Hi the Bump, I will be surprised if its back by this Autumn. They are having
a good look at the wings or so I heard, because they have never been looked at in detail.
JJ.
C’mon, get real. What do you think we do every year, sit around looking at the forum. The reason she is at Chino is because we do look at the aircraft in detail.
You may recall “Princess Elizabeth” had a major overhaul, as did the Bearcat, both carried out at Duxford. The same is happening to the Spitfire XVIII which had been in storage for many years. The P-47G fuselage is at Chino having a deep overhaul with the wings in Australia having new spars fitted. All of this because we do look in detail.
The last time “Twighlight Tear” was totally stripped down was in the 80’s so she is receiving a little TLC. If you cast your eyes over TFC’s web page you will see a statement made when the aircraft arrived, “The long term plan is to carry out an in depth restoration to return her to wartime configuration”. That is what is happening and includes fitment of an original fuselage fuel tank, an overhaulled engine and what other original equipment we can find.
She drew the crowds and positive comments at the Gathering of Mustangs and Legends for how she looked. We will not be bringing out the “Brasso” on her return.
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