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Tue Nov 19, 2013 8:15 pm
After 60years a crashed Wirraway ex RAAF trainer is planning to be saved, raised and restored maybe from a lake in Australia -
http://www.standard.net.au/story/191958 ... ite/?cs=72
Wed Nov 20, 2013 12:45 am
Soaked in salt water for decades then exposed to the air for several years? I wish them luck, but I don't know much (if any) structural integrity is left. You'd certainly have to replace almost all of the original metal to make a flyer. Of course, any warbird saved from oblivion is a good thing.
SN