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From: jayd@alliant.backbone.uoknor.edu (Jay A. Davis)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: CAF Airshow at Lorain County
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Date: 14 Aug 90 03:35:06 GMT
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From: jayd@alliant.backbone.uoknor.edu (Jay A. Davis)

In article <1990Aug8.030137.24923@cbnews.att.com>, rjg@sialis.mn.org
(Robert J. Granvin) writes:
> The general statement is that this will be the only true flying Zero in
> existance, once it is completed.  It will, as all CAF aircraft do, travel
> to airshows from time to time.  The Zero won't be the only "one of a kind"
> aircraft the CAF has, but I still expect that they'll take very very good
> care of it as they do the others.  I can't be fully certain of the details,
> as I've been paying more attention to our own restorations. :-)


I have seen the CAF'S Zero.  I took the tour at Harlingen(sp?) about 5 years
ago.  It was about 80% done.  It had all of the skin and most of the control
surfaces done.  The engine was pretty complete.  I think (not sure, it was a
long time ago) that they had recovered it from the jungle somwhere in the 
south pacific.  There are some planes that are just not flown after restoration
they will only fly it once if that many times.  And only once so they can
say it is/was in flying condition.  There are a couple of FW 190D's that are
in "flying condition" but they sure as hell aren't going to put up a plane
that can not be replaced.  Maybe they moved the Zero from south Texas up north?


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