Project Cost Estimates

Goal 1: Repair & Restore the DH-4 Biplane $200,000

Power Plant: $65,000

• • Replace Propeller $9,000
  • Rebuild Engine $35,000
  • Transport Engine $4,000
  • Rebuild Engine Cowling $3,000
  • Repair Radiator $14,000

Airframe Repair: $33,500

• • 4130 Steel Tubing $1,000
  • Solid Stock Wood & Plywood $4,000
  • Rebuild Landing Gear $5,000
  • Replace Wheels & Axle $7,000
  • Fuselage Repair $5,000
  • Cabling & Hardware $11,500

Wing Repair/Replace: $49,000

• • Replace Wing Spars $10,000
  • Wing Ribs $3,000
  • Rebuild Stabilizers, Elevators
    • & Rudder $8,000
  • Repair/Replace Ailerons $8,000
  • Wing Fabric $20,000

Flight Deck: $52,500

• • Pilot’s Marlin 1895/1917 Machine Gun $25,000
  • Backseat Dual Lewis Machine Guns $25,000
  • Backseat Scarf Ring & Turret Stool $2,500

Goal 2: Exhibiting the DH-4 $400,000

• • Construct Raised Platform $200,000
  • Historical Information Panels for Visitors $200,000

Goal 3: The Bleckley Memorial $500,000

• • Life Size Bronze Statue of Bleckley $100,000
  • Display Case for Artifacts & Photographs $100,000
  • Perpetual Maintenance Fund $300,000

Acquisition Debt Retirement $120,000

 

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Project Total $1,320,000