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Just a simple, d.a. question, but if they were airworthy in 2002, what has happened to them in 9 years to make them so horribly un-airworthy?

Not really a DA question at all.......All of the systems on the a/c need regular excercise to prevent death by negelect. Seals harden and crack or shrink and allow fluid loss or contamination. Fuel tanks get contaminated with all sorts of grunge, fittings and pumps and other accessories start to lock up due to loss of lubrication and or other corrosive effects. All hoses will either age rot or dry rot. Moving assemblies will either freeze up or bind up due to loss of lubricant. Bugs love to live in any opening they can find and tend to munch on old style wiring. It gets worse form there. The absolute worst thing you can do to an a/c...other than trash it, is to just let it sit, especially outside.

They've been parked outside in the UK....

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