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Now: will someone please try the same transplant in the slightly earlier Tempest? Same number of blades this time, and who cares if they spin in the wrong direction if it gets one of those glorious beasts into the air? C’mon somebody…”do Wright” by the longsuffering Tempest! :rolleyes:

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i thougth that was what autocraft intended to do with one of theirs
paul

slightly ot but does anyone know of the very early bf 109(may be a prototype) that was reported iirc in the mid to late 80’s i remember flypast saying that it was in very poor condition and possibly flattened by a bulldozer.
paul :confused:

The original Ki-61 is being restored and returned to PNG, in the process patterns are being made to create reproductions IIRC

Dave

hi dave
i know that the main ki61 is to return to png but what about the original parts that are being used in the restorations (the a-20 that jdk mentioned is also to return).
as the article seems to imply that the png government is willing to trackdown aircraft and parts that may have left the country under the eyes of the museum and there for going by these articles not by legal means.
i hope to be wrong but this seems to be a threat to many airframes both stored and flying 😡
paul

jdk is there any sign of concern, in the preservation industry across australia as the way i read these articles that the png government may be trying to get back some of those aircraft already recovered or at least prosecute those that recovered them in past,also rob greineirt seems to be coming under a lot of flack from the commitee that wrote this report.
paul

A real shock and shame.
Brock was a legend in international motorsports.
His design of the Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe is a masterpiece. I’m thrilled that it’s currently in series production at long last (a neighbor has one which I occasionally catch sight of). Hopefully it will be a lasting tribute to his genius.

Condolences to his family, friends and fans around the world.

j boyle
the peter brock that just died was not the pete brock that designed the daytona coupe but an aussie racing legend,he won the biggest race on the australian racing calander 9 time and was australian touring car champ 3 times.
ironicley he was killed in a daytona replica built in australia 🙁

mark 12
i have no problem with the world wide market of warbirds and i’m impressed with the finished aircraft that is jg891 i was just hoping that it would be in it’s raaf finish.
having said that she looks beutiful just as she is .
btw two of the imports have an australian conections,
rm 797 was flown during the war by tony gaze australia’s first f-1 driver.
tb863 was operated by a european raaf sqdrn(can’t recall which one but was mentioned in the paper when the import was anounced).
paul
ps i quit now 😎

none of them have

intrestingly none of the mkv’s in that pic have :confused: does anyone know why ? as i thought that all the oz mkv’s that whent into combat had them fitted

one the oz mkv’s (ee606 iirc)ended up painted as one of bader’s and was destroyed not long after killing charles church
paul