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Posted: 4/1/2017 10:04:10 PM EDT

When I was a kid, there were a LOT of what I considered "old" as in 1930's 40's 50's where we hangered....
There was even a Ford Tri-Motor out there, nothing like that around here, just wondering if you still see vintage birds anywhere besides bone yards or museums?

Posted: 4/2/2017 12:35:54 AM EDT

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In Alaska, yes. DC-3, C46, DC-6 are common to see.

Posted: 4/2/2017 12:37:21 AM EDT

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I share a hanger with a 40's era Cub.

Posted: 4/2/2017 12:46:03 AM EDT

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1946 Aerocoup

Like flying a little tiny A-10.

Posted: 4/2/2017 1:43:14 AM EDT

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From Anchorage to Galbraith (pump station 3) we used to fly up in a Convair 340.

Posted: 4/2/2017 8:19:25 AM EDT

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I haven't noticed it in a while, so it may have been sold/moved, but there was a restored Waco in one of the T hangars.

There was an Ercoupe, but it got sold and ferried out, after sitting for a few years.

One or two old Champs in the T hangars.

Not quite as old, but a restored Beaver.

Posted: 4/2/2017 8:43:32 AM EDT

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Took a flight in a Tri-Motor a month or two ago. EAA flies it around the country and gives rides. It was amazing and at 70 bucks for a 15-20 minute flight, not a bad deal.

Posted: 4/2/2017 8:59:09 AM EDT

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Pt22 or PT23 ww2 flight trainer. It did a flyover in one of town Independence
Day celebrations.

Posted: 4/2/2017 11:02:05 AM EDT

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A friend of mine has a 1940 something J-3 Cub.

Also, Rare Aircraft in Minnesota that restores old Wacos and Stearman and other vintage planes.

Posted: 4/2/2017 11:56:52 AM EDT

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A friend of mine has a 1940 something J-3 Cub.

Also, Rare Aircraft in Minnesota that restores old Wacos and Stearman and other vintage planes.

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Gentleman I used to work for had a J-3 Cub built in October of 1943....what a marvelous little aircraft it was. I don't remember if I was sicker or madder when I found out what he sold it for.

Posted: 4/2/2017 11:59:51 AM EDT

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If they burn gasoline, all of them. ;-)

Posted: 4/2/2017 12:06:37 PM EDT

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I fly my '46 Tcraft quite a bit. There's a few Luscombes, a Rearwin and a Interstate plus a J3 cub. Other than my Tcraft and the Interstate, the rest are pretty much just hangar queens.

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Posted: 4/2/2017 1:39:47 PM EDT

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The museum at Willow Run has a flying B-17, B-25, and C-47. Plus there a a ton of freighters, and they're not new either. Our airplane is a '61.

Posted: 4/2/2017 4:58:08 PM EDT

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Gentleman I used to work for had a J-3 Cub built in October of 1943....what a marvelous little aircraft it was. I don't remember if I was sicker or madder when I found out what he sold it for.

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When I get an invite to fly in the cub, I always take it. Just a fun airplane to fly.

Posted: 4/3/2017 6:58:27 AM EDT

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There are a couple of Ercoupes, and a DeHavilland Tiger Moth and possibly one or two others that I haven't seen yet.

Posted: 4/3/2017 1:08:45 PM EDT

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I don't know if you consider these old. In my area there are a couple Cessna 195, several cubs, couple Stearmans, and several T6 Texans.

Posted: 4/3/2017 1:37:07 PM EDT

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old beechcraft 18 that looks abandoned

Posted: 4/3/2017 8:39:34 PM EDT

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I wish I had the money to rescue this:

Posted: 4/3/2017 9:39:37 PM EDT

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There's a Convair 580 that flies to the Bahamas everyday and a turbo Beech 18 that I see occasionally.

Posted: 4/3/2017 10:38:43 PM EDT

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Does my 1946 Stinson 108 qualify? Previously I owned a 1944 vintage Stearman PT-17 that was restored by Pete Jones at Airepair. Or my brother-in-laws two 1930-40's vintage Stearman's and his Tri-Champ?

Posted: 4/4/2017 7:20:27 PM EDT

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There's a Convair 580 that flies to the Bahamas everyday and a turbo Beech 18 that I see occasionally.

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My first real flying job was flying those turbine Beech 18s. In fact, I used to fly one of the ones in FLL for one of her previous owners.

Posted: 4/4/2017 10:39:13 PM EDT

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My first real flying job was flying those turbine Beech 18s. In fact, I used to fly one of the ones in FLL for one of her previous owners.

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There's a Convair 580 that flies to the Bahamas everyday and a turbo Beech 18 that I see occasionally.

My first real flying job was flying those turbine Beech 18s. In fact, I used to fly one of the ones in FLL for one of her previous owners.

gb airlink is who flies it now. they also fly a short skyvan.

Posted: 4/6/2017 10:03:57 PM EDT

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I wish I had the money to rescue this:

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for the uninitiated

what is it?

Posted: 4/6/2017 11:01:40 PM EDT

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Piper PA-23 Apache.

Posted: 4/7/2017 6:57:03 AM EDT

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P40 Warhawk. Used to be a P51 also. Some t6 and T28 as well as old Cessina tail draggers. OV1 bird dogs as well

Posted: 4/7/2017 8:37:35 PM EDT

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Apache. Don't rescue it. Let it die before it kills you. Seriously.

Posted: 4/7/2017 9:11:12 PM EDT

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Lotsa J3's, 3 Stearman's, several Ercoupes, 1 or 2 PT-19's and a T6.

Another dude has a gorgeous Cessna 195 and there are 3 Champs and a Luscombe as well.

About covers it, I think.

Posted: 4/9/2017 11:09:54 AM EDT

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You mean something like this?

1941 J-3F, Franklin 65 hp Piper Cub. My dad had it since the early 60's and I've been taking care of it for about the last 10 years now. I think I am currently the oldest plane on the airport.

Posted: 4/10/2017 9:11:05 PM EDT

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Does my 1946 Stinson 108 qualify? Previously I owned a 1944 vintage Stearman PT-17 that was restored by Pete Jones at Airepair. Or my brother-in-laws two 1930-40's vintage Stearman's and his Tri-Champ?

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One of my neighbors has a Stinson 108, and another has a Stearman. Another was just sold. I have a 46 Champ.

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