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Re: Any reports from Lone Star? - Spitfire BR601/TE392.

Posted by PeterA on Mon Nov 11, 2002 03:05:47 PM

In reply top Re: Any reports from Lone Star? - Spitfire BR601. posted by Ryan Harris on Mon Nov 11, 2002 08:52:31 AM

Ryan,
In 1989 the late Doug Arnold commissioned the sheet metal refurbishment of both BR601 and TE392 with a shop at Thruxton, Hampshire, in the UK. Both fuselages were delivered by the same truck. He instructed that TE392 be re-configured as a high back fuselage. With the passage of both projects to the USA and the death of Doug Arnold, they ended up, via circuitous ownership, with the Jetcap Corporation in the custody of restorer Harry Stenger at Bartow, Florida.
PeterA
: Peter I actually didn't see the fuselage until I was walki
: ng out the door and typically the volunteer help around th
: ere isn't always in the know so I just said a nice "hmmmm"
: to myself took my shots and continued out the door.
:
: I did not see any wings but I can also say that I was kind
: of enthralled in the fuselage and trying to figure out if
: it was real. I was able to look inside from the tail and
: the interior was fairly empty.
:
: I'm taking the film to be developed today and I will get t
: hem scanned as soon as possible as well as some shots I sn
: apped of TE392. BTW, about TE392, I've seen pictures of he
: r as a low back XVI but she is definately a high back thes
: e days. Was this a Doug Arnold thing or did Lone Star do t
: his?
:
: Ryan

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