Guido Zuccolli had three B-24's, one airworthy?

Lone Star Flight Museum have or had one under airworthy restoration back to bomber configuration, although I seem to recall it suffered damage in the hurricane a couple of years back.

The one Oxcart mentions is ‘Tanker 121’, which was airworthy for a short time late last summer. It flew to Casa Grande, Arizona, back in October and she was still resting there as of a month ago.

http://www.air-and-space.com/20101106%20Casa%20Grande/DSC_1170%20P4Y-2%20N2871G%20121%20right%20front%20l.jpg

Lone Star Flight Museum, Galveston TX

PB4Y-2 CONSOLIDATED N3739G Bu No.59819 RESTORATION

See here –> http://www.lsfm.org/index.html

There is a privateer being restored to wartime condition in the states to fly I think its in Texas but don’t quote me on it.

A Privateer was restored to fly recently for airshow work still in it’s tanker scheme- there was a piece in ‘Aircraft’about it (Iirc)

On the subject of B24’s. I’m surprised no one ever thought to save some of the Privateer water bombers, return them to warbird config and fly them on the airshow circuit. Are there any still left flying?

i remember this being written in Australian aviation as well the airworthy one was said to be Mao’s personal transport and could be made airworthy very quickly.
i thought it seemed a bit odd at the time (but with Guido you never know)

I remember something about Tu-2’s. they were in a mountain storage of some kind. All in very good shape. Until they arrived in the US. Seems the Chinese CUT them apart to fit them into shipping containers, rather then unbolt everything. I think one of them is under restoration to fly (long term). Others are static somewhere.

I do remember from a conversation with a mate who was close to him many many years ago he apparently went to china to purchase 3 Tu-2’s?

Is this for real? Did three survive and get purchased by Mr Zuccolli? Where are they now?

Could it possibly be that these are what the reputable magazine confused with B-24’s? Or could that have been a seperate find?

If this was published it sounds more like a a Rob Greinert ‘wind up’ to me. 🙂

Mark

There was a typo in the original 1990 article where it said “Discovered in China”. This should have read “Made in China” but the moulding on the two inch polythene wings was a bit dodgy and couldn’t be read properly.

I seem to recall that they flew in a three-ship at Legends in 1991

Moggy

They flew too high though. Everybody I spoke with said they couldn’t see them…

T J

Hmm, it seems I have opened the standard Key Forum joke book.

So there’s no truth in the B-24’s then?

I do remember from a conversation with a mate who was close to him many many years ago he apparently went to china to purchase 3 Tu-2’s?

I seem to recall that they flew in a three-ship at Legends in 1991

Moggy

…all parked behind the Stork Hotel? 😀

………….buried next to a spitfire?

“Discovered in China and subsequently purchased by Guido Zuccolli, is an apparently airworthy B-24 Liberator.

Not a B-24 it was a Stirling!;)

Light blue touch paper and…..:)