Mojave Oasis, Newberry springs, CA (other) - Locating Tiki

BPB Bay Park Buzzy Tiki Socialite West Bay Park, San Diego, CA Joined: Apr 07, 2006 Posts: 3066	BPB Bay Park Buzzy Posted posted on Mon, Apr 1, 2024 7:12 PM "The second bar on the property was on the wing of a historical airplane. From a 1950s Resort, Lake Loreen, in the same area as Mojave Oasis. This, now wrecked, plane was tracked down in Alaska and returned 3,600 miles to Newberry Springs." The plane at MO was not the original one from Lake Loreen(original was a twin engine Beech 10 if I recall correctly). It was actually a junk Cessna that some guy altered to make some sort of experimental aircraft that never worked (and I think we got it off craiglist.) It was primered grey when we got it, so I hand painted it with rustoleum to match the graphics of the original tiki bird. We made the wing from some shed siding and rebar. It had no engine, so we grabbed a blown one from a Ford explorer and turned it on the side so it looked kind of legit. I traded an autographed Carroll Shelby photo to the owner of the Baghdad Cafe for an old wooden propeller she had hanging in the restaurant and we attached it to the engine. Buzzy Out! [ Edited by Bay Park Buzzy on 2024-04-01 19:18:02 ]

"The second bar on the property was on the wing of a historical airplane. From a 1950s Resort, Lake Loreen, in the same area as Mojave Oasis. This, now wrecked, plane was tracked down in Alaska and returned 3,600 miles to Newberry Springs."

The plane at MO was not the original one from Lake Loreen(original was a twin engine Beech 10 if I recall correctly). It was actually a junk Cessna that some guy altered to make some sort of experimental aircraft that never worked (and I think we got it off craiglist.) It was primered grey when we got it, so I hand painted it with rustoleum to match the graphics of the original tiki bird. We made the wing from some shed siding and rebar. It had no engine, so we grabbed a blown one from a Ford explorer and turned it on the side so it looked kind of legit. I traded an autographed Carroll Shelby photo to the owner of the Baghdad Cafe for an old wooden propeller she had hanging in the restaurant and we attached it to the engine.

Buzzy Out!

[ Edited by Bay Park Buzzy on 2024-04-01 19:18:02 ]

Post #812467 by Bay Park Buzzy on Mon, Apr 1, 2024 7:12 PM