Hacker News Reader

>Long out of production.

The difference in technology likely plays a large role - these parts were designed without CAD and modern fabrication protocols have changed.

It reminded me of NASA's endeavor to reverse engineer the Saturn rockets

> The difference in technology likely plays a large role - these parts were designed without CAD and modern fabrication protocols have changed.

Actually, the B-2 was one of the first military aircraft designed with CAD.

(search for "NCAD")