Evergreen sale

Very cool.

I wonder if bill gates could afford the insurance on that monster :yikes:
of course i joke.
 
I would trade my -10 in, even money. :dunno: ;)


That is an amazing airplane, my second choice of all time best airplanes ever. P-51 being number one.
 
A buddy of mine flew one of these in the Philippines and got six kills in it. He had 3 earlier kills in a P-40. I sat in one at an airshow about 10 years ago and was surprised at how much room there is in the cockpit. Very roomy.
 
How much of the collection are they planning to keep?

They're selling some big pieces...Ford TriMotor, TBM, P-38...starting to sound like Jerry Yagen's sell off last summer.
 
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Fearless Tower said:
How much of the collection are they planning to keep?
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To my knowledge just these two. The MUSEUM and the AIRLINE are two separate entities. These two planes however are owned by Evergreen International (the airline) and were used as collateral for one of Evergreen Intl's corporate aircraft. The other museum pieces (including the Spruce Goose) are either owned by the Museum or are on loan from other non-Evergreen Intl/non-Del Smith sources.

There's a lien on the Goose, but it's from the guys who helped move it. They don't want the aircraft, just the percentage of the gate they were promised.
 
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Tom-D said:
There has been rumors that the Paul Allen wants a few for his collection at PAE.
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There are far worse options than this...

I'm glad he has joined a lot of us in putting money into aviation! :rofl:
 
I know they owed a hotel in NYC into the six figures for awhile now for crew lodging.
 
I didn't know about the tri-motor, but the TBM and the P-38 was what I was referring to.
 
Who wants to go halfsies? Or maybe fiftisies?
 
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Ha. I could afford "thousandthies"... but don't know that I could afford to taxi, let alone fly it. Which really sucks, becuase the P-38 is really the only thing as sexy as a P-51 and/or a Spitfire.
 
Interesting that the listing says 37 TT since restoration with both engines 1 SMOH and 0 SPOH. Wonder what engines were on it for the 37 hrs? I'm guesing the 1 SMOH with zero SPOH was a ground run on the test stand.
 
Correct me if I'm wrong but I always thought evergreen did a lot of work for the CIA and that they based a lot of " mystery planes" and others at manara ( spelling)airport in Arizona. If this is so then maybe they are no longer doing work for the government or not as much. I also remember reading that a lot of rendition work possibly carried out by them, gulf streams, etc or larger, and also from a small field in the Carolina's.
 
If someone gave it to me I could probably afford to fly it for a few hours a year.
 
Jimmy cooper said:
Correct me if I'm wrong but I always thought evergreen did a lot of work for the CIA and that they based a lot of " mystery planes" and others at manara ( spelling)airport in Arizona. If this is so then maybe they are no longer doing work for the government or not as much. I also remember reading that a lot of rendition work possibly carried out by them, gulf streams, etc or larger, and also from a small field in the Carolina's.
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They shut down in December.
 
Yes they went broke after atlas air low bid them. Atlas also does a lot of "government work" . Interesting what will happen to the spruce goose. Maybe allen will buy that too.
 
Jimmy cooper said:
Yes they went broke after atlas air low bid them. Atlas also does a lot of "government work" . Interesting what will happen to the spruce goose. Maybe allen will buy that too.
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It's under different paperwork, it's not for sale;best I could determine from an article I read.
 
There is only one aircraft in that collection I would really like to own.
 

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That's a replica of the E by the way. And the museum owns it (it was donated).
 
Art Nolls managed to buy a Harrier (though he had to pay cash rather than pepsi points).
 
There's an ex-RAF Harrier on Barnstormers now.
 
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