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Re: Seafire Project anyone?
Posted by John S on Tue Mar 18, 2003 11:50:15 AM
In reply top Re: Seafire Project anyone? posted by Cees Broere on Tue Mar 18, 2003 11:25:45 AM
: Gregory
:
: It probably always is, but if someone buys a project and s
: tarts rebuilding it then he must have calculated what the
: costs would be (although these estimates do have a large s
: tretch capacity) to have it fully rebuilt as well. Looks l
: ike a fitting project for HF. A further problem would be t
: o have a British aircraft rebuild in the US, with all the
: problems of screw threads, nuts and bolts etc. In Europe w
: e already have that problem.
:
: It could also depend on how eager someone with deep pocket
: s is to restore a certain aircraft.
:
: Cees
Of course it needs to be a desirable airframe in the first place as well
A Mk.XV Seafire is rare and would definately be in my collection (just waiting for the lottery to come up), but when does it have the same WOW-factor as a P-51 or Spit - I sadly think not
I would dearly love to see this baby get air under its wings again - hopefully it will, but at $1.25M its a tad on the steep side :o)
John