02.04.2010, 11:52
Back in 1996, I used to keep my '46 Ercoupe over at Tamiami airport, Kendall Florida. That's a suburb of Miami.
A shop there was working on my plane. I was out there, when this beautiful B-25 with the name, BARBIE III, comes taxiing in. Not sure why. Anyway, I'm walking around the airplane, marveling at it, when I notice something under the left wing.
I called over one of the guys, who came in with it. I said, "Look up there...you're leaking something, I think."
He didn't look happy! They went and grabbed a ladder, and sure enough, fuel leak. I don't like being the bearer of dad news, and just, sort of, slinked away.
It really is a terrific restoration.
The pilot of the original one, R.T. Smith, also flew a P-51A, called "Barbie." His wife, I guess.
A shop there was working on my plane. I was out there, when this beautiful B-25 with the name, BARBIE III, comes taxiing in. Not sure why. Anyway, I'm walking around the airplane, marveling at it, when I notice something under the left wing.
I called over one of the guys, who came in with it. I said, "Look up there...you're leaking something, I think."
He didn't look happy! They went and grabbed a ladder, and sure enough, fuel leak. I don't like being the bearer of dad news, and just, sort of, slinked away.
It really is a terrific restoration.
The pilot of the original one, R.T. Smith, also flew a P-51A, called "Barbie." His wife, I guess.