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| Re-painting of the cabin forward
bulkhead was nearly complete in November 2006. |
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On 4th November 2006
Stuart was practicing his stencil skills on XD163's tail boom. |
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| By early December 2006 the canopy's
removeable side panels were fitted, after re-glazing. |
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Mike Reading and
Mike Jarvis were re-glazing the cockpit roof on 6th January 2007. |
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| The roof-mounted
monorail (above left), after removal from XD163's cabin, was being cleaned, in January
2007, and
prepared for re-painting. The monorail was intended to
provide static
line anchorages for up to six paratroops. Refurbishment of the two jump
lights, green and red, and a klaxon, mounted above the cabin door (above
right), was nearly finished. |
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| In early February
2007 the restored ex-Navy winch was bolted to the fuselage, above the
cabin door, and the hydraulics were connected. |
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On 17th February 2007
the left and right sliding windows were installed, initially with
some difficulty due to slight distortion of the canopy. |
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| It was always thought that there was
corrosion in the under-fuselage fuel pipe fairings, their fasteners and their
rivets. This was
confirmed when the fairings were examined more
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On 28th February 2007 work
commenced on removal of the under-fairings and covers, which were all
then treated for corrosion or completely replaced with locally manufactured
replicas. |
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| Two of the fuel pipe cover
panels were repaired, treated for corrosion and repainted by May 2007. |
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Meanwhile, on 9th June, the
finishing touches were being applied to the cabin interior. |
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| On 9th June 2007 Stuart
and Mike were
replacing the newly painted under-fuselage fuel pipe fairings. |
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