There's a huge difference between restoring it for static display and bringing it back to full airworthiness. The latter would easily cost millions of dollars.
@@s0nnyburnett I had the great privilege of flying on the B-17 909 before it was destroyed. As much as I'd like to see these warbirds fly again.. I think its far better if they remain on the ground indefinitely.
@@philipatha Going to disagree with you on that one. I also flew on Nine-0-Nine. It was awesome. I was in aviation maintenance the first half of my adult life. Military and civilian. There is nothing wrong with flying properly maintained vintage aircraft. In general, they get more love than current aircraft. Nine-0-Nine's problem was poor maintenance and poor/no crew coordination during the emergency.
Some People are truly amazing. The people who restored that plane are not getting anywhere near the credit they deserve. Deepest respects and gratitude for preserving history.
It was. All of the WWII fighters in the bottom of Lake Michigan flew off of either the Wolverine or the Sable. I saw this airplane get pulled out of Waukegan Harbor and placed on a flatbed. Later saw it on a flatbed at Oshkosh as they were trying to gin up interest in the restoration. That's where I asked one of the restorers why it had a square cutout aft of the fuselage. I was told that's where the paddle hit it and tore it apart as the ship ran over it.
They didn't "save" anything more than a handful of parts. They removed WWII junk from the lake bottom, built a plane from top to bottom, and called the job a 'restore' so they could beg for funds and volunteers.
So, Army veteran, Civil War reenactor and lifelong military historian here. FRIKKIN' WOW. Real respects to the restoration crew. I would not have thought that the hulk they pulled from the lake could be fully restored.
You got that right! The plant site was on the west side of Rt. 1 in Linden, and was demolished by GM some time ago. Where the airport was east of Rt. 1 is now a shopping center, though the airport is still active for general aviation.
What's amazing about it. The P-38 Glacier Girl was pretty much built new using some original parts. There are shops in the UK that will build you a brand new Spitfire around an original part and call it a restoration. The big problem in getting a flying completely accurate restoration might be in acquiring original instrumentation. There are rebuilt and possibly some new original engines available and they are only going to get in shorter supply.
@@mpetersen6 Lol sorry bud I'm just a peasant who fixes up a car or a motorcycle here or there in my garage in his spare time so yes, to me that's a pretty incredible project. I understand experts like yourself aren't as easily impressed or appreciate such things. Perhaps you could show us some of your more impressive projects and restorations.
@@sidefx996 My restorations were rebuilding industrial machinery. Machine tools, stamping presses. Industrial centrifuges etc. Sometimes from the castings up. Re-machine and scrape the ways. Scrape bearing diameters in order to maintain center to line relationships. Repair or make new parts as needed within the capability of the equipment we had.
You are absolutely correct. This effort is amazing. I have worked on the restoration of several WWI aircraft and due to the scarcity of original parts, have been forced to fabricate from original drawings many of the components to make them flyable. In the U.S. only a very tiny percentage of an original antique aircraft is required to accurately call a restoration an 'original' and anyone who claims to be flying a 100% original aircraft from before WWII is likely being misleading. Rubber tires, linen covered control surfaces, Perspex canopies were never intended to last 80 years but luckily, there is a niche market which allows for a restoration like the one in this story to result in an aircraft as original as the original.
Just returned from WWII Weekend at the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum in Reading, PA. They've been restoring a Northrop P-61 Black Widow for over ten years now. She's a beauty, Sitting pretty awaiting her wings. I may no live to see her fly but my sons and I threw a pile of money into the bucket to see it happen. Keep 'em Flying.
My dad was in training to fly the P-61; the war ended two weeks before his graduation. He told stories of night time training flights from Florida and how they could see the outline of the Cuban Coast on the radar screen...
What is so sad about restorations like this are the volunteers. Take a look at how old they are. Many are late 50's up to 80's in age. Once they are gone, restorations like this will be more difficult and more expensive as the knowledge of how these planes were built goes away. Very few young people have the interest in working with tools, and learning how to create parts and learn the techniques used. Thats very sad. They did a wonderful job restoring this warbird.
