PRESS RELEASE - The world’s last surviving Dornier Do 17 has now moved
into the second phase of its conservation at the Royal Air Force Museum
Cosford. It’s been a little over 15 months since the aircraft was lifted from
the bottom of the Dover Straits and transported to the Museum’s Cosford site
for ground breaking conservation work.
The process so far has seen the
aircraft systematically sprayed with a low concentration citric acid based
solution inside purpose built hydration tunnels. This process has helped
to remove marine accretions and subsequently the neutralised corrosion
impurities in the aluminium aircraft structure.
The project is progressing at a much faster rate than previously
anticipated and the Museum is delighted to see second stage conservation work
commence on the aircraft’s forward fuselage. Confident that the citric
acid solution has done its job, the fuselage was removed from the tunnels early
September and has undergone an intense wash down, before being moved into the
Conservation Centre.
Aircraft Technician Andy Woods is now working on the
Dornier full time, with his initial efforts focused on internal cleaning and
removing any remaining marine deposits with the use of plastic scrapers.
Control rods and other smaller items are being carefully removed allowing
Technicians greater access to the airframe structure beneath. A team of
Volunteers will work on the components removed from the aircraft and which will
be put back at a later date.
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