Those Texas Oscars

Oscar be careful not to be shot down by the Oscar

Hi

Thanks 270

Excellent NEWS well done.

Is one of these still for sale and if so how much

Kindest regards
John P

Oscar, JAN 11th

Today, JAN.11th the Texas Airplane Factory rolled out the Oscar… After a weight and balance and preflight it was time to start it up… Fire bottles and cameras at the ready the engine cranked over and started right up… After warming up and checking systems the chocks were pulled and the plane moved and stopped on it’s on… Taxi and brake checks were carried out on the ramp near the Factory then the plane was shut down and towed back into the hangar for post-flight inspections and servicing…. Congratulations to the TAF crew .. !!!

Great news Oscar! Good luck with the new acquisition! 🙂

J.V.

More details on the A-26 when the ink is dry

Thanks – look forward to that 🙂

Anyway, I’m crazy, I’m buying an A-26 to add to the fleet…used to own one 20 years ago [briefly]..

Just wondering, which 26 was that?

T J Johansen

More details on the A-26 when the ink is dry……
No not buying an Oscar….nice but not my type….I prefer blondes..

I’m buying an A-26 to add to the fleet…used to own one 20 years ago [briefly]..

Congtats Oscar Duck. Is it that gorgeous A-26 ‘Hard to Get!’ by the way?

An Oscar in OZ would be icing on the cake!

Hi Oscar re A26

Does this mean we can talk about this now….. I would love to know all the details and are you buying an Oscar too? (same rumor )

Regards
John P

Another great effort from all concerned. Look forward to see them flying.

Let the “armchair” experts go fund/restore/build/paint/fly/etc etc their own.

Anyway, I’m crazy, I’m buying an A-26 to add to the fleet…used to own one 20 years ago [briefly]..

Thank you for the update.I hope everything goes smooth this time. Congratulations to the TAF guys and many thanks to who ever is footing the bills on this project.

Tomorrow, JAN 10th the TAF folks will bring the Oscar back to the ground where it belongs … Engine runs and taxi tests will be conducted this coming week …. The plane looks great and several improvments were made… The TAF team has “done good” !!!

…must…have…bucket,….can’t…stop…drooling 😀

Awesome machine 😎

Don

According to one of the team restoring the D-13, no evidence of it being reworked from an A-7 was discovered. In any case the remanufacturing of older airframes was often undertaken by the Germans, with both 109s and 190s, so definitely ‘original’ to the Luftwaffe 1939-45.

Dave

Fuel for the “is it original?” fire …
I found when researching Doug Champlins FW190 D-13 (see thread dated yesterday) that more than a few Focke-Wulf 190 D series aircraft were remanufactured A-7 airframes – some sources say this was the case with his aircraft. Remanufactured aircraft were allocated new werk numbers and reissued for operational use. Were they not original aircraft?

Hi 270

I sent you a ‘PM’, did you receive it ?

regards
Dave

Texas Oscars

Thanks for the support .. Herb , George and the Texas Airplane Factory team deserve the praise… I was honored and trusted to help out… I will hope to continue when the plane is back on it’s own 2 /3 legs…

Good show 270!

Get that girl into the air!

270, in that case, good job saving the plane from running away from you and we look forward to seeing it up and about soon. And I still say those gear look frail and spindly, but hopefully once the tailwheel is fixed they’ll do the job they were designed for and keep the plane off the ground!

Mark