The crazy thing for me was that I was there! A while ago me and my family went to the Kalamazoo Air Zoo Aircraft Museum, and I saw them working on this Wildcat. If I remember correctly this Wildcat was launched by one of the Navy Paddle Steamer Aircraft Carriers (For those who don't know, Since The American Navy needed a Place to train our pilots away from the Frontlines of WW2, And The Great Lakes are large enough/far away from said Frontlines, and had two passengers vessels big enough to be rebuilt as carriers, which is what happened. Now if I'm correct, this Wildcat fell off USS Wolverine due to pilot error and wind.) Hopefully this explains why there's Wildcat in Lake Michigan, 😉👍 But don't take my word for it as I could be partly wrong :/
I was expecting a multi milion amount, not 700k. Brilliant job by all those involved to do it for so little and bring back a piece of history to it's former glory.
Unbelievable. That has to be the best restoration ever. I have some familiarity with fabrication, and machine tools, but I can't imagine how they pulled this off.
The big question is could they pull the B-29 "Kee Bird" from her icy and semi-watery grave from the botched attempt to fly her home in 1994 and restore her to back to her original glory?
Kee Bird needs to be salvaged. It would take somebody with deep pockets but it would be worth it. So much work went into getting it back together only to have the 'put-put' fuel tank cause a fire that ruined the fuselage. It may not be a practical thing to salvage Kee Bird, but it would be the Right thing to do. There are other B-29s doing gate guard museum duty that would be made airworthy with less trouble, but they wouldn't be Kee Bird.
$700K is worth it to preserve our history. They did a beautiful job. ...and I don't live very far from Hudson, MA, so I'll try to pay it a visit in it's new home.
The FM-2 is an uprated late war Wildcat, surprisingly nimble given its predecessor. They pulled off 2 machine guns and gave it a bigger tail surface. In simulation games it's quite a surprise for Spitfire pilots who underestimate it.
Awesome job guys. I wonder if along the way these guys shot a video of the restoration process?.. It could help others in future restoration projects and it is also of a HISTORIC value. Good job and congratulations to all the dedicated and just awesome volunteers. IT LOOKS AWESOME
My daughter-in law took me to that fantastic air museum while I visited them in K'zoo, from Texas. You folks up there should be very proud of that wonderful place!
There is nothing mechanical humans have made that other humans can't fix again as new. As always it all depends on the dollars and time those are willing to spend. Very nice job all.
Stunning! My Dad flew Wildcats and Avengers in the Pacific in WWII for the Marine Corps, helicopters and L-19s(?) in Korea. My war was Vietnam, and "I flew" an air traffic control radar unit.
You are close, but even much better-looking WW2 airplanes are rebuilds in the high percentage of airframe structure (minus engine-maybe). That is because of age, corrosion and fatigue of materials and that makes the cost of restoration astronomical. It is nothing in common compared to car restoration, although there are exceptions of almost total rebuild. Like, if you have some partial bucket of rust that semble to car chassis and it has Ferrari serials visible, Ferrari will rebuild it from the ground up (for a hefty price).
@@docnele even vehicle rebuilds can be a challenge. Remember after the war Britain was bankrupt. I've handled RR and Jag. parts from that ear going into the sixties, and the zinc castings are contaminated with slag and useless for a really good restoration. Packard you basically have to re=machine the parts: not the many cars were made, parts weren't kept in inventory!! But in some cases a resto. can be BETTER than the original construction. I guess maybe that's why so many "resto mods" are the rage today.
The Navy converted two paddle wheel steamers to serve as training aircraft carriers. USS Wolverine and Sable were provided with wooden flight decks built up over the hulls. Over 150 Navy aircraft were lost in Lake Michigan.
They didn't say whether this Wildcat was restored to airworthy condition, or will just be a static piece. A while back there was a Spitfire dug up after 40 years from under a French beach where it crashed that has now been restored to flying condition. Whichever it is, the Wildcat restoration team have done a brilliant job.
The US Navy commissioned USS Sable & USS Wolverine. The were not regular Navy Carriers. No plane went “below decks” . The young pilots used this two ships to practice landings & takeoffs. One of the trainee was George H. Bush….later President of the US. The plane discussed in this video was not the first salvaged. The cold late water kept the planes in much better shape that ocean wrecked planes. In Chicago O’Hare Airport there is a salvaged Lake Michigan Wildcat. The Airport is named for Medal of Honor winner “Butch” O’Hare. He flew Wildcat fighters.
It does look like a great build! While I applaud them for taking on this project and the resurrection of a Wildcat, this is not a restoration but the use of a few bits and pieces and the use of existing parts as templates.
