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Neil; N99318 had been left sit on the ramp at Pompano Beach for 8
years. It was corroded so bad that the ailerons were no longer hooked up.
The center section was so bad you could stick your finger under the bottom
spar cap. Both wings bottom spar caps were gone, and holes were eaten
through the airframe at various points. We had to dump the water, and
other things out of it, in order to even move it. Oh yes, the scissors was
corroded and broken completely off, both steering collars were cracked
completely through. I remember theses things just from the walk around
inspection. There were so many more items I didn't even bother to list.
It took us a week just to get things apart, and patch the holes with
pop rivets/.010 aluminum flashing so we could paint the airframe with a
brush. The engine mount and nose gear, along with a navigation light are
now flying on another Coupe. So I consider the effort to go get it worth
while.
The static display keeps the pieces still useful instead of being in
the junk pile.
Lynn
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