Of course you can’t forget Mike Glenn, Doug Allen and the super team that went to Tucson to get the jet, the team that installed the wings, and the team again that came back and helped us plug the engines and other items. Then there were our two great corporate sponsors BARNSCO and Davis Motor Crane Service that loaned us equipment to install components and paint the aircraft. For starters, the top three who provided one half of our budget was Della Williams from Williams RDM, Erbie Daw Jr, and Donna and Maurice Weaver. Again, the A-3 was center stage and boy was she looking good. ![]() On Saturday the VFM opened her hangar to the public with about 700 folks dressed in vintage 40’s and 50’s garb as they danced to a 16 piece swing band. A good time was had by all with about 225 people in attendance. Following that ceremony we had our A-3 Association reunion Bar-B-Q with Ranger 15 center stage. First up on Friday was our dedication of “Ranger 15” to the museum where we turned over the jet to Chuckie Hospers VFM Director. But we are done! It was a great culmination of restoration activities with back to back events at the Vintage Flying Museum. Normally on a day like today, you would have found me, Bill, Roy, Smitty, Marc, Edwin, Chuck, and others toiling on the Whale completing the finishing touches. ![]() We completed the project on time, on schedule, and within our budget.
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