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Re: To Scott and everyone on this board.....
Posted by Steve T on Tue Dec 16, 2003 08:39:08 AM
In reply top To Scott and everyone on this board..... posted by peter on Mon Dec 15, 2003 02:14:38 PM
Hi Peter--
: Iv'e had a good sit down and rethink of my feeelings on th
: e sea fury and have come to this conclusion, Instead of d
: estroying the se fury or remains of, Could it be feasable
: for it to be rebuilt and be known as the Carey moore memo
: rial sea fury?
As an idea, I think Carey himself would approve heartily of this; it would depend principally upon the wishes of surviving family members...The airplane in question, though, is not a Spitfire or Mustang, it's a Fury, and as such, a "reincarnation" (read, dataplate restoration) of such a heavily damaged airframe is simply not viable on economic grounds: a Fury (much as it galls me to say it!) just isn't worth enough money.
What I think was happening with this wreck (whether or not it was in fact N56SF) was that it was on its way to a rebuilder...as a package of potentially-usable spares. And as I suggested in another post, if that is the case, at least the wrecked Fury may assist in returning another example of the breed to the air; no bad thing that. And I don't doubt Carey would approve of that as well.
S.