Episode 3- 1941 Piper J5A- Component evaluation

The start of the J5a restoration. Evaluating parts up through sandblasting steel parts for the Ailerons.
Good times…

[@hummingbirdaviationzambia]

Nice. I love such kind of project. All the best from Zambia, Africa.

[@DavidBuyakCessna172GPiperJ5a]

Thanks for watching, Zambia Africa! Nothing like a good project

[@nolinovio6748]

please keep the vids coming...this is so cool!

[@DavidBuyakCessna172GPiperJ5a]

That’s the plan God willing

[@JMHTruck32005]

Loving it...1941, WOW...Your assistant was simply burned out by making notes of everything for you...The elevators and tail wheel where kind of scary, that's a lot of corrosion. But it's all going to be awesome in the end. Again...3-31-41...WOW...

[@DavidBuyakCessna172GPiperJ5a]

Pretty amazing piece of history. I imagine it served in the war training Army Air Corps pilots. Hopefully somebody recognizes a relative working for Piper in the 1940’s.

[@benc1103]

This will be a good video series. I have a buddy's J-5 fuselage sitting in my hangar (wings and stab are on his hangar's walls). It doesn't really need restoration. But if it were mine, I'd do a restoration on it.

[@DavidBuyakCessna172GPiperJ5a]

Thanks for watching, I’d restore it too.

[@DavidBuyakCessna172GPiperJ5a]

Ben, I’d restore it too. I LOVE J5A’s.

[@nathanbuyak1374]

Verry exciting

[@DavidBuyakCessna172GPiperJ5a]

As you know!

[@dennisp.2147]

Have you thought about contacting Piper and seeing if they have a company Historian? The 5 digit number under the names is likely they Employee ID number. It would be neat if you could put a face with a signature.

[@DavidBuyakCessna172GPiperJ5a]

Dennis, What a great idea. I will look into that. I did find a William Merritt residing in Loch Haven Pa. who died not too long ago. I think he was a Pastor, however, he would have been too young. Perhaps his father whom I could not find anything on.