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Are there enough P-61 parts to cobble together a flyable one?

There is one under restoration in Reading, PA. Last I heard the plan is
to fly it.

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Dale L. Falk

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as simply messing around with airplanes.

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Dale wrote:

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(B2431) wrote:


Are there enough P-61 parts to cobble together a flyable one?

There is one under restoration in Reading, PA. Last I heard the plan is
to fly it.


Indeed. http://www.maam.org/p61.html

Bob McKellar

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Dale wrote:

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(B2431) wrote:



Are there enough P-61 parts to cobble together a flyable one?

There is one under restoration in Reading, PA. Last I heard the plan is
to fly it.

The big problem, as I understand it, is the proliferation of 7075
aluminum and magnesium in the structural airframe. Both corrode far more
readily than 2024.

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Orval Fairbairn wrote:

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Dale wrote:

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(B2431) wrote:

Are there enough P-61 parts to cobble together a flyable one?

There is one under restoration in Reading, PA. Last I heard the plan is
to fly it.

The big problem, as I understand it, is the proliferation of 7075
aluminum and magnesium in the structural airframe. Both corrode far more
readily than 2024.

They're basically going to have to rebuild most of it by hand.

--
cirby at cfl.rr.com

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