Schreiner From Netherlands, joined Oct 2001, 960 posts, RR: 2 Posted (11 years 5 months 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 1776 times:
Hi folks,
What do you guys think about the upgraded WWII planes which flies in races (in the US For example)? Are those planes to worthfull to upgrade and fly to their limits? Or is it just me thinking it's very shamefull to rebuild these beautilfull WWII a/c?
Rodrigo Santos From Brazil, joined Sep 2001, 87 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (11 years 5 months 3 days 2 hours ago) and read 1721 times:
My opinion is that you could take a vintage ww2 fighter and transform is, IF it exists in large quantities, like the P-51. Others, like early marks Spitfires, Bf-109´s, Fw-190, should be conserved.
L-188 From United States of America, joined Jul 1999, 29367 posts, RR: 61 Reply 3, posted (11 years 5 months 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 1698 times:
There really hasn't been a WWII fighter converted to an airracer since the 1960's when there where lots of them around.
All of the radically modified ones where done long before that. As these aircraft get rarer and rarer you will see some of them converted back to WWII standard as their value increases.
These aircraft are just too expensive to convert to racers today. The future lies with aircraft such as the Pond Racer and Tsunami. Unfortunatly both of these racing aircraft where destroyed in crashes.
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Ckw From UK - England, joined Aug 2010, 545 posts, RR: 17 Reply 4, posted (11 years 5 months 14 hours ago) and read 1673 times:
Tricky one - these days the cost of using a WWII fighter for racing would be enormous as these have increased in value astronomically. However, had it not been for the post-war racing fraternity grabbing up and preserving engines and spare parts before they went to scrap, the warbird restoration scene would be in a much poorer state today.
No, I would not like to see anymore warbirds modified out of all recognition for racing, but I recognise and appreciate the benefits unlimited racing has bestowed on the warbird community.
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