R Palimaka Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 (edited) The Grumman Avenger AS3 owned by the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton, Ontario performed engine tests and taxi runs on Saturday, September 12, after a long restoration. Everything went smoothly and they will be performing other checks while waiting for certification to fly. She looks beautiful in Royal Canadian Navy colours, and they had the proper canopy fabricated. Photos by Museum photographer Derek Mickeloff. Richard Edited September 14, 2020 by R Palimaka Kagemusha, Neo, Sepp and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Cool! These guys at CWHM are great! Alain R Palimaka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotsman Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 What a beautiful restoration job , and in that scheme its a real beauty R Palimaka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkd1966 Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Wow - she is a real beauty... I wish one of the aftermarket companies would produce this canopy conversion for the 1/32 scale TBM / TBF Avenger model... Alain Gadbois and R Palimaka 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamF Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Anyone know what happened to the flyer we had in the UK? Last time I saw it was at West Malling about 1991 I think. In RAF markings. Graham Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 9 minutes ago, GrahamF said: Anyone know what happened to the flyer we had in the UK? Last time I saw it was at West Malling about 1991 I think. In RAF markings. Graham Im thinking it was probably TBM-3 BuNo 91110. Operated as a fire service bird in the early 70s, then transported to the UK and repainted in RAF colors 88 - 92: http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=9838 Seen here at the 1988 RAF Mildenhall Kagemusha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamF Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Thanks yes that's the one. I always remembered how good it looked in that scheme, much better in real life than the colours show in this pic. Graham Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkd1966 Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Just curious if there's any new information on this beautiful Avenger returning to the air ? Thanks, Mike R Palimaka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted February 24, 2021 Author Share Posted February 24, 2021 10 hours ago, mkd1966 said: Just curious if there's any new information on this beautiful Avenger returning to the air ? Thanks, Mike From what I understand she’s ready, just waiting for paperwork clearance. COVID has delayed a lot of admin work with the government. Hopefully this summer. mkd1966 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkd1966 Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 (edited) 9 hours ago, R Palimaka said: From what I understand she’s ready, just waiting for paperwork clearance. COVID has delayed a lot of admin work with the government. Hopefully this summer. That's great to hear... Thank you very much for the update... Back in the early 80's - we lived in Detroit, MI and my Stepdad had a T-6 we flew to airshows around the area and occasionally the CWH would send their 1st Avenger flown by Don McNall (super nice fellow)... Mike Edited February 24, 2021 by mkd1966 R Palimaka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmthamade Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 This has triggered long forgotten memories!! Late 70's-early 80's i was in auto trade school. Campus had an aircraft maintenance course among others. They had aircraft and helicopters for hands on training (non airworthy) One of them was an Avenger. I remember going for lunch, occasionally they would start them up, including the Avenger, lots of smoke out of that one!! Didn't understand the significance of what was there, wonder where that plane went... Don R Palimaka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradG Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 The two out in Australia were recently up for sale for about 300K each, man if I just had the cash, would look killer in the driveway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckD Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 aaaaaaaand sadly, another Avenger bites the dust. https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2021/04/17/mechanical-issue-forces-pilot-to-land-close-to-shore-at-cocoa-beach-air-show-organizers-say/ LSP_Matt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Saw the landing on another site and the pilot did a great job, hopefully the aircraft can be recovered and repaired. Cheers Dennis Alain Gadbois and LSP_Matt 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckD Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 (edited) Seems probable. Kinda depends on how quickly they can get it out of the saltwater. The pilot's ditching technique was absolutely perfect, so it's airframe damage will hopefully be minimal. Glad the pilot is safe. Poor Grumman. There must be some sort of unwritten cosmic law dictating the maximum number of airworthy Avengers at any given time; bring one back to life, another one goes into the drink. Edited April 18, 2021 by ChuckD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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