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Yes - it must be the PM3. When I got to it, it had many big holes in the wing skins (plywood) in order to make repairs to various stringers and I believe the controls. The open trailer was massive, with mil-spec wheels that looked like they came from a deuce and a half.

It had been owned by the brother in law of Janice Hoke (of Sailplane Racing News fame) who was captain for United I believe. He was part way through restoration when he became terminally ill. I always wondered if it made it back to flying status.

The fact that the link below mentions Milwaukee suggests it's the same one..


On Wednesday, February 19, 2014 1:47:50 PM UTC-5, Steve Leonard wrote:
On Wednesday, February 19, 2014 11:31:34 AM UTC-6, Papa3 wrote:

Which Elfe? I helped to pull one out of a barn in northern NJ back in the 1990s. IIRC, it had been flown by George Moffat at some point. I thought it ended up at the Milwaukee School of Engineering.



That was probably the PM3. The S3 flown by (can't remember now) Moffat or Smith in Poland in 1968 came to the US, but got crashed. Last I knew, it was in a salvage yard in Wyoming, Delaware (Jenkins Airport, I think). Have pictures of it somewhere. Don't think Moffat ever flow the PM3, but I could be mistaken.



A bit about the PM3 he



http://www.soaridaho.com/Schreder/Co.../Elfe_PM3.html



Looks like it has gone to England since then. Looks very nice.



Steve