Having spent the last four years working on structure that was crashed and then submerged for three and a half decades I’d beg to differ regarding the structural integrity. It all looks in good enough shape to me that a turning engine wouldn’t fall out into the carpark. Those engines don’t need much in the way of electrics to get ’em going and they don’t need hydraulics at all just to make a noise. All the starter/generators are missing but I’d wager there’s a few to be had and the rapid-start starter groups are all there (well, there may be a couple of small valves missing) so with a test on the bottles it would be easy to crank the engines. Heat-shielding is a simple fabricating job and with the wheels and hubs jacked up and fettled she’d pull around the place with a bit of care.

Come on…

Guys,

Where’s your ambition? You have enough parts there to ground-run at least one engine up in that plane, which will give you electrics, hydraulics, warmth and a shedload of noise! It’s not a mystical creature from another planet – it’s a machine and it’s not that complicated. As for the radio mast – either call its owners and ask them what they plan to do when you start your plane or move the plane. And always remember – there’s no such word as ‘can’t’.