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32 Vol.3 No.3 / March 2014
WHAT OUR MEMBERS ARE BUILDING
the prototype flew in nine days, I should have mine done
next week.
A third airframe, a fl yable replica, is going to be a multi-
chapter project. As of now, folks from EAA Chapters 441, 54,
486, and 362 are—or will be—involved. Chuck Burtch (EAA
10213) of Phoenix, New York, has also had dreams of sitting
in a TG-5 nose section. He and I are fellow staf members of
the EAA Air Academy, and that's where we started compar-
ing dreams and hatched this idea. The jigs and information
being assembled for the restorations will be passed to the EAA
project. Parts will be built by members across the country. Each
year at Oshkosh, the assemblies will come together. At some
point, the completed airframe will be covered and fi nished
during an EAA AirVenture Oshkosh convention. Chapter
486 is a 501(c)(3) organization, so all donations can be grate-
fully acknowledged.
There are also some replica projects in the works in Ohio
and Maryland, too. It's exciting to think about the possibility of
a whole line of training gliders in the Warbirds area. They'll be
the ones not belching blue smoke!
Editor's Note: The project members are looking for L-3
and TG -5 parts or tax-deductible donations. Contact Charles
Burtch at
cburtch@windstream.net .
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