoring this warbird.
@@acdii Aviation mechanics are still being taught these skills - because preWW2 aircraft designs are still being flown (and in some cases, being built NEW).
@@allangibson8494 Its not those being taught, sure, it is still being taught, its the amount of volunteers that is decreasing. Usually they are retirees or those who have time, but younger generations don't have the time, or have other priorities. I have a friend who is restoring a B-17E, he asks for volunteers, but very few commit to it, usually its the older guys who are retired. There are a few young guys, but they drift off eventually due to career moves and such. There is also quite a bit of difference between building new, regardless of technology, and trying to restore something that HAS no spare parts, or patterns, or dies and everything has to be recreated from scratch. Those are the type of people that are hard to find.
Great restoration. Well done.
the Wildcat is an awesome fighter plane. Excellent salvage & restoration
Is it static display only, or will it start and fly?
I was wondering that as well. I’m guessing that it’s just a static display based on a number of factors, but it would have been a nice thing for the report to have clarified.
Non flying restoration
About the only original part from this aeroplane is the data plate!
You are close, but even much better-looking WW2 airplanes are rebuilds in the high percentage of airframe structure (minus engine-maybe). That is because of age, corrosion and fatigue of materials and that makes the cost of restoration astronomical.
It is nothing in common compared to car restoration, although there are exceptions of almost total rebuild. Like, if you have some partial bucket of rust that semble to car chassis and it has Ferrari serials visible, Ferrari will rebuild it from the ground up (for a hefty price).
exactly
Ship of Theseus.
@@docnele even vehicle rebuilds can be a challenge. Remember after the war Britain was bankrupt. I've handled RR and Jag. parts from that ear going into the sixties, and the zinc castings are contaminated with slag and useless for a really good restoration. Packard you basically have to re=machine the parts: not the many cars were made, parts weren't kept in inventory!! But in some cases a resto. can be BETTER than the original construction. I guess maybe that's why so many "resto mods" are the rage today.
You didn't really listen to the video did you?
Beautiful restoration, jumping Catfish!
Excellent restoration,just gorgeous
What a beautiful looking warbird you sure did a fantastic job she looks brilliant
Amazing restoration job by everyone involved!
Thank you volunteers and donors!
The US Navy commissioned USS Sable & USS Wolverine. The were not regular Navy Carriers. No plane went “below decks” . The young pilots used this two ships to practice landings & takeoffs. One of the trainee was George H. Bush….later President of the US.
The plane discussed in this video was not the first salvaged. The cold late water kept the planes in much better shape that ocean wrecked planes. In Chicago O’Hare Airport there is a salvaged Lake Michigan Wildcat. The Airport is named for Medal of Honor winner “Butch” O’Hare. He flew Wildcat fighters.
Happy to see it was restored
Awesome. A Helldiver was found at the bottom of a lake here in San Diego and that plane went to Pensacola for restoration and is on display there.
WOW!! That is literally unbelievable!
Wow, Amazing work!
Congratulations to all involved. You are all amazing!
Awesome, Awesome, You guys are truly, truly Amazing, Thank you SO much for your awesome talent, Just so awesome, say it again you are Awesome!!!!!!.
I got to go there a while ago and they let us go behind the normal viewing area and we got to see everything it was very cool very Awsome to see it in its former glory
Those are huge powerful machines.
Wonderful work! 👏👏👏👏👏
"A museum in Hudson Mass" sounds like the American Heritage Museum to me
beautiful aircraft
Beautiful aircraft. These guys are true master craftsman. The gentleman who said he doesn't like to see it go. You get like that because when you work on something as a labor of love it becomes a part of you. I restore old motorcycles. I hate selling them when they are done. I really do. But I only have so much space... :)
If they can restore that wreck, what can they do with those beautiful aircraft that went down with Lady Lexington?
In the Mesa Arizona area at Champlin fighter museum. workers there have restored a Japanese mitsubishi 0 that went through the same dilemma and restore it to originality.
Great job. 😊 👍
1:16 that tie was a genuine shocker
Very well done gentleman.
Wow, talk about a labor of love.
WONDERFUL!!!
It's really a triggers broom 'restoration,'. Very few original parts have been used here, it's basically all new..
The fact it was sitting in freshwater played a big part.
What a great result to a truly important project.
Very very cool. Glad to see this old bird brought back to life.
fantastic, thankyou team for history foretold!!!!!
The skills of the American technicians
Great restoration job.
Thats incredible
wonder if they restored the radial engine? The job on the plan looks fantastic.
Wow what a great job. It looks great
you did a very nice job
It probably would have been cheaper and easier to build one from scratch, wow, what a team.
All FM2 WILDCATS where built by the Eastern Aircraft Division of General Motors, nor actually by Grumman themselves
AMAZING WORK!
Awesome ❤