G’day all

At a Wings and Wheels Airshow at Archerfield (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) the remains of one were on display, it was the centre section and looked very, very sad

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G’Day

The question is easy to answer with regards to de-activation. Moisture could collect in the jacket surrounding the inlet manifold and thus corrosion in the inner wall would lead to an air leak in the inlet manifold with not-so-good results

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Andre

Sucker for rebuilding an Auster, I have 2 Austers, had a third but gave it to my son, its a project rebuilding a J5. Giving my son the auster project was a bit like giving him a house morgage.

A few years back, rebuilding Tigers was all the rage here in Australia, however Tiger projects are a bit hand to come by and lots of $$$ so an auster project can be had for a lot lower entry price – still a lot of money involved.

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G’Day

Austers don’t seem to get much of a run on this forum, I own two (VH-BGU and VH-KSK) and can say that great aeroplane to fly, but boring in many other regards.

I am starting to gather some experience maintenance wise with these aeroplanes (at least for j5b and J5) for what its worth

good luck

doesn’t look like alluminum to me, I go with the paper mache

I have undercarriage fairings for Percival Proctors, some are made of alliminum, others from paper mache.

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gooday all

Value is a very subjective term. To me any Hunter has a negative value, if I were given one. I would have to hangar it and preserve it in good condition. I don’t want to have to do that, so it would just be a millstone around my neck.

On the other hand it I had a flying Hunter of the same model, then as a source of spare bolts, fittings etc it could have significient value.

To a scrapper, its the value of the metal that they can sell less the costs of scrapping less the cost of recovery of the metal.

As can be seen “Value” is a highly subjective thing – its situational

bit like ethics (think Bomber Harris – is he a war criminal?)

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