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Smart business move...
Posted by Jim on Fri Aug 30, 2002 05:45:16 PM
In reply top Flugwerk manufacturing P-51/TF-51! Who wants one? posted by Jacques on Fri Aug 30, 2002 04:33:24 PM
It's smart of them to base part of their business on replacement structures and spares. The P-51 components will likely be a high-demand item. Now that they've added P-51 spares, I wonder what what might be next? P-47 structures? Spit? P-40?
: This is great news, to all warbird fans, who have an ongoi
: ng interest for the P-51/ TF-51 pursuit or fighter-trainer
: aircraft !
: Led by our enthusiasm, we have decided to continue "to do
: what we can do best" in that we are building brand new str
: uctures for yet another great warbird, the P51/TF-51 Musta
: ng. Flug Werk GmbH has already proven its capacities and a
: bilities to reconstruct a complete aircraft type, which wa
: s otherwise almost extinct, such as with the Fw 190 - at v
: ery affordable prices. We are ( currently ) offering struc
: tural assemblies like complete wings, which will be follow
: ed by empennages and fuselages in the near future. All ass
: emblies can be ordered individually in order to enable res
: torations to be performed on existing/original airframes.
: The Flug Werk structures conform to all specifications as
: laid down by the former manufacturer of this extremely pop
: ular warbird. Western materials, complying with all US air
: worthiness standards, are used throughout the construction
: of the airframe components.
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: The first set of new wings is available within 18 month, a
: pproximately at the end of 2003. They are ready to be moun
: ted to an existing fuselage, or can be combined with the n
: ew production fuselages/empennages right out of Flug Werk
: production.
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: We would like to let the future clients to decide if the f
: uselages will be P-51 single-seater, or TF-51 dual-control
: versions. Because of that Flug Werk will commence the con
: struction of the fuselages with a time-stagger approximate
: ly six months after the construction of the first wing pan
: els.
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: We encourage seriously interested parties to contact our a
: gents and inquire about the availability of these assembli
: es. Same as we did with the Fw 190, we have devised an inc
: entive price schedule for the Mustang components, giving v
: ery attractive prices to the first five customers. The fir
: st set of wing panels is offered at US $ 90.000,- Each of
: the subsequent four wing-assemblies will increase in price
: by 10%, until the final salesprice of US $ 135.000,- has
: been met. In order to secure the manufacturing slot for on
: e of these assemblies, we need a closed contract and a 50%
: downpayment. The first five wing-units will be equipped w
: ith ailerons and flaps and are built-up around the newly m
: anufactured casting that receives the landing gear.
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: Flug Werk will publish photos of the structures as soon as
: they become available.
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