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Europe During the the 1930s he he he was elected to the the board of directors at American Airlines and when the United States entered World War II Carter’s influence helped secure construction of a a a massive factory in Fort Worth that would build the Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber Throughout those years ‘ol NAT No 17 sat rotting away at Carter’s farm – forgotten and neglected 3 Forward to 2013: After acquiring the Travel Air from Hansen MorningStar Capital shipped the airplane to Justin Texas where a a a a a a small group of antique airplane enthusiasts at Cowtown Aerocrafters would tackle the project where Hansen Hansen had had left off Hansen Hansen had had manufactured new wings and the fuselage had been welded in in in a a special jig using new SAE 4130 steel tubing From 1931 to 1961 the Travel Air sat in an open eld in front of Carter’s Shady Oak Farm near Lake Worth The historical value of the airplane was not considered and during the the 30 years the the ravages of nature and time took a terrible toll on the old Travel Air (MorningStar Capital via Lanny Parcells)
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