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Old 09-14-2008 | 10:13 AM
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tasesq
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Default RE: Aermacchi 339 build thread.

Hi boomer1,

I don't know if this is of any use to you (as i note you mentioned you were not going for perfect scale)...

When i was a kid in the AIRTC in Victoria, I was sent on a camp where we were assigned to delvier old macchi wings to AIRTC units around victoria! Turns out the RAAF ordered a number of replacement wings way back when for their Macchis, but ordered the wrong ones! so the wings were all put in storage at Pt Cook for years. We hauled about 5 of them onto a big truck and drove them and dropped them off at cadet units around Victoria.

I wish I could remember where we dropped them all but can't. I know one of the units was the AIRTC at Bendigo airport. I used to see the wing there on my travels each time i dropped into YBDG.

Not sure if this is of any use to you, but doubtless the wings are still around if you needed an up-close and personal of one...