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Re: Beware of parts consolidation (long)
Posted by john parker on Tue Nov 13, 2001 06:32:08 PM
In reply top Re: Beware of parts consolidation (long) posted by TonyD on Tue Nov 13, 2001 03:25:33 PM
: Some very good points made there Tony. It has to be said t
: hat this side of the pond, there are few static restorers
: that I know of that have a decent amount of money!
:
: I have had airworthy (or potentially)parts in the past and
: am quick to pass these on to the flyboys who can make muc
: h better use of them than I can.
:
: My dream is a Hurricane built mostly from people's 'rubbis
: h' or scrap. It will be very original (but will be a very
: complex composite as I have said before!.
:
: It would be nice in Nicolson's colours I agree! We had the
: sheer pleasure of LF363 in GN-A colours flying over our N
: icolson memorial dedication in 1990.
:
: Hurricanes (and other warbird aircraft come to think of it
: ) deserve to be in the air. They do tend (as time goes by)
: to migrate towards being less 'original' as time goes by.
: Even dear old Last of the Many PZ865 has few parts I'm su
: re that can be traced back to 1944. But that is the (small
: ) price we pay to be thrilled by these beautiful aircraft.
: I am a big girls blouse who readily admits to a tear in h
: is eye at the sound and sight of 12 Spitfires wheeling ove
: rhead at Duxford Flying Legend airshows....pure magic!
:
: Regards to all, keep recovering and rebuilding!
:
: Tony Dyer
To Tony and Tony D
Thankyou gentlemen - Just what I wanted a lucid discussion I agree with parts of what both of you had to say.
I particularly agree with the points about the P38 and the Halifax - The point here is that they were both substantial airframes which were restored and can be said to have a provinance.
Lets take another topical example, all the Ju88 parts that are surfacing , particularly in Norway. Lets say for the purpose of discussion that there are 6 substantial airframes capable of restoration to static as an aircraft with a provinance. There are a whole host of more fragmentary remains which could indeed provide a parts source for these six.
What I suspect will of course happen is the 3 or 4 of the six will be parted out to produce 2 or 3 complete machines because it is quicker and easier and you get a result on display a lot earlier. Some mueseums would kill for a Ju88 and it would mean a lot more to a lot of people around the world if all 6 machines could be restored and traded for other aircraft.
Anyway good fun and open discussion never hurt anyone. Thankyou gentlemen I think this is a worthy discussion and I am sure it will carry on.
Kindest regards
John