Ex FSO GRIFFO
7th Jul 2013, 09:05
From AvWeb (USA), today,
KA 114 - 'The' ONLY flying DH-98, Mk 6, is for sale....
YAGEN SELLING WARBIRD COLLECTION
One of the largest and most prized collections of rare warbirds is being sold off because owner Jerry Yagen says he can't afford it anymore. (Click here for a PDF list of the inventory.) Yagen, who recently added the world's only flying Mosquito fighter bomber to his stable of 44 warbirds, says he's always pouring money into the aircraft and he can't do it any longer. "[I] just can no longer afford to subsidize the operations of these airplanes. There are a few interested parties," Yagen said in an email to AVweb. Yagen's B-17 "Chuckie" an a Focke-Wulf 190 were bought by the Tillamook Air Museum in Oregon.As we reported earlier this year, Yagen asked EAA for financial help to bring aircraft to AirVenture 2013 but EAA said it could not set that precedent. Yagen told the Virginia Pilot he's already sold four vocational trade schools associated with his aviation enterprises in Virginia and the Military Aviation Museum in Pungo, near Virginia Beach, may also be shuttered. More...
Very glad to act as agent.....and I've also got a very nice rather large bridge for sale as well....in SY....
Can only hope it goes to a 'Good Home'...who can keep it airworthy...
especially after all of the good work by our friends across the ditch...
:ok:
KA 114 - 'The' ONLY flying DH-98, Mk 6, is for sale....
YAGEN SELLING WARBIRD COLLECTION
One of the largest and most prized collections of rare warbirds is being sold off because owner Jerry Yagen says he can't afford it anymore. (Click here for a PDF list of the inventory.) Yagen, who recently added the world's only flying Mosquito fighter bomber to his stable of 44 warbirds, says he's always pouring money into the aircraft and he can't do it any longer. "[I] just can no longer afford to subsidize the operations of these airplanes. There are a few interested parties," Yagen said in an email to AVweb. Yagen's B-17 "Chuckie" an a Focke-Wulf 190 were bought by the Tillamook Air Museum in Oregon.As we reported earlier this year, Yagen asked EAA for financial help to bring aircraft to AirVenture 2013 but EAA said it could not set that precedent. Yagen told the Virginia Pilot he's already sold four vocational trade schools associated with his aviation enterprises in Virginia and the Military Aviation Museum in Pungo, near Virginia Beach, may also be shuttered. More...
Very glad to act as agent.....and I've also got a very nice rather large bridge for sale as well....in SY....
Can only hope it goes to a 'Good Home'...who can keep it airworthy...
especially after all of the good work by our friends across the ditch...
:ok: