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Post by baz62 on Aug 13, 2013 16:32:30 GMT 12
Here's a cheap WW2 fighter (well cheap compared with say a Mustnag or a Spitfire) www.platinumfighters.com/#!boomerang/masterpage_26 |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 13, 2013 20:27:25 GMT 12
How many Boomerangs are there still flying now? There cannot be many? Is the replica one still airworthy? I think that was in the USA, wasn't it?
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Post by baz62 on Aug 13, 2013 22:50:57 GMT 12
How many Boomerangs are there still flying now? There cannot be many? Is the replica one still airworthy? I think that was in the USA, wasn't it? I think thats the one for sale Dave as the sale spec sheet mentions the fact that the wing centre section is a genuine Boomerang one. If I recall they used a T6 airframe modified of course to make a Boomerang fuselage. Still looks fantastic and like the real deal. There are two flying in Aussie with a third on the way. Plus this replica. |
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Post by ngatimozart on Aug 14, 2013 13:32:43 GMT 12
Saw the Me 109E4 that was for sale as well US$4.5 million. The Boomerang looks nice though, but i'd still have to win the lotto though.
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Post by TS on Aug 14, 2013 13:48:05 GMT 12
How many Boomerangs are there still flying now? There cannot be many? Is the replica one still airworthy? I think that was in the USA, wasn't it? I think thats the one for sale Dave as the sale spec sheet mentions the fact that the wing centre section is a genuine Boomerang one. If I recall they used a T6 airframe modified of course to make a Boomerang fuselage. Still looks fantastic and like the real deal. There are two flying in Aussie with a third on the way. Plus this replica. Just a question when does a restored aircraft with genuine parts in it not be classed a replica?? Is there a percentage of original verse new?? As I would have thought that the centre section would be classed as pretty substantial?? I think this has come up before so ignore it if I haven't been paying attention which is something I do regularly so the wife says.....  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 14, 2013 14:24:32 GMT 12
This is an age old debate and comes up often on the FlyPast Forum where there are lots of pedantic debaters on the subject.
Some 'genuine' aircraft have been rebuilt using little more than a set of dataplates for historic continuity and small original components with largely new material used to original drawing specs - think Mosquito, many of the world's flying Spitfires, P-40's, Mustangs and Hurricanes - look at the BBMF's Hurricane that was practically destroyed by fire and rebuilt but legally it's the 'same' aircraft.
But mixing two different aircraft types to create an aesthetic replica, such as this Boomerang, or the Tora, Tora, Tora Zeros, Kates and Vals, is a different story.
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Post by baz62 on Aug 14, 2013 16:32:21 GMT 12
Yes Dave has it in a nutshell, I remember the ruckuss that the late Charles Church caused in the UK when he built his MK V Spitfire from nothing. All original parts nose to tail but basically the airframe structure was all new. Sadly he lost his life in this aircraft when the crankshaft broke in the Merlin and he was killed in the forced landing
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