Paul,
Went through your photo album and didn't see the picture you mentioned of Gator 137 after you had finished working on it. I saw Pat Kelly last week and gave him your write up of how much work you had put into it to get it flying again. He said that he was really getting short in August and it was scheduled for one of the mandatory maintenace checks. As far as he was concerned, he was done with it and whoever took it up for the test flight busted the tail when they landed and it just must have sat there until you got it.
George