The New F-5E
Article and Photos by Jeff Willhelm
Our latest acquisition arrived Wednesday night, 1/16/08 at 7:30PM, after an uneventful trip from Florida. It is in great shape and will be a welcome addition to our collection. The fuselage is bears the markings of USMC VMFT-401, BuNo. 741540. The wings are stressed out examples taken from a Swiss F-5E, but the colors are a close match save for the SAF crosses. The cockpit has been pretty much stripped of instrumentation as the type is still in service world wide and parts are needed. Plans are to unload the aircraft and assemble it early Thursday morning.
1/19/07
The Aggressor is coming together, this Saturday morning the horizontal stabilizer was reassembled and work began on the leading edge flap mechanisms. Snow started falling and our shade tree mechanics called it a day shortly after lunch.
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