Re the 737…they do come through my area enroute to Seattle looking as seen in the photos. The fuselages sections are made in Wichita, Kansas. The current 737 high production rate probably makes air transport uneconomical. I do wonder if they ever suffer any damage or vandalism?

The B737’s are renown for turning up in Seattle with various bullet holes courtesy of the good ol’ boys along the rail route from Wichita.:)

I believe the Germans were into shipping aircraft around via the rail network in Europe. In fact, I think you will find that part of the design brief for the Bf109 was the need to be able to be quickly dismantled and re-assembled for moving by land means. The main landing gear was purposely attached to the fuselage to not only save weight, but to enable it to be easliy moved around with the wings removed.

Beautifully presented! 🙂

What a magnificent machine! Thanks for the photo DCW!

Terrible news. I hope both Giles and Oliver return to good health soon and the Moth is returned to its former glory.

There you go tb…:)

Devcon metal filled epoxy is good stuff too, for filling holes, divots, etc. Can be filed and drilled. Sticks like excrement to a blanket as well. 🙂

It is very possible the liners can be used 😉 and I would not be surprised if the cylinder blocks (or skirts) and some of the conrods are ex-Merlin stock. The Meteor conrods I remember were all shotpeened. Yes, Merlin cams are like rocking horse manure, mainly due to the design, compounded by the irregular use of the engines these days. This is the reason why most operators have some sort of pre-oiling system fitted to their machines. It only takes a couple of seconds whilst oil pressure is building up after start for a “dry” cam to be destroyed. Cams, amongst other things, are being produced as PMA’ed parts by Roush Aviation, for one example.
Anything is possible if you throw enough cash at the problem and you want it bad enough… 🙂