Sorry, but I need to disagree. Based on conversations with experts at both Duxford (UK) and Avspecs, Ltd. (NZ), There is no minimum amount of original material required for a restoration. Duxford has restored a Hawker Hurricane from about 25% and Avspecs has restored several Mosquitos with as little as 12%. If a project contains zero percent original structural material then it is simply a replica.
@@seaskimmer9071 Not quite my grandfather's axe. If I remember correctly a Spitfire was restored around an elevator or a rudder. Glacier Girl as pretty much a new aircraft when done.
I got to go there a while ago and they let us go behind the normal viewing area and we got to see everything it was very cool very Awsome to see it in its former glory
In the Mesa Arizona area at Champlin fighter museum. workers there have restored a Japanese mitsubishi 0 that went through the same dilemma and restore it to originality.
I was wondering that as well. I’m guessing that it’s just a static display based on a number of factors, but it would have been a nice thing for the report to have clarified.
The $700,000 cost of restoration is about 23 times the approximate cost to the government ($30,000) when the Wildcat first went into service in 1940. Based on CPI, $30,000 in 1940 is approximately equal to $678,000 today, so this is basically a like new aircraft of about equal cost to the original. Considering its true value as a rare historic exhibit, this was a real bargain.
Always look to Fantasy Of Flight in Orlando FL. They restore lots of older aircraft, or they should at least point you in the right direction to help on the project.
$700K to restore THAT Wildcat from it's former condition? That was a bargain and a testament to the volunteers donated time and skills.
I was expecting millions not hundreds of thousands.
There's a huge difference between restoring it for static display and bringing it back to full airworthiness. The latter would easily cost millions of dollars.
Airworthy could add another zero easy.
@@s0nnyburnett I had the great privilege of flying on the B-17 909 before it was destroyed. As much as I'd like to see these warbirds fly again.. I think its far better if they remain on the ground indefinitely.
@@philipatha Going to disagree with you on that one. I also flew on Nine-0-Nine. It was awesome. I was in aviation maintenance the first half of my adult life. Military and civilian. There is nothing wrong with flying properly maintained vintage aircraft. In general, they get more love than current aircraft. Nine-0-Nine's problem was poor maintenance and poor/no crew coordination during the emergency.
Some People are truly amazing. The people who restored that plane are not getting anywhere near the credit they deserve. Deepest respects and gratitude for preserving history.
Being pulled from the bottom of Lake Michigan, it was probably operated from one of two paddle wheel aircraft carriers, Sable or Wolverine.
It was. All of the WWII fighters in the bottom of Lake Michigan flew off of either the Wolverine or the Sable. I saw this airplane get pulled out of Waukegan Harbor and placed on a flatbed. Later saw it on a flatbed at Oshkosh as they were trying to gin up interest in the restoration. That's where I asked one of the restorers why it had a square cutout aft of the fuselage. I was told that's where the paddle hit it and tore it apart as the ship ran over it.
Thank you for saving it.
They didn't "save" anything more than a handful of parts.
They removed WWII junk from the lake bottom, built a plane from top to bottom, and called the job a 'restore' so they could beg for funds and volunteers.
Thank you for your will and your perseverance to restore this plane
Big round of applause for these guys !
🇬🇧 A lot of effort went into this plane and it’s a credit to the people who restored it. Worth every dime.
2 you folks.
Who have restored this Great treasure we veterans of the United States. Salute you.
So, Army veteran, Civil War reenactor and lifelong military historian here.
FRIKKIN' WOW.
Real respects to the restoration crew. I would not have thought that the hulk they pulled from the lake could be fully restored.
You can hear these old planes when they are coming from miles, awesome.
These men are brilliant to restore such a thing, amazing work. American skill on display.
A lot of work. Dedication. History at it's best. Remember TODAY.
If it’s an FM-2, it wasn’t made by Grumman, it was made by General Motors in Linden NJ.
That's O.K....0:04 They got the "Aero-Plane" part right.
You got that right! The plant site was on the west side of Rt. 1 in Linden, and was demolished by GM some time ago. Where the airport was east of Rt. 1 is now a shopping center, though the airport is still active for general aviation.
Designed by Grumman, licensed to GM.
@@FS2K4Pilot
Primarily used on Escort Carriers by the US and the Royal Navy.
