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Donation site to help us rebuild Merlins magic to return to Reno in 2007.
News & pictures of rebuild.
Jim Eberhardt is continueing to build the site.
There are a couple of new pictures on the update page of the refit.
Plane will be ready to leave the refit hanger at the end of the week. The truck is on its way to pick it up,
Merlins Magic is on the skids ready for transport to Minden to continue the rebuild. We wish thank the team who have worked so hard on this rebuild. There is still alot of work to get MM ready to fly and we apreciate your interest and donations. Every bit helps.
Jim has spent a busy weekend updateing the web page. more pictures of the rebuild. articles about both the P51 & the T6. He is doing a great job.
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The fuseilage is back on wheels now.
It is great that so many of you are contributing to help the rebuild of Merlins Magic. Every little bit helps now as the invoices are starting to come in. Jim is excited that so many people are viewing the web site. The plane is currently at Minden with the ongoing refit. Jim will keep the web site up to date with those details.
Thankyou from the Merlins Magic #22 Team
Jim is ready to go "Public" with the web page and has requested that anyone who has an aviation page, can they please put a link on it to our web page. He has also added an update page for the rebuild. He has done a wonderful job and Marilyn and Stu are so appreciative to all of you who have veiwed the page, made donations and taking an interest to bring Merlins Magic back to Reno in 2007.
I used the paypal site & there have been many donations using it. I will pass you comment on to Jim. Did you click the donation button. It comes up with the Paypal a/c.
Hey everyone, GREAT NEWS! Who is the man in this picture and why is he smiling.
I just got back home to Reno from 3 hours in the Minden hangar with Jim Martinelli's fabulous crew and Stu.
According to Jim M, there are only about 16 hours of work for 2 guys remaining and Merlin's Magic 22 will be almost completely done. The piles of parts on the floor almost look manageable. The wing and gear assembly in all mounted up and most of the mechanical connections completed. Floor still needs to go in the cockpit and lots of cowling still waiting for mechanicals to be completed. The stock engine that was in Merlin replacing the one that gave up at the Reno race is back in place.
The only possible delay at this point is the prop. It's anticipated that it will be done and everything buttoned up making a First Flight a very real probability before Christmas.
Jim has the rest of the pictures I took and will post them on Merlin's web page; www.merlinsmagicrace22.com. Be patient, it may take a couple days to get them posted.
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