Only known surviving Dornier 17 to be raised from the English Channel

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

By that standard there are no flying DC-3/C-47s anymore*. After more than seventy years every single part, piece and panel has been replaced, so nothing is original.

Yes, that's how I see it. Same as an original musket would have it's parts replaced by
new ones. To me, it's not the original anymore, it becomes a replica.

*Of course, nothing stops anyone from looking at the plans available and actually
building a C-47 though.

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

I think it boils down to what is left of the original.

Yep, I agree. IMHO, if there is enough to restore something, that still keeps much of the object original, I'm willing to say it's a restored piece. Say, a tank that is missing it's wheels entirely from one side, I'm ok if they build them from scratch.