“She was then stored for a number of years before her restoration commenced. She wasn’t really derelict or indeed a basket case. She did still contain a very substancial amount of her original structure.”
Hmmmm and hmmmmm again.I bow to your superior knowledge David,I’d been told she’d been stripped before suspension and then had suffered badly during her time in storage,so had had to have the majority of her structure replaced when rebuilt.
“It’s worth pointing out that she wasn’t really designed for the type of flight she is now being asked to do. As a long range racer she does have handling characteristics which are not that benign. Having spoken at length to one of her former pilots I can understand those who would wish her to be retired from flight.”
I can’t really comment on this,but there was a letter written by one of her former pilots published in Aeroplane,which criticised Shuttleworth for trying to operate ACSS from the OW strip. Andy Sephton wrote a pretty comprehensive response which seemed to me to be pretty sound.I’ll try and dig it out,but I can’t garauntee I’ll find it…
*goes off to dig his way through mountains of back-issues…*
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