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Old 19th Nov 2010, 14:35
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Blacksheep
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If you have the data plate and the drawings you can rebuild an aircraft, but it needs to be worth the cost and effort of doing so. Arguably, a new Spitfire would be worth building. As to engines, the CAA recently issued an AD on the Rolls Royce Merlin. There's quite a few of them around and there's at least one firm that specialises in overhauling them using the OHM and manufacturing new parts as required. Then there's the Packard versions...
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