Bomber_12th
December 29th, 2013, 16:53
Its been a few months since the last time Vultures Row posted updates on their Helldiver and Dauntless restorations, but here are the latest just recently posted for December...
Helldiver: http://vulturesrowaviation.com/helldiver12_2013.html
Dauntless: http://vulturesrowaviation.com/dauntless12_2013.html
(http://vulturesrowaviation.com/dauntless12_2013.html)
For those that haven't followed these projects, you can view updates from previous months by navigating to the "Current Projects" page. There you can also find pages that provide brief backgrounds on each aircraft, back to their recoveries in the 80's/90's (both .
These two aircraft are being restored to fly, and are both owned by the same individual (who also has the very rare Brewster-built Corsair under restoration at Ezell Aviation). All three of these aircraft, when completed, will be painted in matching tri-color schemes (perhaps even all in the same squadron markings). The Helldiver, being an early model (SB2C-1A), is being restored as such, and will be fitted with the correct three-bladed prop and nose cone (will be a very unique, authentic flying example of the Helldiver when completed). As can be seen in the Dauntless update, that aircraft is really taking form as of late, and by comparison, you can really tell how complex of an aircraft to restore/build the Helldiver must be (they have another Helldiver project in store).
Helldiver: http://vulturesrowaviation.com/helldiver12_2013.html
Dauntless: http://vulturesrowaviation.com/dauntless12_2013.html
(http://vulturesrowaviation.com/dauntless12_2013.html)
For those that haven't followed these projects, you can view updates from previous months by navigating to the "Current Projects" page. There you can also find pages that provide brief backgrounds on each aircraft, back to their recoveries in the 80's/90's (both .
These two aircraft are being restored to fly, and are both owned by the same individual (who also has the very rare Brewster-built Corsair under restoration at Ezell Aviation). All three of these aircraft, when completed, will be painted in matching tri-color schemes (perhaps even all in the same squadron markings). The Helldiver, being an early model (SB2C-1A), is being restored as such, and will be fitted with the correct three-bladed prop and nose cone (will be a very unique, authentic flying example of the Helldiver when completed). As can be seen in the Dauntless update, that aircraft is really taking form as of late, and by comparison, you can really tell how complex of an aircraft to restore/build the Helldiver must be (they have another Helldiver project in store).