Well, at least he knew his plane models. That put him way above all the other "flip two switches" pilots who couldn't tell their ass from their elbow she'd met "The entire damn engine is shot. It's going to need a complete rebuild. Though that intake manifold I can fix." she replied. She knew a lot of people that would just replace it, but it was fixable and that was what this project was all about.
She could get this thing in the air in it's current state. It just wouldn't get her very far and might kill her in the process, but it wouldn't be the first time she'd gotten a wrecked bird in the air, and this time there weren't battle sounds in the background.
She glanced up at the intake manifold and shook her head. "I can't believe no one took care of this beauty."