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Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II
yep, so are you ready to modify and alter an original, pristine machine to make it fly? I think it would be a bad, bad idea. If you wanna tinker around with a spit or a mustang, fine, but unique stuff needs to be preserved for what it is, not put at potential risk of being lost forever.
There's a thousand things that could go wrong on that machine, and even a bent undercarriage or a damaged wingtip would be a real bummer.
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As I said before:
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In regards to your question.....yes, I definitely would....
...But let's just say active aircraft require maintance and that also includes the replacement of parts on a regular basis. Now sure, you can fetishize those original parts, but imho, that just results in a machine that is comparable to a stuffed pet animal. A rather sad and undignified sight.
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As long as it just sits around to be stared at, it really does not matter what is under the hood as people won't see it anyways. For a museum a replica does just as fine. Flying comes with a risk, but it is the only way to actually get a real impression of a machine that was made for solely for this, flying. But that is just my opinion.