Peter Arnold says in his letter (September issue) that the Jim Smith collection here in Montana is a very private collection. Not quite true, as he has a curator and visits can be made, but you have to make an appointment. Unfortunately, Jim has not flown the Seafire for several years. Ken Ellis wrote a good article on the Beverley, but didn't mention the time when ten of them were earmarked for rebuilding by reskinning the wings - these had been eroded by the exhaust and 115/145 octane fuel. At least two were at Dishforth [North Yorkshire] in early 1964 and were stripped prior to being reskinned. The story was that they were being rebuilt in case the Short Belfast failed.
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机译：Peter Arnold在他的来信（9月刊）中说，蒙大拿吉姆史密斯集合是一个非常私人的收藏品。不太真实，因为他有一个策展人和访问，但你必须预约。不幸的是，吉姆几年没有飞过海火。 Ken Ellis在Beverley写了一篇很好的文章，但没有提到其中十个被重塑翅膀重建的时间 - 这些已经被排气和115/145辛烷燃料侵蚀。在1964年初，至少有两个在Dishrforth [北约克郡]，并在重塑之前被剥离。故事是，如果短贝尔法斯特失败，他们正在重建。
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