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The Cavanaugh Flight Museum's Mustang is getting there. All of the fuselage skins are replaced, interior redone, wings and wheel wells painted and new plumbing installed. It's getting there. All of the longerons were replaced. It's starting to go back together. Terry Rogers and his crew at RB Airframes have done a great job with the sheetmetal and painting.

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Looks great Doug, when do you all think it will fly again? Are you all going back with the same paint??

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They have mostly been trying to get the P51 back in the air. They have done some work on the P47 and should get back to it when the 51's done.

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Hey Doug,
Will the fuselage be painted silver or polished ? Same question on the P-47... Thanks,
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Greeeeeaaaaatttt...and all this in less time than it takes to hang a useable engine on the Corsair......seriously, what is the holdup with the engine for the Corsair, that bird has'nt flown in like 3 years! Would love to see it out and around on the airshow circuit and in Archie Donahue's colors, but it has YET to happen!

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Greeeeeaaaaatttt...and all this in less time than it takes to hang a useable engine on the Corsair......seriously, what is the holdup with the engine for the Corsair, that bird has'nt flown in like 3 years! Would love to see it out and around on the airshow circuit and in Archie Donahue's colors, but it has YET to happen!

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..back in good ole WW II how long did it take to crank out a P-51...start to finish?

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..back in good ole WW II how long did it take to crank out a P-51...start to finish?


one day :lol:

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corsair166b wrote:
Greeeeeaaaaatttt...and all this in less time than it takes to hang a useable engine on the Corsair......seriously, what is the holdup with the engine for the Corsair, that bird has'nt flown in like 3 years! Would love to see it out and around on the airshow circuit and in Archie Donahue's colors, but it has YET to happen!

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It flew in the last 3 years,

Once, then the engine failed
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Once, then the engine failed


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Did I miss something about the 51? Is all of this work for general restoration and upgrades or did something happen to the airplane.

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[quote="Steve S"]Did I miss something about the 51? Is all of this work for general restoration and upgrades or did something happen to the airplane.

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More than likely if the longerons were replaced this would be due to corrosion usually found on annual/condition inspections, and monitered to a point that eventually they need replaced. The only way is to take the thing completely apart and I would assume if you were doing this then might as well redo the whole thing. Its looks really nice can't wait to see it finished :!: :!:
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steve dickey wrote:
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Did I miss something about the 51? Is all of this work for general restoration and upgrades or did something happen to the airplane.

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More than likely if the longerons were replaced this would be due to corrosion usually found on annual/condition inspections, and monitered to a point that eventually they need replaced. The only way is to take the thing completely apart and I would assume if you were doing this then might as well redo the whole thing. Its looks really nice can't wait to see it finished :!: :!:


Couldn't have said it any better.

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