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snj-5 · **Posted:** Wed Apr 04, 2012 3:47 pm

Don't want to let go of them, but perhaps this will suffice for now (scan I made years ago of one of the bigger boxes).

Bela P. Havasreti

Chappie · **Joined:** Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:40 am **Posts:** 987

Thanks for posting the photos of the original NAA package Rich. Very cool.

Chappie

amckenna03 · **Joined:** Sun Mar 11, 2012 8:37 am **Posts:** 22

Pretty cool..........

Django · **Posted:** Tue Apr 10, 2012 11:40 am

Wow, that is too cool!

51fixer · **Posted:** Wed Apr 11, 2012 7:06 pm

23 is back together-

The corrosion in the cockpit rail-

The replacement rail next to the old one-

On 22 we have been in cleanup mode-

1941 metal exposed after all these years-

I can see myself.
1980s Grey was sprayed over the 1944 Corpus Christie green, too bad it didn't stick-

Lynn Allen · **Posted:** Wed Apr 11, 2012 7:49 pm

51fixer wrote:

23 is back together-

The corrosion in the cockpit rail-

The replacement rail next to the old one-

On 22 we have been in cleanup mode-

1941 metal exposed after all these years-

I can see myself.
1980s Grey was sprayed over the 1944 Corpus Christie green, too bad it didn't stick-

Guess you wil break out the dry ice gun on the grey paint? Is all that rail corrosion from years of wear and tear on the rail?

51fixer · **Posted:** Fri Apr 13, 2012 1:09 pm

Lynn Allen wrote:

51fixer wrote:

23 is back together-

The corrosion in the cockpit rail-

The replacement rail next to the old one-

On 22 we have been in cleanup mode-

1941 metal exposed after all these years-

I can see myself.
1980s Grey was sprayed over the 1944 Corpus Christie green, too bad it didn't stick-

Guess you wil break out the dry ice gun on the grey paint? Is all that rail corrosion from years of wear and tear on the rail?

Lynn, Let me know if you want the day shift or swing shift.

Lynn Allen · **Posted:** Fri Apr 13, 2012 4:00 pm

Rich, slow as it is right now, I'll take them both.... :wink:

51fixer · **Posted:** Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:40 pm

A while back I rebuilt a Spitfire Tailwheel. I have got it on the Spit now.
Here it is together-

Comparing old bearings with the new. Bearings are the same as front on a 1920s Fordson Tractor or Model A.

In Place-

Spit Seat-

Area under the seat-

Fuel tank area. MLG actuators art the bottom-

Back side of the upper spar-

bdk · **Joined:** Sun May 02, 2004 1:16 am **Posts:** 11324

I remember those plain nuts with the end of the bolts staked from somewhere! POF PRXIX engine mount or Jim Mott's Sea Fury?

Lynn Allen · **Posted:** Wed Apr 18, 2012 10:29 pm

Rich, what kind of floor jack are you using on the tail wheel area?

Thanks

mustanglover · **Posted:** Thu Apr 19, 2012 8:25 am

Lynn Allen wrote:

Rich, what kind of floor jack are you using on the tail wheel area?

Thanks

Motorcycle jack!

Lynn Allen · **Posted:** Thu Apr 19, 2012 4:11 pm

mustanglover wrote:

Lynn Allen wrote:

Rich, what kind of floor jack are you using on the tail wheel area?

Thanks

Motorcycle jack!

Wow, I would have never guessed that...

51fixer · **Posted:** Fri Apr 20, 2012 12:23 pm

Jim blasted out of here this am for Boston. He will do a Heritage Flight flyover of the start of the Red Sox - Yankees game. It is the 100th anniversary of Fenway and the game features the same 2 teams, time of the start and date 100 yrs apart.

51fixer · **Posted:** Fri Apr 20, 2012 1:58 pm

They got a great shot of the F-16 and Jim flying away looking up at the aft end.
To bad they retired the blimps. That would have been a great shot looking down on them.

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