Deconstructing the Thunderbird: 35.JPG
The back of the aircraft. This was a well-built fuselage. Gid Townsend was an excellent welder. He also built the fuselage like a tank. It was very strong. The horizontal stab trimmed with a screw like a piper. But the screw must have come off a B-52. It was really big! I think the aircraft was damaged by one of the owners between Townsend and myself. The repairs were not well done.


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