@@mpetersen6 ...and the Royal Navy as the Martlet.
God Bless these Heros! Bring History Back!
That’s amazing that they were able to basically build a brand new aircraft off what they had to start with.
What's amazing about it. The P-38 Glacier Girl was pretty much built new using some original parts. There are shops in the UK that will build you a brand new Spitfire around an original part and call it a restoration. The big problem in getting a flying completely accurate restoration might be in acquiring original instrumentation. There are rebuilt and possibly some new original engines available and they are only going to get in shorter supply.
@@mpetersen6 Lol sorry bud I'm just a peasant who fixes up a car or a motorcycle here or there in my garage in his spare time so yes, to me that's a pretty incredible project. I understand experts like yourself aren't as easily impressed or appreciate such things. Perhaps you could show us some of your more impressive projects and restorations.
@@sidefx996
My restorations were rebuilding industrial machinery. Machine tools, stamping presses. Industrial centrifuges etc. Sometimes from the castings up. Re-machine and scrape the ways. Scrape bearing diameters in order to maintain center to line relationships. Repair or make new parts as needed within the capability of the equipment we had.
You are absolutely correct. This effort is amazing. I have worked on the restoration of several WWI aircraft and due to the scarcity of original parts, have been forced to fabricate from original drawings many of the components to make them flyable. In the U.S. only a very tiny percentage of an original antique aircraft is required to accurately call a restoration an 'original' and anyone who claims to be flying a 100% original aircraft from before WWII is likely being misleading. Rubber tires, linen covered control surfaces, Perspex canopies were never intended to last 80 years but luckily, there is a niche market which allows for a restoration like the one in this story to result in an aircraft as original as the original.
More a rebuild than a restoration, but good work never the less.
Hats off and a huge salute to all who worked on the restoration of this airship ~ great job!
Just returned from WWII Weekend at the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum in Reading, PA. They've been restoring a Northrop P-61 Black Widow for over ten years now. She's a beauty, Sitting pretty awaiting her wings. I may no live to see her fly but my sons and I threw a pile of money into the bucket to see it happen. Keep 'em Flying.
Wow didn't know about this. Last I heard only four P-61s exist and none of them fly. This is good news.
My dad was in training to fly the P-61; the war ended two weeks before his graduation. He told stories of night time training flights from Florida and how they could see the outline of the Cuban Coast on the radar screen...
What is so sad about restorations like this are the volunteers. Take a look at how old they are. Many are late 50's up to 80's in age. Once they are gone, restorations like this will be more difficult and more expensive as the knowledge of how these planes were built goes away. Very few young people have the interest in working with tools, and learning how to create parts and learn the techniques used. Thats very sad. They did a wonderful job restoring this warbird.
Congratulations to all those involved, You Folk's have done a Magnificent job 👍
What a great segment. Thanks for sharing this awesome efforts with us.
The crazy thing for me was that I was there!
A while ago me and my family went to the Kalamazoo Air Zoo Aircraft Museum, and I saw them working on this Wildcat. If I remember correctly this Wildcat was launched by one of the Navy Paddle Steamer Aircraft Carriers
(For those who don't know, Since The American Navy needed a Place to train our pilots away from the Frontlines of WW2, And The Great Lakes are large enough/far away from said Frontlines, and had two passengers vessels big enough to be rebuilt as carriers, which is what happened.
Now if I'm correct, this Wildcat fell off USS Wolverine due to pilot error and wind.)
Hopefully this explains why there's Wildcat in Lake Michigan, 😉👍
But don't take my word for it as I could be partly wrong :/
I was there about 18 months ago. I gotta check if I have any pictures of it.
Good job to the Aircraft Mechanics doing the restoration, they deserve recognition and award.
Kudos to all those skilled, talented, and dedicated men and women who can accomplish such a monumental task. Job well done, and well worth it.
God bless those guys and whoever has it in the future!
Amazing restoration job by everyone involved!
It looks fantastic what a great job you have done !
Great gob! My hats off to the restoration staff.👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you to the volunteers and to the technicians for your skill, care and labors. Looks magnificent.
I was expecting a multi milion amount, not 700k. Brilliant job by all those involved to do it for so little and bring back a piece of history to it's former glory.
Wonderful work! 👏👏👏👏👏
Unbelievable. That has to be the best restoration ever. I have some familiarity with fabrication, and machine tools, but I can't imagine how they pulled this off.
