airworthy• Crews were even dispatched to determine if any of the aircraft could be made airworthy.• Seven engine changes and numerouson-the-spotoverhauls were accomplished to keep the aircraft airworthy.• The poorcreature must have wondered what was going on, as it was already fully airworthy!• An airworthy Catalina, PBY-5A N6108, was leased for use in the film and apparently flown to Hawaii.• Two of the T-Birds will be kept in airworthycondition for the Museo do Ar, flying on special occasions only.• Too numerous to list here individually, most were of early-1980s, vintage and had not been airworthy for some time.• Spitfire restorations to airworthystatus have notoriously exceededinitialestimates of timing and cost, irrespective of start point condition.