Re Restorations.
The argument...or disscussion i should say with regard to "restore" or not to "retore" has been bandied around.
I will say that when the retoration of the blenhiem was carried out in uk,to flying condition, the specs were exceptionally restrictive.
The engines were refurbished with the parts from many engines that were
examined to the Nth degree. The fusalage recieved the same treatment along with the mainframe spar in the wing section.
The replacement parts which many may say are reproduction are to the same specification as the original, in fact the resoration was in dire straights as thier was corrosion to the wing spar that required repair and they moved heaven and earth to find original specification steel to carry this out.
The reason such attention was payed is because the civil air authorites demand this level of attention. Should the resoration change any of the materials, specifications, shape etc the aircraft is classed as a new model and the requirements for testing become massive and quite frankly impossible as parts need to be tested to destruction etc. With regard to the wing spar this was eventually repaired and accepted by the civil air authorities on the basis off, it was repaired using the period manual on battle damage repair.
The only improvements made as far as i am aware was the comms gear for ground to air and the fire supression fluid in the engine extinguishers.
As a few may know the aircraft was lost in an "air accident" The report suggested that it was lost due to a lag in requested power from the engines on a touch and go. This phenomenon is actually in the pilots notes originally written in the 40,s. To put it mildly i would suggest that that was a pretty damned accurate resoration.
Regards
Tim
The argument...or disscussion i should say with regard to "restore" or not to "retore" has been bandied around.
I will say that when the retoration of the blenhiem was carried out in uk,to flying condition, the specs were exceptionally restrictive.
The engines were refurbished with the parts from many engines that were
examined to the Nth degree. The fusalage recieved the same treatment along with the mainframe spar in the wing section.
The replacement parts which many may say are reproduction are to the same specification as the original, in fact the resoration was in dire straights as thier was corrosion to the wing spar that required repair and they moved heaven and earth to find original specification steel to carry this out.
The reason such attention was payed is because the civil air authorites demand this level of attention. Should the resoration change any of the materials, specifications, shape etc the aircraft is classed as a new model and the requirements for testing become massive and quite frankly impossible as parts need to be tested to destruction etc. With regard to the wing spar this was eventually repaired and accepted by the civil air authorities on the basis off, it was repaired using the period manual on battle damage repair.
The only improvements made as far as i am aware was the comms gear for ground to air and the fire supression fluid in the engine extinguishers.
As a few may know the aircraft was lost in an "air accident" The report suggested that it was lost due to a lag in requested power from the engines on a touch and go. This phenomenon is actually in the pilots notes originally written in the 40,s. To put it mildly i would suggest that that was a pretty damned accurate resoration.
Regards
Tim
I hope more information will be available on these vehicles soon.
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