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What about...

Posted by bdk on Thu Jun 20, 2002 02:18:16 PM

In reply top Another perhaps controversial issue............... posted by simon king on Wed Jun 19, 2002 04:51:07 PM

P-51D conversions into TF-51's (which use many original Temco parts)...

And...

Spitfires being converted from single seaters to two seaters by the military, then being converted back to single seaters by civilian owners, then being converted back to two seaters again...

Where does it ever end?

: What are people's views about converting an existing compl
: ete warplane into "something else"
: eg low-back Spitfire into high-back Spitfire
: or theoretically Lancaster into Manchester
: or Griffon spit into two-seater
: or Hurricane into two seater(with dual canopies)
: or P51B into two seater(with dual canopies)
: or early Viking into flyable Wellington
:
: "New" builds - I'd be happy to see hybridised in this way
: , but complete original aircraft I'm not so sure
:
: Usual caveats about "if you own it you can do what you lik
: e with it" etc
:
: sk

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