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Re: CAF Harpoon Article
Posted by Dan K on Thu Oct 09, 2003 09:58:04 AM
In reply top CAF Harpoon Article posted by B Darnell on Wed Oct 08, 2003 09:55:23 AM
Thanks, BD, for posting the article. I spent many a Saturday in the 90's working on this Harpoon; bucking rivets and getting sheet metal slivers under the fingernails.
WIX posters can find more info and photos of this project at www.cafwi.org
As is true with virtually every newspaper article, some errors appear. The airplane has been in a hangar longer than since 1995. This restoration is taking a comparatively long time primarily because it's a LARGE beast being looked after by a relatively small group. Getting two R-2800's up and running isn't cheap, either. The article also states that the interior still needs to be stripped. As the photos (at least a year old) in the website's "gallery" section will testify, the restoration of the interior is actually in a fairly advanced stage.
Thanks for the memories,
Dan