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Q: What are some of the ways to return

the T-34 to the original flight envelope?

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Question: What are some of the ways to return the T-34 to the original flight envelope?

 

Answer: Thanks to the efforts of several companies there are several ways to return the T-34 to the original flight envelope. Words are not enough to describe the options. If a picture is worth a thousand words, a flow chart must be worth 2 or 3 times that much. Dan Thomas, who was president of the board through the long years of digging the T-34 out of the "tar pit" of Airworthiness Directives, put together the following chart to give you an idea how to get a T-34 back to the original flight envelope.

 

We don't really expect you to read this chart. Click on the image for a larger view or click here to view a "PDF" version of the flow chart which you can save to your computer.

 

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Go to this page for more information on the various wing spar AMOCs.

Go to this page for more information on the various center section AMOCs.

 

 

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