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Re: David Price's Swordfish sold
Posted by Dennis Bergstrom on Sun Feb 23, 2003 02:12:10 PM
In reply top Re: David Price's Swordfish sold posted by RobC on Sat Feb 22, 2003 03:47:51 PM
: Dennis, congratulations on the CAF Swordfish aquisition an
: d your involvement therein. I viewed this airplane with a
: n eye towards restoration and came to the sad conclusion t
: hat it was beyond my resources. It requires a full recons
: truction including all new fuselage tubing. The original
: tubing was rusted completely through in many places, and t
: he static restoration that took place at Santa Paula airpo
: rt many years ago, was to static condition. The tubing wa
: s replaced tube-by-tube while the fuselage rested on sawho
: rses. It was not jigged and cannot be assumed to be align
: ed properly. Fortunately, there are a number of Swordfish
: in the UK, and I am sure proper measurements can be taken
: , if blueprints do not exist. Since the wings use a steel
: spar, they are in similar condition. They were stored ou
: tside at Mojave for awhile, but were no longer there as of
: Christmas time.
:
: Steel condition aside, you guys have yourselves a great pr
: oject. It is very complete and as we have all seen, if yo
: u have the pieces (patterns), you can make anything. Best
: of luck to you and the team.
:
: Rob Coussens
Thanks Rob. That gives us a better idea of our task ahead. Dennis