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    EAA B-17 Hail Damage?

    Anyone have any info on the hail damage to EAA's B-17? Looks like control surfaces are pretty damaged. The rest of the plane looks good in the photos but its hard to tell.

    Keith


    http://www.9news.com/news/photo-gall...storyid=271355

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    Quote Originally Posted by kmacht View Post
    Anyone have any info on the hail damage to EAA's B-17?
    All I heard is it is grounded until parts arrive then it will be flown out.

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    Parts are on their way, and the tour will resume next weekend in Denver to fly those that were cancelled this weekend. Tough old bird...
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    Can't really tell from those photos if the metal or plexi was damaged - but if it was, it's not obvious. Most of the obvious damage that you're seeing is on the fabric-covered control surfaces. As such, there's some parts to be re-covered, but that's not nearly as bad as if the metal was dinged.
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    There are holes in the fabric control surfaces and some damage to small areas of plexiglass. I don't think there is much metal damage. I expect they may be able to fix most of it soon.

    Too bad the 17 could not have been put in one of the large hangars nearby, but I expect they were already full of corporate jets. Damaging hail is a little unusual there, but I think the storm came up pretty quickly and south Denver is in an area that does have storms.

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