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2004 Flight Test Images | 2004 Restoration Images
2003 Restoration Images | Pre-2003 Restoration Images
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Serial #: 44-85734 Construction #: 8643-VE Civil Registration: N5111N N817BR Model: B-17G Name: Liberty Belle Status: Airworthy Last info: 2004  Pratt & Whitney era images. |
History: Esperado Mining Co., Altus, OK., June 25, 1947. - Sold to Esperado as scrap. Pratt & Whitney Engines, Hartford, CT., Nov. 19, 1947-1967. - Purchased for $2,700 - Registered as N5111N. - Civil conversion by Boeing, Settle, 1948. - 5th engine in nose, used as test bed for P&W T34 & T64 Turboprops. Bradley Air Museum, Windsor Locks, CT, June 16, 1967-1981 - Badly damaged by Tornado, Oct. 3, 1979. New England Air Museum, CT 1981-1987. - Wreck stored. Tom Reilly Vintage Aircraft, Kissimee, FL 1987-1999. - Stored Windsor Locks, CT til 1992. - Being rebuilt to flying condition. Randsburg Corp, Portland, OR, July 13, 1999-2001. - Registered as N817BR. Don Brooks/The Liberty Foundation, Atlanta, GA, 2003-2004. - Restored to airworthy at Tom Reilly Vintage Aircraft. - Returned to the air on Dec. 8, 2004 at 2:40pm and 12 seconds. |
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Source(s): Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989. Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003. Photo Source(s): Chuck Gardner Bill Shuerman - Warbirds Resource Group, www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org, 2001 Henry Rose - Warbirds Resource Group, www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org, 2001 |
