I think it is a different plane that showed up at Farnborough after the crash to the one that was wrecked in AZ. My reason for thinking this is I looked at the instrument panel on the crash pics and although dusty there was no panel or instrment damage, however there was a very slight mark on the case of one of the instruments, the mark is not visible on the plane in the Farnborough pics. If he was "rebuilding" the crashed plane why would he change out undamaged instruments? Plus TCT fawning over "her" lovely Spirit of Artemis and praising the Engineers to the high heavens in a breathless manner for the record breaking rebuild seemed a bit phony.It would cost $8k and take 30 days time to throw it in a container and ship it back to Austria, I'd imagine it would cost 10'times that to have it flown back. Why would you spend that money if you had a copy in the hangar in Austria? Wonder what the insurance were billed for?
Last edited by piperboy84; 19th Jan 2017 at 01:43.