Some pics toward the end of the restoration, summer of 2009.
Building the wing skin on the right wing, lower forward of spar.
Just before the skin went on. Pitot tube lines and wing skin markings.
Inside one of the wings.
Making some placards the old fashion way. Screen printing.
A new metal placard. Note the 2 inspectors stamps. The plane had a mix of metal and phenolic placards.
The landing gear actuators and some placards drying.
The US NAVY installed tailhook structure.
The tailhook and tail wheel fairing. Notice the scrape marks from the aircraft carrier cable missing the hook.
not yet done.
The engine compartment
First gear swing.
2009 Grand Champion Rolls-Royce National Aviation Heritage Trophy winner