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My Trip to Branson Mo

gray eagle

gray eagle

SOH-CM-2025
Was in Branson Mo 4/7 May 2017.

Had a great time. Went to a put-put course and saw this airplane on top of a rock pile and just had to take some pics of it. I think it's an loadstar not sure.
Looks like something from Indiana Jones.

Prof_Hacker.jpg


Plane.jpg


Plane1.jpg
 
Navy Chief said:
Hey Gray Eagle....

Did a little searching. From what I found, the consensus it is a PV-2 Harpoon? NC

http://www.warbirdsandairshows.com/missourigateguards.htm
Click to expand...

Regrettably, no... look at the rear fuselage(s) and you can clearly see the differences.

The pics NC posted are of the former display at Prof. Hacker's (indeed a PV-2) which was destroyed by a tornado that went through Branson in Feb, 2012. It's covered in a 6-page thread on WIX http://www.warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=48785
It was apparently replaced prior to Aug. 2016 by a Lodestar (actually a C-60A) identified as N810G (see end of the WIX thread) which was once stored at Ocotillo Wells, CA

42-55993
Lockheed Lodestar C-60AN810G, ex USAAFStoredJun 2002
http://www.usdemobbed.org.uk/locations.php?location=6321
 
srgalahad said:
Regrettably, no... look at the rear fuselage(s) and you can clearly see the differences.

The pics NC posted are of the former display at Prof. Hacker's (indeed a PV-2) which was destroyed by a tornado that went through Branson in Feb, 2012. It's covered in a 6-page thread on WIX http://www.warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=48785
It was apparently replaced prior to Aug. 2016 by a Lodestar (actually a C-60A) identified as N810G (see end of the WIX thread) which was once stored at Ocotillo Wells, CA

42-55993
Lockheed Lodestar C-60AN810G, ex USAAFStoredJun 2002
http://www.usdemobbed.org.uk/locations.php?location=6321
Click to expand...

Wow! Thanks for the information! I didn't go any further into my investigation, but glad YOU did! NC
 
I had to run over to the SOH library and grab Mr. Shupe's Lodestar after seeing this. Downloading now, if I could just find that yellow and black paint...
LOL
Sue
 
The only black and yellow paint I could find that sorta resembles the one in the picture is this one:
Looking for one that looks more like the one in the picture taken at Branson.
yellow.jpg
 
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