now THIS is what you call a 'challenging' restoration...
now THIS is what you call a 'challenging' restoration...
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DodgyGeezer

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44,523 posts

206 months

bergclimber34

1,449 posts

9 months

Tuesday 3rd June
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No, that is called effing awesome chap, wish I knew anything about planes so I could help!!

Simpo Two

89,317 posts

281 months

Tuesday 3rd June
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Something for Mat Armstrong to try when he gets tired of cars.

Eric Mc

124,021 posts

281 months

Wednesday 4th June
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This is a B-17E which is an extremely rare version of the B-17 these days. There are only five B-17Es still in existence and none of them airworthy. Most surviving B-17s are B-17Gs.

Kev_Mk3

3,268 posts

111 months

Wednesday 4th June
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24hour build required

aeropilot

38,480 posts

243 months

Wednesday 4th June
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I can remember reading about it in Flypast 40 odd years ago when it was first found and recovered from the farm.... boxedin


5 In a Row

1,956 posts

243 months

Wednesday 4th June
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aeropilot said:
I can remember reading about it in Flypast 40 odd years ago when it was first found and recovered from the farm.... boxedin
They an article about it in the last few months as well.

aeropilot

38,480 posts

243 months

Wednesday 4th June
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Restoring this B-17E is still not near as a challenging restoration as is the MAAM P-61 Black Widow, which is now approaching 45 years duration, although it took the first 10 years or so with negotiations with New Guinea to be able to recover it from its 1945 crash site on top of a mountain, and then actually recovering it from that remote site. So, its only been about 35 years in its actual physical restoration.

Again, scary to remember reading the articles in magazines from 35-45 years ago and following the process in mags from 1990 onwards and into the easier task of following via the internet, but I was just starting work when they first formed to recover it, and I'm now not far off retirement and its still a fair few years away from flying... eek


LotusOmega375D

8,878 posts

169 months

Wednesday 4th June
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My dad had a subscription to Air Pictorial. FlyPast is for newbies.

aeropilot

38,480 posts

243 months

Wednesday 4th June
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LotusOmega375D said:
My dad had a subscription to Air Pictorial. FlyPast is for newbies.
Yeah, but Air Pictorial and Aviation News (which I was a subscriber of in the 70's) and other stuff from those days wasn't pure vintage stuff, which is why Flypast was a breath of fresh air when it came out in 1980 (or was it 81?) if your interest was only old stuff.


Eric Mc

124,021 posts

281 months

Wednesday 4th June
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I started buying Aviation News just after it first came out (1972). I still have my collection in the loft.