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Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II
Nice stuff! Would really love to see FiFi someday! The A-36 airbrake issue is quite weird though, if memory serves in many cases they actually wired them shut cos they weren't used operationally and caused issues, so I wonder why they bother having them still serviceable.
That Harrier is mint, I bet the running costs are not too different from the B-29 though!
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I think, and it's just my opinion here, that they really wanted to win that first prize at the EAA show for best restoration, which they did, and that is why the dive brakes are still functional. When I mentioned to the ground crewman that was there with the plane that they typically wired them shut in service, well you should have seen the look of horror on his face.