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The
Evangel 4500 - I had first read about the Evangel in 1973 in Air Progress
Magazine. Then saw #001 operating in Alaska in 1984 and in the mid-90's again ran across on old copy of the
73' article.
Came upon
#006 in June 2007 when my job had me at the airport in Yap Micronesia. Due to its rarity was surprised to come across it and
decided I could not allow it to remain to rot away any further. After securing ownership returned in November 07 to disassemble
and ship back to the States. It had set outside,
unsecured for 14 years, yet storms and typhoons never did much more than slide it a few feet, put a dent and cut in the top
of the fuselage and damage the right horizontal stabilizer. Of course it has corrosion but not as bad as
one would think and if it casts a shadow, it can be rebuilt.
Am seeking partners to join in the project.
A special thanks to Peter, Vince,
Amos, Tommy & Grace of PMA for their assistance on the tear down and shipping.
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