Some progress on the inside and outside of the cockpit of D-ABOD: The tiller finally came off and I was able to remove the CM1 side panel. Some more items from the aircraft’s past came to light. A quick look behind the insulation was rather shocking as heavy corrosion has done severe damage to the […]
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Oct
Oct
Paint removal and polishing – first cut Paint removal is well underway and polishing work made some good progress. Heavy corrosion (pitting corrosion) doesn’t make things easier though. In some areas wet sanding and 200 grid helps to ease the polishing process. I did find some remains of the original Lufthansa colour scheme and from […]
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Jul
Jul
Paint removal begins Moved the cockpit to a different hangar for paint removal. Right side is now clear of most stickers. Not sure what kind of paint was used but the paint stripper that worked well on the Caravelle doesn’t work at all on the 707! Ardex (Industry standard for paint removal) is very expensive […]
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Oct
Oct
I am looking for help to move both these historic cockpits to their new home in Sweden. The impact of the crisis has been tremendous and forced me to completely readapt my life and relocate to Sweden. I ran the Caravelle Simulator from 2016 to 2020, after 4 years and 5000 hours of restoration. I […]
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Nov
Nov
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