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To: Vaquero

> I didn't think there was any flying condition 262's.

There probably aren't.
This aircraft is one of several from new production,
based on reverse-engineering during a static restoration
of an original, and other research. See:
http://www.stormbirds.com/project/index.html

They even gave them serial numbers starting where
Willy left off. The engines, however, are modern,
and I suspect they used different materials where
German wartime production used dangerous ones (like
dissimilar metals that would promote corrosion).


22 posted on 05/23/2006 9:11:40 AM PDT by Boundless (Democrats: symbolic solutions to metaphorical problems)
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To: Boundless
They even gave them serial numbers starting where Willy left off.

Ahhhh, you beat me too it! I should have read the rest of the thread first.

31 posted on 05/23/2006 9:22:39 AM PDT by longshadow (FReeper #405, entering his ninth year of ignoring nitwits, nutcases, and recycled newbies)
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