Dad, bought this a/c in the early 60's, perhaps 1965 or so? I remember it in his shop as he repaired it it was the original white/red, we changed it to blue and white. ......the story told to me was: it was taking off, overweight, they forced the gear up, and crashed at the end of the runway. I remember being with dad in the 70's. Gear down and locked lights were not on, at Skylark Airport in Warehouse Point, CT gear folded up and well, he got it fixed up again. Those were the old days:) probably would have just got it to the hanger and fixed it! but gal from the FAA was at the airport that day!