And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
There is an outstanding WW-2 Air Museum in Colorado Springs that has dug virtually totally destroyed planes out of the jungles and completely restored them to flying again. I am of a mind that this crashed plane would fit their criteria to be restored.
I grew up near here, passed the location several times a year. a friend sent me the articles when it first came to light with one comment- "under our noses the whole time"
Give the rarity of some of these aircraft they are all worth saving for restoration or as patterns for new fabricated duplicates. Plenty of people in that business around the country.
Anything is restorable if you have deep enough pockets. New Zealand has the most liberal aviation laws regarding restoration of warbirds. As long as you have the original data plate (which is brass or stainless steel) you can recertify an aircraft even if the data plate is the only original part when you're done. Then it can be sold internationally as an airworthy aircraft at a favourable exchange rate ($1NZ = $0.63US) Al_in_Ottawa
My uniformed impression is that guys who restore airplanes go to insane lengths - maybe putting more money and effort into an airplane (in a proportional sense) than almost any other kind of restoration. I've heard a joke that goes something like "when they found the wreck, the only thing salvageable was the data plate."
There is an outstanding WW-2 Air Museum in Colorado Springs that has dug virtually totally destroyed planes out of the jungles and completely restored them to flying again. I am of a mind that this crashed plane would fit their criteria to be restored.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a P-38 Lightning.
ReplyDeleteLike this?
Deletehttps://www.ericksoncollection.com/aircraft#/p-38-lightning/
How much do you have to spend is always the question...
ReplyDeleteA P-38 is never too far gone to fix.
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DeleteThat nose panel doesn't look right for a gun package. I suspect it is a camera ship. Recon or BDA (bomb damage assessment).
ReplyDeleteHope that is not seawater!
https://pacificwrecks.com/ enters the chat.
ReplyDeleteI grew up near here, passed the location several times a year. a friend sent me the articles when it first came to light with one comment- "under our noses the whole time"
ReplyDeletehttps://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/21-photos-of-northeast-ohios-deserted-plane-sanctuary/Slideshow/38344514
I've flown worst.
ReplyDeleteBy the by, this is a site link to the WW-2 Air Museum in Colo. Springs.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.worldwariiaviation.org/
P-38:
https://www.worldwariiaviation.org/aircraft/lockheed-p-38-lightning
Give the rarity of some of these aircraft they are all worth saving for restoration or as patterns for new fabricated duplicates. Plenty of people in that business around the country.
ReplyDeleteAnything is restorable if you have deep enough pockets. New Zealand has the most liberal aviation laws regarding restoration of warbirds. As long as you have the original data plate (which is brass or stainless steel) you can recertify an aircraft even if the data plate is the only original part when you're done. Then it can be sold internationally as an airworthy aircraft at a favourable exchange rate ($1NZ = $0.63US)
ReplyDeleteAl_in_Ottawa
Not for Yoda.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3-CpzZJl8w
My uniformed impression is that guys who restore airplanes go to insane lengths - maybe putting more money and effort into an airplane (in a proportional sense) than almost any other kind of restoration. I've heard a joke that goes something like "when they found the wreck, the only thing salvageable was the data plate."
ReplyDeleteShould have read, "uninformed".
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