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Re: Restoration of Me109E-3 Werknummer 1342 by Craig Charlston
Posted by Dave on Fri Jan 25, 2002 12:03:56 AM
In reply top Re: Restoration of Me109E-3 Werknummer 1342 by Craig Charlston posted by david J burke on Thu Jan 24, 2002 04:54:02 PM
: The reason to recover it is because it gives you an 'ident
: ity' from which you rebuild although you actually end up w
: ith precious little of the original but thats what you hav
: e to accept if you want to fly it rather than park it in a
: museum
Ahhh yes I know about the 'build an aircraft around the data plate thing , call her an original , and hope nobody finds out ' [ oops a bit cynical ;-0 ].
But seriously , I have no problem with this [ like anybody cares ;-)] if the true 'heritage' of the aircraft is told upfront .
Still what of the original aircraft that was recovered ? [ goes for all similar projects ] is it still around or has it gone quietly to the scrapper ?
regards
Dave