Originally posted by Golfer
yes. its not in bad shape i bet you could start it and do some taxi tests who knows what sort of boogers are in the engine though. overhaul the engines, get it annualed and i dont see why it wouldnt fly. its no wrecked or anything just a static display.
The aircraft is a basket case that is full of corrosion and was poorly "restored" (actually bondo'd and sanded with shoddy repairs) by people meaning well, that know SQUAT about restorations. Ohh, and the engines WILLNOT turn as they are rusted solid.
Thats the problem, volunteers generally know jack squat about restoring an aircraft, and 9 times oout of 10 are know-it-alls, so they can not be taught a simple task such as drilling out a rivet so they do not egg shape the hole. I go through 25 - 30 volunteers before I find one that is able to handle the concept of doing productive work. Most just gawk, ask questions and take up time talking. Professional Restoration shops have become so sick of this, it is now the norm tha our doors are closed to visitors.
Ohh, and as for you Tallichet bashers, guess what, the Man has decided to put up money to keep the aircraft flying, and as for the ones that crashed, had he not bought most of them, they would long since been reduced to toaster oven bodies. So lay off of it.
Ohh and btw Tojo, claiming like you did about Tallichet is libel, and can be pursued... so knock that crap off.
