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Old 2nd Oct 2003, 20:15
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Grob Driver
 
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Aircraft Restoration

Hi,

This might be a bit of an open-ended question, but what is involved in bringing a museum piece back to life.

For example, lets take something like a De Havilland Beaver. There aren’t many of those flying around the skies of England. If you could find one in a museum, what would be required to bring it back to life? For the sake of arguments, lets assume that it flew into the museum and is still intact. I assume it would be ‘out of hours’, and in need of a C of A!!!! What sort of things would be required though? Do certain items have a fatigue life that mean they must be replaced, or do you just need a good (thorough) inspection?

Next question… does anyone know where there are any ‘dead’ beavers laying around?!!!

Any thoughts or comments would be gratefully received!

Cheers

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