Hi all,
As well as his work on Brendon Deere's
P-51D 45-11513/NZ2423, the ex-
John Smith machine, New Zealand engineer Pete Burgess has for some time been involved with another Mustang for a foreign owner who wishes to remain anonymous for the time being. Both have kindly sent me photos of the project, which is being restored to airworthiness, to share on WIX.
The first part to get Pete’s expert attention was the vertical stabiliser, seen here as received some months ago. I understand the condition was such that it won’t take long before it’s complete.
IMG_0292 by
Zac Yates, on Flickr
IMG_0295 by
Zac Yates, on Flickr
IMG_0290 by
Zac Yates, on Flickr
IMG_0298 by
Zac Yates, on Flickr
IMG_0119 by
Zac Yates, on Flickr
IMG_0114 by
Zac Yates, on Flickr
IMG_0120 by
Zac Yates, on Flickr
The owner will hopefully allow more detail to be provided in due course but in the meantime this should whet the collective appetite!
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Zac in NZ#avgeek, modelbuilder, photographer, writer. Callsign: "HANDBAG".
https://linktr.ee/zacyates"It's his plane, he spent the money to restore it, he can do with it what he wants. I will never understand what's hard to comprehend about this." -
kalamazookid, 20/08/2013"The more time you spend around warbirds the sooner you learn
nothing, is simple." -
JohnB, 24/02/22