I did get up with him. I also went out to my pane. It appears that with removing the rear end, front prop and the bottom cowling to the rear engine (would require drilling out permanent rivets for this piece) I could make the fuselage about 13.5 feet long. Although this IS an option.....I think my best bet is to bite the bullet and have the local FBO there do the necessary work in order to make it legal again to fly. Will be about 2 weeks for them to give me an estimate, what to start a pool on how much? Nearest person to the actual bid gets the bill. Any takers? KD
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