G-PBYA Miss Pick Up

I meant the wings not the fairings 😮

Ah, clearer now. My comments about cracking on the covers themselves still hold good however.

When C-FNJF/G-PBYA was acquired, it did not have them. Its predecessor (G-BLSC/VR-BPS/VP-BPS) did have them and, as Joe says above, they were prone to cracking around the complex curves.

I meant the wings not the fairings 😮

Thanks for the info, I have often wondered. I do think they let look better with them though

Why are there no fairings over the wing support joints? I have often wondered if its for ease of maintnence.

Phill

When C-FNJF/G-PBYA was acquired, it did not have them. Its predecessor (G-BLSC/VR-BPS/VP-BPS) did have them and, as Joe says above, they were prone to cracking around the complex curves.

Thanks for the answer David! 🙂

Why are there no fairings over the wing support joints? I have often wondered if its for ease of maintnence.

Phill

Those areas are prone to cracking, so require frequent inspection.

Why are there no fairings over the wing support joints? I have often wondered if its for ease of maintnence.

Phill

I was wondering if there are any long term plans to restore G-PBYA with a nose turret and wartime blisters? Also, in the mean time, why not add the outlines of the blister framing as a vinyl decal to the current blisters? Always thought it looked a bit funny without framing.

There are no plans to do any of those things.