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Open letter to any Multi-Millionaires out there....

Posted by Paul McMillan on Sat Mar 15, 2003 01:34:23 PM

after reading in Classic Wings that Precision Aerospace Productions are now rebuilding 3 P-39's (is this why OZ Mick has been asking for P-39 bits?) I thought.. Ahh another series production.. and it occurred to me that almost all main fighters of WW2 can now be produced, or re-produced with the possible 3 exceptions:

P-38 Lightning
Hawker Typhoon
Bf110

So please focus you $ on these types......

If you don't want, to spend all that money upfront, then I would suggest as a cheaper compromise:

Corsair: Initial investment needed in Spar reconstruction, but then when this has been done, you can rebuild many other wrecks..

Or

If you have a lot of political 'clout' with US Navy or Donald Rumsfeld, then you could clean up on

Wildcats
Hellcats

If you could remove them from the grasps of the Naval Musuem. As sourced from Fresh Water (and there are others still in the Great Lakes), you have a ready supply of raw material.

However, for reference, Mr Multi-Millionaire, if you want to be boring and go for one of the 'more popular' brands amongst the many people you could talk to are:

Spitfire: HFL
Hurricane: Hawker Restorations
P-47: Klaers
P-51: Any major US shop
P-40: Pioneer Restorations
Bf109: Charleston Aviation Services
Fw190: FlugWerk
Oscar: TAF
Zero: Tri-State Aviation or Russia
Me262: Classic Fighter Industries
Mosquito: Glynn Powell (NZ)
Tempest: Tempest 2 (Lincs)
Yak Series: Russia
Po Series: Russia

Paul

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