Originally Posted by
Chugalug2
The WWII warbird, iffy characteristics or no, will have been completely disassembled on initial restoration and rebuilt IAW the appropriate regs, inspected and certified as such, and hence have a complete record of that work to prove its airworthiness. Your Hawk T1a would have to go through the same process BP in the absence of such a record. Is there such a record? If so where? I suspect that your token payment would soon have to be added to with a certain amount of arms and legs.
Chug, I’m not so sure that every warbird will have been completely disassembled (down to the last nut and bolt) and then rebuilt iaw the regs. CAP632 states the requirements and to what standards:
https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/33...20Edition8.pdf
I can’t find anywhere it stating that a total strip down and rebuild is required?
I would offer that
Bigpants has made a valid point.