Wirraway A20-99 continues to advance under the guidance of Rob Greinert and a small team of volunteers. To date the main thrust of the project has been to refurbish the wing center section and the installation of fuselage systems.
The wing center section overhaul has included NDT inspection of the wing attach angles and overhaul of fuel and hydraulic systems. It is hoped to have the center section out of the jig by the end of April.
HARS volunteers have taken on many aspects of the project; Geoff Forest has been tackling the complex engine cowls while Geoff Cuthbert has been trawling through all the boxes that arrived stuffed with parts, looking for the missing “little bits”.
The engine is still underway with Peter Brook of Historic Aircraft Engines (Brisbane) and the propeller will be shipped to Eric Weston at Bankstown Airport later this year. To date some $60,000 in expenditures has been incurred or committed to a rebuild that is starting to emerge as one of the really beautiful restorations of 2010.
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If only my father was alive to see the restoration of a “flying washing machine”. He was an airframe fitter during the the second world war at Uranquinty and worked on many Wirraways’. Good luck with the restoration and I’ll be looking forward to see it in the air one day.