Amazing job considering the look of the plane when hauled to the shop.
Excellent restoration,just gorgeous
How awesome. Thanks for restoring that Grumman. You all did an impressive job!🤠👍🇺🇸
The big question is could they pull the B-29 "Kee Bird" from her icy and semi-watery grave from the botched attempt to fly her home in 1994 and restore her to back to her original glory?
No. And there's already 2 airworthy B29's that fly.
That would be nice if it flies in airshows and not stuck in some museum. That would give us three flying B-29s.
Kee Bird needs to be salvaged. It would take somebody with deep pockets but it would be worth it. So much work went into getting it back together only to have the 'put-put' fuel tank cause a fire that ruined the fuselage. It may not be a practical thing to salvage Kee Bird, but it would be the Right thing to do. There are other B-29s doing gate guard museum duty that would be made airworthy with less trouble, but they wouldn't be Kee Bird.
Have you seen what was left after the fire? There isn't much left now unfortunately...
They should pull what can be salvaged and leave the parts that can't be saved
$700K is worth it to preserve our history. They did a beautiful job.
...and I don't live very far from Hudson, MA, so I'll try to pay it a visit in it's new home.
Seeing it in its ruined state, it is utterly inconceivable to me as to how that thing was put back to right. Bravo.
Awesome work, great job! Thanks for saving it.
Awesome dedication to the restoration team.
Very well done gentleman.
The FM-2 is an uprated late war Wildcat, surprisingly nimble given its predecessor. They pulled off 2 machine guns and gave it a bigger tail surface. In simulation games it's quite a surprise for Spitfire pilots who underestimate it.
I am very happy people put money and hard work to make this happen!
Wondering if these guys could restore my Volvo that my kids used for a couple years at college. It came back in about the same shape as that bird
Awesome job guys. I wonder if along the way these guys shot a video of the restoration process?.. It could help others in future restoration projects and it is also of a HISTORIC value. Good job and congratulations to all the dedicated and just awesome volunteers. IT LOOKS AWESOME
Beautiful restoration, jumping Catfish!
My daughter-in law took me to that fantastic air museum while I visited them in K'zoo, from Texas. You folks up there should be very proud of that wonderful place!
There is nothing mechanical humans have made that other humans can't fix again as new. As always it all depends on the dollars and time those are willing to spend. Very nice job all.
Stunning! My Dad flew Wildcats and Avengers in the Pacific in WWII for the Marine Corps, helicopters and L-19s(?) in Korea. My war was Vietnam, and "I flew" an air traffic control radar unit.
Great job. 😊 👍
About the only original part from this aeroplane is the data plate!
You are close, but even much better-looking WW2 airplanes are rebuilds in the high percentage of airframe structure (minus engine-maybe). That is because of age, corrosion and fatigue of materials and that makes the cost of restoration astronomical.
It is nothing in common compared to car restoration, although there are exceptions of almost total rebuild. Like, if you have some partial bucket of rust that semble to car chassis and it has Ferrari serials visible, Ferrari will rebuild it from the ground up (for a hefty price).
exactly
Ship of Theseus.
@@docnele even vehicle rebuilds can be a challenge. Remember after the war Britain was bankrupt. I've handled RR and Jag. parts from that ear going into the sixties, and the zinc castings are contaminated with slag and useless for a really good restoration. Packard you basically have to re=machine the parts: not the many cars were made, parts weren't kept in inventory!! But in some cases a resto. can be BETTER than the original construction. I guess maybe that's why so many "resto mods" are the rage today.
You didn't really listen to the video did you?
WONDERFUL!!!
beautiful aircraft
Wow, talk about a labor of love.
The Navy converted two paddle wheel steamers to serve as training aircraft carriers. USS Wolverine and Sable were provided with wooden flight decks built up over the hulls. Over 150 Navy aircraft were lost in Lake Michigan.
Awesome that it was worth it and that they actually got it preserved and back in its glory light once again!
They didn't say whether this Wildcat was restored to airworthy condition, or will just be a static piece. A while back there was a Spitfire dug up after 40 years from under a French beach where it crashed that has now been restored to flying condition. Whichever it is, the Wildcat restoration team have done a brilliant job.
Static display.
The US Navy commissioned USS Sable & USS Wolverine. The were not regular Navy Carriers. No plane went “below decks” . The young pilots used this two ships to practice landings & takeoffs. One of the trainee was George H. Bush….later President of the US.
