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Old 22nd May 2008, 18:17
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Re: Me109G-10 Dual Production Plates

Certainly all repaired planes have been upgraded to new versions.

I see no reason for being so dogmatic. AIthough it may not have been possible to restore damaged aircraft to their historic "as delivered" condition, neither would it have been practical to bring all such up to the very latest standards. Whatever the pressure for new aircraft in the frontline, there is an equal demand for airframes in the training and other second-line roles, for which a lower level of performance is required and used/tired airframes would be perfectly acceptable. A G-6 with DB605A would do perfectly well, possibly even releasing new G-10s for the front line.
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