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Great Planes Seawind Restoration

Old 08-19-2022, 12:53 PM
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Picked up this seawind with a gas engine and in rough shape.

I will be going through and restoring the plane back to is original glory.

- Fiberglass repair
- engine cowl replacement if I can find one or maybe repair the cowl I have.
- Partial nose weight removal
- Step extension
- Firewall repair
- Hopefully retract install
- Retract nose gear door install
- Repaint white but probably different trim colors…not great with trim painting Name:  smile.gif
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Pictures after I first got it and after a test taxi
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Here are some pictures of the current progress. Repairs have been made to everything except extending the step. I decided to keep the step as is.







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Another image of the fixed water rudder.

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