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These might make some of you cry..... (Read 697 times)

Jan 10^th, 2004 at 2:50pm

Butter88 Offline
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I took these pics this morning on my way home from work. The AN-2 was damaged during a tornado here in Oklahoma City last spring. From the stories I've heard the tie downs broke, the aircraft did a 180 and was pushed about 50 yards backwards into a row of hangers. The tail is pretty bad also. Haven't heard if they are going to scrap it or try to rebuild. I all I believe there were about 2 dozen aircraft damaged that night, along w/ a few hangers.

The Douglas A-26 "Lady Liberty" in the last pic has only been flown a half dozen times in the past 32 months. They keep having problems w/ those huge radials.

Dan

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Reply #1 - Jan 10^th, 2004 at 3:09pm

Sam 400 Offline
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Those are just a blooming shame. Sad

I hope they re-build
Sam Cry

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Reply #2 - Jan 10^th, 2004 at 5:45pm

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The AN-2 does look rather sorry for itself. However, I've seen much worse. I'm sure it's possible to rebulid it. As always, this depends on the cost & whether the owner thinks it's worth doing. If this isn't so I suspect it would have been scrapped before now.

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Reply #3 - Jan 12^th, 2004 at 10:01am

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Reply #4 - Jan 15^th, 2004 at 11:39am

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Yes...the aircraft are in sad shape.

I would hope that if the owner/owners decide to scrap which I don't believe they will as it is up to the insurance company, that an organization such as a museum or flying club would come forward with the option to purchase.

Cheers....Happy Landings....Doug

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Reply #5 - Jan 18^th, 2004 at 10:13pm

Butter88 Offline
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Good news about the AN-2....the owners came out yesterday and removed the damaged wings and hauled them off for repair. Now I need to find out what they are going to do to repair the crushed tail.

Dan

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Reply #6 - Jan 20^th, 2004 at 12:30pm