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Some pictures of unk.planes under renovation?
raccoonrough
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Posted: Sunday, April 27, 2014 - 06:52 AM UTC
Here are some pictures of a few aircraft that are under restoration that I took sitting inside the Mary Baker Engen hanger located at the Udvar Hazy Center (Smithsonian) in Chantilly, Virginia.

The one big seaplane must be a Sikorsky JRS-1. Here is a link to a photo from their website.

http://airandspace.si.edu/explore-and-learn/multimedia/detail.cfm?id=4317

I think the one smaller jet fighter might be the Japanese version of the Me262? The Nakajima Kikka, I beleive??

But I am not sure. There was nothing posted there about it.

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Jessie_C
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Posted: Sunday, April 27, 2014 - 07:24 AM UTC
That's definitely the Kikka (the only one left in the world!)
raccoonrough
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Posted: Sunday, April 27, 2014 - 08:13 AM UTC

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That's definitely the Kikka (the only one left in the world!)


Well then...
I will certainly follow this restoration and take some good photos at some point.
lone-ronin
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Posted: Sunday, April 27, 2014 - 08:34 AM UTC
The wings with the balkenkreuz look like they belong to the Horten 229.
TheBeastman
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Posted: Sunday, April 27, 2014 - 10:03 AM UTC
Those are GO 229 wings alright... suspect that is the reproduction that got tested on the radar rig though; the condition colours (I'm british:)) don't seem right for the one that was in storage...

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