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Old 5th May 2013, 18:46
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markstott
 
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Both Pembroke WV740 and Sea Prince WF321 are with Hunter Flying at St Athan. The Pembroke should be flying soon once its props come back from their 6 yearly service, hopefully in a month or so.

The Sea Prince will have to wait til Gannet XL500 is finished and airbourne though two servicable, (one low hours) Leonides engines are due in from Alabama later this year for WF321.

I am hoping to look at WF137 at Booker to see if this and possibly G-ALWH (now N206UP) could make a flyable short nosed Prince (as Shell, then Sperry and Decca used in the 50s). I have no idea whether the latter is up for sale as it is currently lying in a desert north of Los Angeles.

Does anyone know how difficult it is to replace the spar on these aeroplanes. Is it a complex piece to manufacture?
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