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Re: 190 wings swap

Posted by Jim on Mon Apr 08, 2002 10:27:03 AM

In reply top 190 wings swap posted by Cees Broere on Mon Apr 08, 2002 05:18:31 AM



I thought I'd read in this forum that the wing Doug got back was in worse shape than the one he had. Don't know if that means they're having to do alot of rebuilding or not.



:
: ........... On the 25th June we removed the wing from our
: Fw190D-13 and exchanged it with the wing from the Air Forc
: e Museum in Dayton Ohio. They transported their wing here
: on an Air National Guard C-130 cargo aircraft landing at W
: illaims Gateway Airport, formerly William Air Force Base.
: The exchange was completed in a driving rain storm in less
: than 2 hours...........
:
: Seems that the wings between Doug Champlins Fw190 and the
: USAF Museums example have finally swapped. So both aircraf
: t have their original wings back. Glad they finally did.
:
: Any more information about this?
:
: Cees

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