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Title: B-25 blew cylinder, now back in flight
Post by: XxDaSTaRxx on August 02, 2014, 10:22:07 PM

Every summer in the town of Angola, Indiana, they hold a festival at the local airport with hot air balloons and other aircraft called Balloons Aloft. This year their feature aircraft was the B-25C/D "Yankee Warrior."

I personally saw her in the hanger, and she was a beauty. Unfortunately, I had caught her after she had blew a cylinder and was sitting in the hanger.  :frown:

Here's a few snippets from the local Newspaper, The Herald Republican;

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With a few sputters, a B-25 Yankee Warrior bomber bellowed back to life Thursday, after
one of the engines in the twin-radial engine World War II bomber blew a cylinder in flight.

[more on the article, nothing really noteworthy]

It cost $60,000 to repair the engine.

Title: Re: B-25 blew cylinder, now back in flight
Post by: ridley1 on August 02, 2014, 10:34:23 PM

$60,000?

Well, the difference between men and boys is the price of their toys

Title: Re: B-25 blew cylinder, now back in flight
Post by: Masherbrum on August 03, 2014, 12:21:46 AM

Saw her four times a week and helped the crew for two years.   She flew in the MTO in WWII and is the oldest B-25 still flying.