The aircraft is currently in the markings of the German Navy, Marinefliegergeshwader 1. Aircraft is on loan from the National Museum of the United States Air Force.
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Nov 10 2009
A Staff member installs one of the 4 hinge pin covers, each composed of 6 larger parts, numerous small parts and dozens of screws and bolts. One almost down and 3 to go. |
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Nov 5 2009
A frontal view of the aircraft with both wings mounted. The plastic cover is to protect the new paint job. |
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Nov 4 2009
The right wing is now mounted and moved to a swept back position. Streamlined covers will next be installed at the wing root and over the hinge pin. |
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Nov 3 2009
The left wing is mounted and moved to the swept position that it will be displayed in. |
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Nov 3 2009
The right wing has been rigged for lifting and mounting. |
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Nov 2 2009
You are looking up at the hinge pin from under the wing for the left wing. |
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Oct 22 2009
Painting the markings on the vertical tail. |
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Oct 8 2009
One of the staff members is buttoning up some of the skin panels after vertical fin and elevators are installed. |
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Oct 8 2009
Two staff members mask off patterns for markings to be painted. |
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Oct 7 2009
The large elevators have now been mounted on the airframe. |
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Oct 7 2009
Four staff members lift the last elevator into position. |
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Sep 24 2009
Instillation of the two afterburners has been completed. |
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Sep 23 2009
An unusual photo of a staff member working inside the engine compartment. |
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Sep 23 2009
The second afterburner section is being liifted into position. |
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Sep 22 2009
Fuselage as of 09-18-2009. |
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Sep 22 2009
A new volunteer is learning restoration starting with sanding old paint on the bottom of a wing. |
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Sep 17 2009
A volunteer checks the results against the requirements. |
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Sep 17 2009
Warning marking on the engine compartment. |
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Sep 16 2009
Better view of aircraft with vertical fin and rudder attached. |
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Sep 14 2009
A team of Staff and Volunteers has mounted the vertical fin and rudder. Meanwhile, other team members are working on masking and painting the aircraft's markings. |
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Sep 8 2009
16 piece wing hinge cover puzzle solved. |
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Aug 28 2009
One of the two afterburners is being prepared for installation in the airframe. |
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Aug 21 2009
Two volunteers step in after our visiting exchange students have gone back to France masking fuselage markings. |
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Aug 13 2009
The exchange students have completed masking another section of the right side of the fuselage for painting. |
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Aug 5 2009
Two exchange students work on starting to mask areas for aircraft markings and one works on cleaning one of the wings. |
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Jul 30 2009
The light colored paint has been applied to the bottom of the fuselage by the exchange students. |
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Jul 28 2009
One of the exchange students takes his rotation in applying the primer paint on the fuselage. |
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Jul 22 2009
The fuselage is being mask for application of the primer coat. |
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Jul 1 2009
The exchange students rotate the steam cleaning duty on the airframe. |
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Jun 18 2009
The entire exchange student team is working on the aircraft. |
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Jun 17 2009
One of our French exchange students is starting the restoration process by cleaning up the airframe. |
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Jun 16 2009
You can see the large bushing for the hinge pin of the wing sweeping mechanism. |
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Jun 15 2009
The fuselage of the aircraft as it was moved into the restoration hangar. |
