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Re: Open letter to any Multi-Millionaires out there....
Posted by Scott WRG Editor on Sat Mar 15, 2003 07:00:15 PM
In reply top 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 Pr
: oductions are now rebuilding 3 P-39's (is this why OZ Mick
: has been asking for P-39 bits?) I thought.. Ahh another s
: eries production.. and it occurred to me that almost all m
: ain fighters of WW2 can now be produced, or re-produced wi
: th 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 ot
: her wrecks..
:
: Or
:
: If you have a lot of political 'clout' with US Navy or Don
: ald Rumsfeld, then you could clean up on
:
: Wildcats
: Hellcats
:
: If you could remove them from the grasps of the Naval Musu
: em. As sourced from Fresh Water (and there are others stil
: l in the Great Lakes), you have a ready supply of raw mate
: rial.
:
: However, for reference, Mr Multi-Millionaire, if you want
: to be boring and go for one of the 'more popular' brands a
: mongst 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
:
Or, just to be unique, build one of the Spitfires on floats (I forget the model desgnation). Now that would be different.
Scott