T-16 S/N 5399 T.D. 97377 Restoration

[horsa]

Bricks were the first thing I thought off once I stopped cursing...Fortunately the Cedar 2x8 chose to split and let go of the house framing as opposed to pulling the wall over with it. The wife wasn't too worried about the house since she knows I'm pretty good about fixing and maintaining things. She was more concerned with me damaging her art work since she painted the Wyverns on the front and rear fenders. It helps to have a wife that is into WWII history, weapons and vehicles. Course instead of jewelry and dresses, I have to keep her bribed with things like ammunition for her Sten. Then there’s the B-17 flight she went on last weekend so she could swing a 50 caliber MG around from the waist gunner position just for the experience. She said it was only fair since I’ve had the privilege of parachuting with the British Pathfinder Group at Normandy and Arnhem with round chute from an invasion marked C-47. Guess we all have to pay one way or the other but I consider myself lucky with her support of my interests.