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Old 10-24-2011, 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by drewpee View Post
Totally agree. Keeping vintage AC in the sky as long as possible is great but 60+ year old parts will eventually fail. Only way to keep them flying is to continually replace the with non genuine parts. At some stage they will no longer be genuine.
I would personally give my left nut to be able to see as many original vintage combat AC in museums. I'd give my right nut to fly replicas.
lol you'd be the first flying castrato

joking aside, I understand the passion and will to see old planes flying, but there's a line to be drawn.
I think that the future could be what Flugwerk does, remaking planes from original plans and where possible using original components, giving both the looks and feel of the original machine, but with today's standards of safety.
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