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I noticed all the gear doors missing.Spare sheet metal in short supply? :lol:

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hang the expense wrote:
I noticed all the gear doors missing.Spare sheet metal in short supply? :lol:


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Love the shot of the mech. "lounging" in the cockpit of Shick's airplane

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Matt Gunsch wrote:
hang the expense wrote:
I noticed all the gear doors missing.Spare sheet metal in short supply? :lol:


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Maybe mud and weight. I have read that they used to remove instruments and other equipment they didn't really need in order to lighten the aircraft hoping to gain at least something of and edge over Zeros and Oscars.

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