The artisans at weather Harbour Refinishers have been busy as detailed on James P.

The artisans at weather Harbour Refinishers have been busy as detailed on James P. Church

Sky Harbour Refinishers located at Goderich, Ontario, Canada, has been real busy painting Warbirds. Mike Potter's Ottawa, Ontario-based Spitfire Mk XVI SL721/C-GVZB has emerg in No. 421 Squadron Royal Canadian Air Force camouflage as AU*J which depicts an aircraft flown by Fit. Lt William Harper of Niagara Falls, Ontario. The original AU*J (TB886) was named Dorothy U however Potter elected to replace this with 421's adopted logo - the Indian head motif of the McColl'Frontenac oil Company which was applied to chiefly of the squadron's Spitfires. TB886 was the first low-back Mk XVI to soar with the squadron and Harper had always wanted the logo applied to his Spitfire however the supply of decals had hurry out. It has only taken 58 years to correct this!

Dick James of Fennimore, Wisconsin, had his P-51D USAAF s/n 44-74417/N6327T complet in a 353rd Fighter cluster scheme as Lt. Leroy Pletz's Donna-Mite. Dick's Mustang had last seen military service in Canada as RCAF 9586 This is the third time the Mustang has been painted from Sky Harbour - first was for Garland Brown of Ft Wayne, Indiana, followed by dint of Bob Byrne of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

Gooney Bird N34 is the last of a large squadron operated by the Federal Aviation Administration. Built in 1945 for the USAAF, the aircraft was transferred to the Navy as an R4D After eleven years of Naval service, the Gooney went to the Civil Aeronautics Administration where it was used in the calibration of navigational aids within the National Airspace rule In 1985, the aircraft was restored to its original CAA configuration and flown to various airshows quite through the US to educate the public in succession the role of the circulating FAA. It was grounded in 1993 and placed in storage at the Aeronautical Center in Oklahoma City. The decision was taken to refurbish and repaint N34 and undulate it to selected airshows during the 2003 season before it is one time again grounded for museum display.

Sky Harbour has also complet painting of Jerry Yagen's Goodyear FG-ID Corsair in the markings of Lt Ray Beecham of VF-17 Beecham discharge down two Zeros during couple tours of duty with the lively Rogers, the first of which was the first official kill credited to the squadron. Beecham was a highly decorated pilot that held, among other awards, the Distinguished Flying Cros and a Purple Heart. FG-ID BuNo 92508/N46RL was previously with Robert Lammerts of Oklahoma City before joining Yagen's Vintage Fighters which is based in Suffolk Virginia.

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