Bill Greenwood wrote:
A number of people have asked me about the repairs on my airplane.
Progress is being made. It took about a year, but I was finally able to secure a settlement from the insurance company. We narrowly avoided going to court. I received some money, not nearly all, of the amount of the damage estimate.
Since then, repairs have begun full time at QG Aviation, who have serviced my plane for as long as I have owned it, as well as being the shop which restored the Hurricane before the accident. Steady progress is being made, I hope. I don't have any photos, frankly it hurts me to see the plane like that, so I have only once been up one time to inspect it after it was returned from Galveston. They have opened up the wings to repair the damaged ribs, skins , and other parts, and are getting near the point of starting to reassemble them. I am looking forward to the time when that is done and it looks good again. And no, I don't have any estimate of when that will be. It will be a lot of time and a lot of money. I hope I am able get it flying again one day and I would treasure any time I had to sit in the wonderful little cockpit again. One would think 25 years would be enough, it is certainly more than most are granted, but I am not over it yet and I miss it. Most other airplanes are nice, but they are not in the same universe as for as looks, power, sound, response, history, etc. It's like trying to substitute a tofu burger for Austin Bar B Q.
Thanks for those who have been interested and supportive. Fly safe, and consider hull insurance.
Bill.
I dont know if you remember me,i flew from england to fly in your plane
in september 2007 ,in boulder,and you met me in the hotel,and my son was there.
We went for a meal afterwards.
I am so glad that the repairs are underway,and can completly understand how you feel about the spit regarding its past,looks,response
etc,there is no other plane to compare with it IMHO.
When i flew in it with you,it took me back to the 1940s,as i was 5 yrs old then,and remember seeing the dogfights with spits,and it was a dream come true to fly in one with you.
I do hope for yoursake that you do get in that cockpit again,and fly that wonderful machine,which means so much to many millions of people around the world.
It was just an unfortunate accident which happens in life,but im glad to see both pilots survived,and that you still have the willpower to get on with flying the spit again,it would be such a big loss to you,and other
people.
Goodluck with it.
Malcolm.
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