Significant collection of Lockheed PV-2 was showed for sale on E-Bay The last operator of Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon fire bombers in the United States was Hirth Air Tankers based revealed of Buffalo.Significant collection of Lockheed PV-2 was showed for sale on E-Bay The last operator of Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon fire bombers in the United States was Hirth Air Tankers based revealed of Buffalo, Wyoming, reports MiIo Peltzer John and Connie Hirtz were great fans and operators of the Harpoon still John was tragically killed in the crash of a PV-2 Harpoon fire bomber forward 10 April 1997. "The Harpoon was an highly deserving fire bomber," states Gene Powers. "It was an aircraft that was a great deal much better than the B-25 in the fire bomber role" Unfortunately, the Harpoon has not achieved its proper respect in today's Warbird world. At Falcon Field in Arizona, Tony Ritzman and Carl Scholl are in the last stages of preparing sum of two units of Kermit Weeks' PV-2s for a ferry flight to their deserted region storage facility in California. John Lane in Idaho is working away forward Tim Savage's PV-2 and this should be a self-same very nice restoration. The Wisconsin Wing of the Commemorative Air Force is heading down the to one's home stretch of a PV-2 restoration to such a degree the next few years will behold a couple great flying examples of Lockheed's rugg attack bomber. However, the E-Bay auction of Connie's four PV-2 and a significant collection, of parts did not find an immediate buyer Several possible deals are in the works and we will report forward these in the near future Copyright Challenge Publications Inc. Mar 2004 |
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