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Amazing to think the changes that airplane (if it's the same one) has seen since we originally restored it in '07/08' John. Beautiful airplane, but I was glad to see it go someplace else, lol.Although it was fairly much a non-event, and thus was fairly well "off the radar", back in late August while on a flight heading to Midland, Texas, Chuck Gardner was forced to make an emergency landing with the aircraft when the engine temp suddenly got too hot. Over west Texas at the time, and in the middle of nowhere, he found a long dirt road and set the aircraft down, coming to stop in the front of a nearby rancher's property. I believe Chuck ended up spending the night there and the aircraft was later inspected and trucked out - no damage in the least, and I believe the problem was found to have simply been a water pump failure.
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Although it was fairly much a non-event, and thus was fairly well "off the radar", back in late August while on a flight heading to Midland, Texas, Chuck Gardner was forced to make an emergency landing with the aircraft when the engine temp suddenly got too hot. Over west Texas at the time, and in the middle of nowhere, he found a long dirt road and set the aircraft down, coming to stop in the front of a nearby rancher's property. I believe Chuck ended up spending the night there and the aircraft was later inspected and trucked out - no damage in the least, and I believe the problem was found to have simply been a water pump failure.
Here are some unique photos from that event, though I can't remember now who it was that took them.
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Is that the A2A civilian Mustang ?
Is that the A2A civilian Mustang ?
As Sundog mentioned, it's not A2A, but it is a civilian example - though not specific to the restored "The Brat III", rather it is the restored "Geraldine" in disguise (since everything about the model is specific to that restoration). Although an extremely authentic restoration (Geraldine), the cockpit does of course have modern Coms, Transponder, and VOR (and you can find the antennas for the modern avionics fitted below the wings and atop the tail fin), all per the restored aircraft.
Stickshaker, I've been approached about that by a few others as well, and I would like to give it a go, though nothing has been seriously discussed at this point. Ever since getting into developing the D/K models, we've wanted to have functional HVAR rockets to play with, more than just seeing them mounted out on the wings. However, lately I've been thinking much more in-line with a functional 37-mm cannon and wing-package 50-cal machine guns, for another aircraft type which currently has my greatest attention. ; )