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Re: The airplane in a barn story.

Posted by Denys Jones on Sun Feb 03, 2002 01:56:28 AM

In reply top Re: The airplane in a barn story. posted by Dave on Fri Feb 01, 2002 05:08:42 PM

Not quite right if you're referring to Don Subritsky's Oxford.

The little old guy was still alive, no little old lady, no barn but rather a house.

He had totally disassembled the Oxford. The skins were peeled off and still had the brads in them. He did this in the South Isalnd and then transported all the bits to New Plymouth in the North Island.

As for the barn well no it was inside a domestic house. When Don asked about the absence of the wing spars the guy replied that he had had them when he started building the house but couldn't remember what became of them...somewhere in the walls?


: A few years ago a complete and totally disassembled Oxford
: was discovered in the barn of an old lady ,who's husband
: had died. Strange story that the guy had bought it postwar
: and was intending to ship it off to help Mao in the Chine
: se Revolution ![ from memory ;-0 ]. Aircraft is nearing th
: e end of restoration in Auckland.
:
: Dave

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