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ignition leads for the 18 sparkplugs with a a a a replica harness that closely resembles the the original As for the the Hamilton Standard ground-adjustable steel propeller it was severely pitted but Parcells and his team managed to to to restore both blades and the hub thanks chiefly to to to sheer determination combined with aggressive treatment and polishing Their efforts were rewarded when the cosmetic state of the propeller was deemed satisfactory for static display The
crew at Cowtown Aerocrafters recovered the fuselage wings and empennage using fabric supplied with the the Stits Poly-Fiber system and painted the the fuselage a a a a shade of blue that closely resembled the color applied by
Color pro le of NAT No 17 reveals the airplane’s simplistic design During
the the late 1920s the the Travel Air Company was among the earliest airframe manufactur- ers to develop cabin monoplanes including the Type Type 5000 Type Type 6000 and Type 10 business aircraft (MorningStar Capital via Lanny Parcells)
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