Aviation buff Bob Newton of Granbury walks around some of the planes that are being repaired and restored at Ezell Aviation. Nelson Ezell has created a niche in the aviation market by restoring World War II aircraft at his business at a rural airport in Breckenridge, Texas. (Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Ralph Lauer)
Thanks for posting this.
Here’s the link to Ezell Aviation: http://www.ezellaviation.com/Past%20Pages/Miss%20Marilyn/MM.htm
Some great pics there.
Fantastic Article!!
***zell, who runs the business with his wife, Dude, and grown sons Ashley and Chad***
Ouch
Planespoken Ping.
This is a story that should have never been published in to day’s society. Vandals and other fringe haters will stoop to any level to destroy the work of a person of skill and knowledge and thieves will be far to willing to clean him out.
Classic aviation ping.
An English wheel in the hands of a skilled craftsman is a sight to see. There are probably just a few people left in thwe world that have that level of expertise.
Talk about a dream job.
bttt
Thanks for the article, and may God Bless all those in the CONFEDERATE Air Force that fly these beautiful birds. I got to go to a C.A.F. air show at Minter Field in CA many years ago. Still got my Red Baron triplane pin on my motorcycle jacket.
Yeah, I know it ain’t PC to call ‘em Confederate any more.
When I ride my ol’ HD ‘87 Softail Custom, I dream I’m in an old open cockpit canvas biplane soaring thru the skies.
Noble work keeping warbirds flying.
History you can touch and feel. Our freedom in aluminum.
http://www.airshowbuzz.com/videos/view.php?v=7455b62d
One of the greatest time periods of flight.
A link to a P-40 sim:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwAagsDnAqw&v3
This is from one of the projects I have worked on over the past several years.
By the way, the engine sound is from a real P-40 based at Addison Airport at the Cavanaugh Flight Museum.
They took the plane up for us so we could record and film the whole experience.
You can see the actual plane and walk around here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xeuaBsqbx4
http://shockwaveproductions.com/
http://www.cavanaughflightmuseum.com/
Kudos!!! Just got back from England and went to the Duxford Air Museum near Cambridge. It was unbelievable. You could spend almost two days there looking at restored aircraft - they had almost everything British & American that has flown from just before WWII to now (civil & military).