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Aero Legends’ Spitfire MJ444 Restoration – April Update

Vintage Aviation News

The front control column and aileron drum have been fitted. The aileron cables are in. We just have the brakes to set up and then the fuel tank firewall will be fitted, and in turn the tank. They are different from the standard for the short engine but we have all the bits to make it work.

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B-17 Liberty Belle Restoration – Don Brooks Interview

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” “So anyway, we will start working on the firewall forward for the engines before long, we’ll build them up and have them ready when we get the plane together. All of the control surfaces, the ailerons, elevators, and rudders from the Liberty Belle have all been repaired and are now recovered through silver.

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