N.Wotherspoon I think you have established, that the parts for sale are not from 44-13593.

I guess the seller just wanted to “attach” a bit of history to the bits, or perhaps had beem told this when he acquired them himself.

If there are no serial numbers (other than pencil marks, which we can all make) then its a stretch to identify parts as belonging to a specific aircraft, unless you have dug them out of the ground on a known crash site.

I can see some general interest in the instruments (why on earth didn’t he make a metal panel?) and grip, but the rest have very little charm outside the circle of dedicated collectors, and i guess they would find the price too high (unless it was a famous bird, like “Glamorous Glennis”).

[QUOTE=Good Vibs;1223585]

The mother of all scrapyards: Kingman Army Airfield (Ca 1946).

Selling/scrapping surplus war assets.

* BT-13 $450
* P-38 $1,250
* AT-6 $1,500
* A-26 $2,000
* P-51 $3,500
* B-25 $8,250
* B-17 $13,750
* B-24 $13,750
* B-32 $32,500

The stunt pilot Paul Mantz bought 475 aircraft (from trainers to bombers) for a cool $55.000

Hi,
Someone correct me if I am wrong but I remember the story that Paul Mantz bought the war surplus aircraft “as they were”. They were all fully tanked up with fuel and ready to go. He sold the fuel for more than he paid for the aircraft. Then he sold off the engines, parts, spark plugs,wheels, etc from the ones he did not keep and sold what was left for scrap.A very good business for him at the time. The aircraft he kept he used for his movie business in southern California.
Good Vibs

[

Thats the story i heard anyway, and it makes sense too.

I actually found the the “Bill of sale” (a copy of it) for the Paul Mantz sale somewhere, its a pretty impressive list. I have it on PDF so if anyone wants a copy (just to cry over) drop me a pm and i’ll mail a copy.

Date = 19/2 1946.

Actual price = $55,425.68 “CASH IN HAND” (They didn’t trust those Hollywood flyers).

Location = Bearey field (Municipal airport), Stillwater Oklahoma.

The sale included “all appurtenances attached to or installed”. Which could also mean fuel. I have heard about many post-war sales, acquired by farmers purely for the fuel. If i remember corrently, some of those “Farm-birds” later became actual flying warbirds, as they were found across the US (or other nations).

It also notes that there is NO “warrenties whatsoever”

I’m pretty sure its a Maritime pilot and not anything aviation related. I don’t even think the term “pilot” was associated with aviation untill much later.
Back they they were aerialist, aeronaut, or maybe even aviators.

For airfield use, they must have gotten the airfield “hight difference” (for lack of a better word, my english do not stretch far into the field of math), much in the same way they get local pressure today. Then adjusted their instrument accordingly.

For a torpedo/bomb run they would have known their starting “Height” above sea level. Lets say 200′ for the home airfield. Thats an absolute “Height” above sea level and would not change (well its changing now due to global warming, but i think we can ignore that). If they deduct 200′ from their starting “Height”, they would have sea level.

It actually seems slightly easier than getting the target pressure for the day. As long as you know the absolute “Height” of your target.

Well, we know, unfortunatly, that a few AC has ended up below 0.

Hi Peter,

Pictures I post here are generally from Flickr, where users post under creative commons 2.0 which means that non-profit use is permitted.

If the Flickr poster have posted the image without ownership, it would legally be his copyright infringement, as you can’t release under creative commons unless you own, or have rights, to the material.

Another fine photo site is http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Here the media files are also mostly under creative commons or a lower classification.