The plane discussed in this video was not the first salvaged. The cold late water kept the planes in much better shape that ocean wrecked planes. In Chicago O’Hare Airport there is a salvaged Lake Michigan Wildcat. The Airport is named for Medal of Honor winner “Butch” O’Hare. He flew Wildcat fighters.
Thank you volunteers and donors!
It does look like a great build! While I applaud them for taking on this project and the resurrection of a Wildcat, this is not a restoration but the use of a few bits and pieces and the use of existing parts as templates.
Ship of Theseus.
Sorry, but I need to disagree. Based on conversations with experts at both Duxford (UK) and Avspecs, Ltd. (NZ), There is no minimum amount of original material required for a restoration. Duxford has restored a Hawker Hurricane from about 25% and Avspecs has restored several Mosquitos with as little as 12%. If a project contains zero percent original structural material then it is simply a replica.
@@seaskimmer9071
Not quite my grandfather's axe. If I remember correctly a Spitfire was restored around an elevator or a rudder. Glacier Girl as pretty much a new aircraft when done.
How do you "restore" something made partially out of wood when all the wood is long gone? It does look amazing though.
Good enough for me.
The skills of the American technicians
I was involved with installing the Wildcat in O'Hare Airport to honor
Butch O'Hare...
Nice.
"A museum in Hudson Mass" sounds like the American Heritage Museum to me
Thats incredible
Gold Star to all involved!
the Wildcat is an awesome fighter plane. Excellent salvage & restoration
The fact it was sitting in freshwater played a big part.
I got to go there a while ago and they let us go behind the normal viewing area and we got to see everything it was very cool very Awsome to see it in its former glory
All FM2 WILDCATS where built by the Eastern Aircraft Division of General Motors, nor actually by Grumman themselves
fantastic, thankyou team for history foretold!!!!!
In the Mesa Arizona area at Champlin fighter museum. workers there have restored a Japanese mitsubishi 0 that went through the same dilemma and restore it to originality.
1:16 that tie was a genuine shocker
Is it static display only, or will it start and fly?
I was wondering that as well. I’m guessing that it’s just a static display based on a number of factors, but it would have been a nice thing for the report to have clarified.
Non flying restoration
Wow! Great video thumbs up.
What a great result to a truly important project.
Awesome ❤
Wow, Amazing work!
Very very cool. Glad to see this old bird brought back to life.
I think the best part will be to hear that big engine pop off for the first time after 70 years of slumber under water, then move under it own power
AMAZING WORK!
Awesome. A Helldiver was found at the bottom of a lake here in San Diego and that plane went to Pensacola for restoration and is on display there.
Thank you
$700,000 seems like a bargain for the amount of work that went into restoring it.
I'm looking forward to seeing it at the American Heritage Museum!
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If they can restore that wreck, what can they do with those beautiful aircraft that went down with Lady Lexington?
The $700,000 cost of restoration is about 23 times the approximate cost to the government ($30,000) when the Wildcat first went into service in 1940. Based on CPI, $30,000 in 1940 is approximately equal to $678,000 today, so this is basically a like new aircraft of about equal cost to the original. Considering its true value as a rare historic exhibit, this was a real bargain.
Only $700k for the restoration I would have expected more
It's really a triggers broom 'restoration,'. Very few original parts have been used here, it's basically all new..
I dont trust a guy that wears a top suit with jeans and sneakers
Agreed. Never liked that look. But at least his jeans didn’t have the “shredded by a grizzly” motif.
It probably would have been cheaper and easier to build one from scratch, wow, what a team.
I see its easier to survive 68 years underwater than 68 years of marriage
I’m no expert. But Amazed that it took 10 years
Great work boys!🇺🇸
Always look to Fantasy Of Flight in Orlando FL. They restore lots of older aircraft, or they should at least point you in the right direction to help on the project.
700K!! This guy needs to be hired by @boeing to work on the Air Force 1 project!!
Great Job God bless❤
Great work folks. 👍👌❤️❤️
Very cool! Was it restored to flying condition?
Part of me wishes they would rebuild replicas for modern use. I believe a German company did it years ago, and their FW-190 were extremely accurate.
They built several new ME-262s in Seattle. I got to see one.
Is it airworthy or for display only?