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Casey Hill 03-16-2013 09:59 AM

War Bird fabricator
 
Hi I'm Casey from Georgia and I Fab parts for WW 2 Aircraft my business is Historic Wings and I'm working on the XP 82 Twin Mustang project in Douglass Ga you can watch the progress on there web site @ XP 82 home project, this site gives full time line and real time of the progress of this rare one of a kind Aircraft, this is the only survivor of the X planes built for testing and it is being restored to flying condition. Hope you enjoy and thanks for having me on the form.
Casey :

Kerry Pinkerton 03-16-2013 10:25 AM

Welcome to AllMetalShaping Casey. Glad you found us.

Wow, that is an amazing aircraft. At first I thought it was a P38 but the twin mustang is amazing! What a monster it must have been! I was honored to see Glacier Girl at SunNFun the first year it was flying again. Brought tears to my eyes.

For those who don't know, Glacier Girl was a P38 that crash landed on a glacier in Greenland toward the end of WWII. Lost for decades, it was found, recovered, and restored by some amazing and dedicated craftsman. The Twin Mustang will be at least as impressive and even more rare.

HEATNBEAT 03-16-2013 11:57 AM

Hi Casey and welcome!:)

Z5Roadster 03-16-2013 03:23 PM

Hi Casey, welcome to the site and thanks for the link, amassing what can be done if you have the will to want to.

Oraclejacket 03-16-2013 03:39 PM

Casey,

Did you used to work at VPC?

Also, what's your shop's policy on walk-in visitors?

Thanks,

Onemorehammer 03-16-2013 07:51 PM

Welcome Casey, Found the site on the XP 82 a couple weeks ago and read that you were working on that project.
When school is out for the summer, my Grandson and I plan on making the trip down to see the progress.
Glad that you joined us, Dan

Peter Tommasini 03-16-2013 09:38 PM

HI Casey welcome to the forum
Peter

cwilliamrose 03-17-2013 08:40 PM

I'm very happy to see Walt Soplata's airplanes being restored. I visited his place about 35 years ago and saw the collection first hand. I thought it a shame they weren't being better cared for.


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