Loving it...1941, WOW...Your assistant was simply burned out by making notes of everything for you...The elevators and tail wheel where kind of scary, that's a lot of corrosion. But it's all going to be awesome in the end. Again...3-31-41...WOW...
Pretty amazing piece of history. I imagine it served in the war training Army Air Corps pilots. Hopefully somebody recognizes a relative working for Piper in the 1940’s.
This will be a good video series. I have a buddy's J-5 fuselage sitting in my hangar (wings and stab are on his hangar's walls). It doesn't really need restoration. But if it were mine, I'd do a restoration on it.
Have you thought about contacting Piper and seeing if they have a company Historian? The 5 digit number under the names is likely they Employee ID number. It would be neat if you could put a face with a signature.
Dennis, What a great idea. I will look into that. I did find a William Merritt residing in Loch Haven Pa. who died not too long ago. I think he was a Pastor, however, he would have been too young. Perhaps his father whom I could not find anything on.
Nice. I love such kind of project. All the best from Zambia, Africa.
Thanks for watching, Zambia Africa! Nothing like a good project
please keep the vids coming...this is so cool!
That’s the plan God willing
Loving it...1941, WOW...Your assistant was simply burned out by making notes of everything for you...The elevators and tail wheel where kind of scary, that's a lot of corrosion. But it's all going to be awesome in the end. Again...3-31-41...WOW...
Pretty amazing piece of history. I imagine it served in the war training Army Air Corps pilots. Hopefully somebody recognizes a relative working for Piper in the 1940’s.
This will be a good video series. I have a buddy's J-5 fuselage sitting in my hangar (wings and stab are on his hangar's walls). It doesn't really need restoration. But if it were mine, I'd do a restoration on it.
Thanks for watching, I’d restore it too.
Ben, I’d restore it too. I LOVE J5A’s.
Verry exciting
As you know!
Have you thought about contacting Piper and seeing if they have a company Historian? The 5 digit number under the names is likely they Employee ID number. It would be neat if you could put a face with a signature.
Dennis, What a great idea. I will look into that. I did find a William Merritt residing in Loch Haven Pa. who died not too long ago. I think he was a Pastor, however, he would have been too young. Perhaps his father whom I could not find anything on.