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Bob Simmermon's Photo Gallery

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44-85813 @ I74 - By the book - using water levels for precise positioning.
44-85813 @ I74
44-85813 @ I74 - How to put it where you want it and know that it'll still be there after lunch.
44-85813 @ I74
44-85813 @ I74 - Midship looking forward at wing attach points.
44-85813 @ I74
44-85813 @ I74 - Sixty-one year old signatures discovered on the inside of a wing skin.
44-85813 @ I74
44-85813 @ I74 - Restoration associates are very courteous and willing to explain interesting discoveries that they've made while working on the original airframe, such as 61 year old signatures found on the inside of this wing skin.
44-85813 @ I74
44-85813 @ I74 - From the front, looking back.  Cruise speed - 170 MPH, Max. Speed - 300 MPH.
44-85813 @ I74
44-85813 @ I74 - From the front, looking back.  The finished product will be 74'-4 long.
44-85813 @ I74
44-85813 @ I74 - Piston from the Wright R1820 engine.
44-85813 @ I74
44-85813 @ I74 - A look inside of a Wright R1820, 1200HP radial engine.
44-85813 @ I74
44-85813 @ I74 - Cockpit roof fabrication
44-85813 @ I74
44-85813 @ I74 - Manufacturing new components for the fuel cell bays in the wing.  Note the numerous plywood patterns.
44-85813 @ I74
44-85813 @ I74 - Original wing with outer skin removed, exposing corrugated layer.  Wingspan - 103'-10
44-85813 @ I74