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Re: Centre section, big deal...? No, essential!
Posted by Phil Earthey on Fri Oct 04, 2002 04:01:10 PM
In reply top Re: Centre section, big deal...? No, essential! posted by Paul Coggan on Fri Oct 04, 2002 02:53:09 PM
To say that the centre section is simply THE aeroplane is a very simplistic view to take, and some may say too simplistic when one considers the amount of blood, sweat, tears and money that goes in to a restoration. Hypothetical example. Say for example an airworthy Spit suffers a fuel tank fire which burns out the cockpit, and by some good fortune leaves the wings and tail section reasonably undamaged. The machine is rebuilt with a new centre section. What does that make that aeroplane? An orphan, a replica, a reconstruction??? Of course not! It's the same aeroplane. Fine, the precious data plate and the panel the plate was originally attached to may be gone, but it's still that aeroplane. The fire/incident and subsequent repair simply becomes part of the (probably already diverse) history of the machine.
Phil
inserting his ear plugs and retiring early for the night in order not to screw up his IMC tomorrow morning! ;-)