Sorry about not elaborating on my last posting (JU 390) (regarding my father’s B-25 exploits) I’m not one to blow my own horn but seeing that you insist. Any of you that follow the Warbird circuit (namely B-25s) Coert Munk can attest to this, my father was involved with B-25s from the time he was first introduced to them in the RCAF in 1955 right up to 1991 when he retired from the aviation game as a Air Tanker pilot.
Enjoy,
Greg Rees
These pictures are of the same plane (CF-DKU) which now flies as Betty’s Dream with C+P Aviation in the States.
By: Emerson - 4th February 2006 at 22:45
What has become of them.
Just a little more history on these B-25s. CF-DKU (Tanker 336) was primarily my father’s aircraft, after it was retired from Fire service it was sold to C+P Aviation in Minnesota and fully restored to Military colors. It won for best Warbird in Oshkosh airshow in 1999(flys as “Betty’s Dream”) CF-MWC (Tanker 337) was the first Air tanker my father flew when he started with NWAL back in 1974. It is still under going a very slow restoration in Washington State. After several years of fire service the retardant corroded the rear fuseluge to a point that it needed a new tail installed during it’s restoration. C-GUNO (Tanker 338) went to Santa Rosa, California and was restored to Military colors and flys as “Sunday Punch” CF-OND (Tanker 9) was always flown by Terry Harrold of NWAL (or his son Brian) right up to the time they traded it for a Beechcraft 99 back in the mid 1980s. (It now flys as “Carolina Girl”) in South Carolina. The Brown Bomber was owned briefly by NWAL and nows flys as “Silver Lady” in Oregon. The derelict ex RCAF B-25 was purchased by NWAL back in the early 1970s and was donated to the Edmonton aviation museum and is under going a very slow restoration to static display.
By: Emerson - 4th February 2006 at 22:34
Betty’s Dream
These Mitchells were also all used as Air Tankers in Canada by G+M Aircraft.
By: Emerson - 4th February 2006 at 22:21
Betty’s Dream Formerly CF-DKU
That’s correct, C+P Aviation (Anoka, Minnesota, USA) bought this B-25 (s/n 45-8835) from G+M Aircraft (St.Albert, Alberta, Canada) in 1993 along with spares (engines, wings, elevators, etc….) Not sure what She went for, however I heard the price tag of $180,000 US being thrown around.
Greg Rees (AKA: Emerson)
By: Papa Lima - 4th February 2006 at 18:52
Betty’s Dream
Would that be this Betty’s Dream, as at Oshkosh in 2003?
By: Cking - 4th February 2006 at 18:35
Both of your threads have some very interesting pictures Emerson. Thanks for sharing them with us. I bet you dad has some interesting tails to tell too!!!
Rgds Cking
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