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That's good news John, thanks!!!
Posted by Will Fowler on Thu Nov 08, 2001 11:13:19 PM
In reply top Beaufort to fly in Brisbane Australia posted by John Parker on Thu Nov 08, 2001 07:18:56 PM
That's excellent news John, to see that bird back in the air will make many peoples days, lets hope Ralph keeps on track for first test flight.
Regards,
Will Fowler
: Those of you who remember a post that i put up on the WWW
: site 12 months ago will recall that I mentioned that Ralph
: Cussack of Brisbane was restoring a Beaufort Bomber over
: the past few years. The major problems that Ralph was havi
: ng at that time centered over components such as a mainspa
: r etc.
:
: Well this psat weekend Ralph held a function to mark the p
: rogress since then which has been startling. Suffice to sa
: y that the machine may be flying inside 12 months !
:
: The Machine has made use of many DAP (Australian built) Be
: aufort airframes recovered from PNG and Australia. The mai
: n difference between Australian and UK machines was the us
: e of American powerplants instead of Bristol units which w
: ere in short supply. This has been a blessing since the US
: sourced engines are easier to locate.
:
: Anyway if anybody would like me to post more on this with
: pics etc let me know