Fantastic project! Will you be restoring it all the way to air worthy condition?
And where are you building it? Your avatar says Jyväskylä, but is it correct. I might pop in just because I happened to 'be in the neighborhood' if it's in public enough place and you don't mind a quick visit from...
Impressive I must say. Reminds me of the
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lvEGohPmxk, but those babies have a different amount of thrust. And the guy being interviewed actually said something along the lines of "I don't think any other airplane could have taken that amount of damage and...
I wonder how the hours correlate to other countries trainings. Without any facts at my hand I tend to assume that for example Soviets training wasn't as rigorous as with USAAF or RAF but perhaps someone has it in the top of their heads.
I always liked Introduction page to the websites of David Hanson and Warbird Alley: Privately-owned, vintage, ex-military aircraft.. the most complete listing of individual planes I've found is the classic from wikipedia at url List of aircraft of World War II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia...
How on earth can the Jug not dip the wing and crash after losing half of a wing? The pilot must have had aching muscles after taking the bird home being kissed by a chimney like that!