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Old 14th Jun 2005, 07:42
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There is a Mk V on rebuild at Booker for Kermit Weeks. Whether it will fly or not is another matter - presumably the Napier Sabre must be an interesting challenge! Let's hope it does so and that Kermit allows it to do a few shows in the UK before taking it home to Florida.

There are several IIs around as well - one in the Midlands somewhere is making good progress, not sure what happened to the other and whether either or both were the two that Autokraft were rebuilding before they went under.

Always been surprised that the Fighter Collection didn't acquire one of the several projects - or perhaps they did and are keeping it under wraps.
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