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PostPosted: Fri Jan 19, 2018 4:31 pm 
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The CAF one at Camarillo likely won't fly again, at least under current ownership

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too expensive to operate??

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ZRX61 wrote:
The CAF one at Camarillo likely won't fly again, at least under current ownership


Then hopefully the CAF will move it to another (or new) wing that does have the ability to operate it.

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Warbird Kid wrote:
ZRX61 wrote:
The CAF one at Camarillo likely won't fly again, at least under current ownership


Then hopefully the CAF will move it to another (or new) wing that does have the ability to operate it.


IIRC, it was grounded due to corrosion problems.

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Someone told me that the problem with the camarillo c-46 was that it is not in the experimental catagory, and must abide by airline or air transport rules or something like that, and the pilots therefor have to jump through too many hoops for legal flight. I don't remember all the details, but it seemed to boil down to legal qualifications.
Corrosion was mentioned, along with fuel costs, but it seems to me they addressed a lot of corrosion problems a few years back.
Like most things in life it all comes down to money.


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The trouble with large airplanes is that you can't fit them in small hangars. ;)

They end up outside, and unless it's Arizona and they're coocooned in a boneyard, they corrode.

Obviously the answer is a Tardis with a large door.


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Dave Hadfield wrote:
The trouble with large airplanes is that you can't fit them in small hangars. ;)

They end up outside, and unless it's Arizona and they're coocooned in a boneyard, they corrode.

Obviously the answer is a Tardis with a large door.



The salt air doesn't help.


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